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Centre for Global Englishes seminar: “Intercultural Perspectives on Internationalising Universities”

The first Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar of the new semester will take place on Friday 14th October 2016 from 5-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Intercultural Perspectives on Internationalising Universities” and will be delivered by Dr Tony Young from Newcastle University. Continue reading →

Still places for students on free language courses this semester!

Don’t miss your chance to sign up for a free language course this semester! For courses starting in the week beginning 10th October, there are still places in the following courses: Beginners (no prior knowledge of the language required): Russian 1a; Chinese 1a; Arabic 1a; Portuguese 1a; Farsi (Persian) 1a Pre-intermediate (for improvers – please note you will need to have already completed a beginner’s course in the language): German 2a; French 2a Intermediate (please note... Continue reading →

25th EuroCALL conference to be held at Southampton in 2017!

The 25th EuroCALL conference will be hosted by Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, 23-26 August 2017. EuroCALL is the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning and it has been supporting and developing research and good practice in the use of technology for language teaching and learning for over 25 years. We are very excited to be hosting EuroCALL’s conference at Southampton. Continue reading →

Modern Languages launches Southampton German Festival

The Department of Modern Languages at Southampton has teamed up with the Winchester Poetry Festival and the Phoenix Film Theatre for its forthcoming ‘Southampton German Festival’, which aims to introduce different facets of contemporary ‘German’ culture through an exciting range of cultural activities, catering for different tastes and including family friendly activities. Continue reading →

Southampton Language Exchange event this week!

Modern Languages and Erasmus students may be interested in joining the first social event organised by the Southampton Language Exchange this Tuesday 27th September from 7pm-10pm in the American Bar (SUSU Building on Highfield Campus). Every Tuesday over 100 people from all over the world get together at these social events to practise their languages and make new friends. Students are invited to chat and socialise in a different language and help others practise the languages they speak. Continue reading →

Welcome to our new Modern Languages students!

We welcome all of our new Modern Languages students who are arriving this weekend for Freshers’ Week! Check out our resource Get Ready for Languages, which aims to guide you to useful information about your life as a Modern Languages student at Southampton. You can read about staff in the Modern Languages department, discover what sorts of things Modern Languages students, past and present, are getting up to, and explore some of the modules you might decide to do. Continue reading →

Professor Roumyana Slabakova to give Inaugural Lecture

Professor Roumyana Slabakova, Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton will be giving her Inaugural Lecture on Thursday 27th October 2016 at 18:00 at the University’s Avenue Campus. The talk, entitled ‘The Bottleneck Hypothesis of Second Language Acquisition’, will discuss second language acquisition as a cognitive process. Continue reading →

An exciting year ahead!

As the summer moves into the busy autumn ahead, we wanted to give a quick taster of some of the exciting events within the department over the coming months – here’s a summary of just a few: • Freshers’ Week starts on Monday 26th September, and returning students will be back from 3rd October • Visit days for applicants will be running throughout autumn and spring • There will be a new Italian Film season starting in the autumn • The SoGerman Festival will... Continue reading →