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CALR lecture tomorrow: Learning vocabulary in the L2 classroom: the effects of multimodal input on young learners

The second CALR lecture of the new semester is taking place on Wednesday 13th February 2013 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. The seminar is entitled “Learning vocabulary in the L2 classroom: the effects of multimodal input on young learners” and will be presented by Dr Sarah Rule from the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La Vita Facile (2011)

Monday 11th February: Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, 6:30 p.m. The Easy Life The second film of the season is a dramatic comedy which is full of unexpected twists and turns. Mario Tirelli, a rich and successful surgeon in Rome, suddenly decides to head to rural Africa to lend a hand to his life-long friend, Luca Manzi, who has been out there for twelve years as a voluntary physician. Continue reading →

The many languages of London

The London Evening Standard has reported on statistics from the 2011 Census showing that 78 per cent of the capital’s residents speak English as their main language, with the remaining 22 per cent, equivalent to just over 1.7 million people, speaking another first language. The most striking finding is that, according to the Office for National Statistics, there are 53 ‘main’ languages in the capital spoken by at least 0.1 per cent of residents. Continue reading →

First CALR lecture of the semester tomorrow

The first CALR lecture of the new semester is taking place on Wednesday 6th February 2013 from 5.00-6.30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. A joint event in conjunction with the Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS), the session is entitled “Choose your language! Categorisation and control in cyberspace” and will be presented by Helen Kelly-Holmes from the University of Limerick. All welcome. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Il sorpasso (1962)

The Italian film, Il sorpasso (Dino Risi, 1962) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 4th February 2013. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Alessia Plutino. Considerato come il capolavoro del regista Dino Risi, il cast del primo film di questa rassegna include il grande Vittorio Gassman nel ruolo di Bruno, un quarantenne immaturo e sfacciato e un giovanissimo Jean-Louis Trintignant nel ruolo di Roberto, un timido studente di legge. Continue reading →

Polish now England’s second language

The Guardian newspaper has reported that Polish is now the main language spoken in England and Wales after English and Welsh, according to figures from the 2011 census released by the Office of National Statistics. Language-speaking figures were recorded for the first time in the census of 56.1 million people in England and Wales. Of these, the census data reveals that 545,000 speak Polish, making Polish the second main language in England. Continue reading →

Italian film season to begin next week

The University’s new Italian film season starts next week with a screening of ‘Il sorpasso’ (Dino Risi, 1962) on Monday 4th February 2013 at 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. Weekly films offer a mixture of old and new and cover different genres and subject matters. All films have English subtitles. Films are introduced in Italian by a tutor, a student or a guest speaker, and are followed by a discussion in Italian and in English. Continue reading →

CALR lectures for Semester 2 to begin next week

The first Centre for Applied Language Research (CALR) lecture of Semester 2 will be taking place at 5pm on Wednesday 6th February in Lecture Theatre C at the Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. A joint event in conjunction with the Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS), the session is entitled “Choose your language! Categorisation and control in cyberspace” and will be presented by Helen Kelly-Holmes from the University of Limerick. All welcome. Continue reading →