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Lifelong Learning open evening

The Lifelong Learning team at the University of Southampton are running an opening evening from 18:30 to 20:30 on Wednesday 4th September. As well as showcasing the wide range of language courses available, the evening will be a chance to sign up for courses, and to find out more about the language stages on offer. For more details please see the Lifelong Learning Open Evening website. Continue reading →

Lifelong Learning open evening

The Lifelong Learning team at the University of Southampton are running an opening evening from 18:30 to 20:30 on Wednesday 4th September. As well as showcasing the wide range of language courses available, the evening will be a chance to sign up for courses, and to find out more about the language stages on offer. For more details please see the Lifelong Learning Open Evening website. Continue reading →

Record numbers of students Get Ready for Southampton!

A new record has been set for the number of students on our free Get Ready for Southampton course. Now in its third year, the course has attracted over 2100 students for 2013, with numbers still climbing. Get Ready for Southampton, developed by the eLanguages team, has run since 2011 and enables both incoming and prospective Southampton international students to taste what life is like at the University before coming to study. Visit the Get Ready for Southampton webpage for more information. Continue reading →

Modern Languages welcomes new Chair in Applied Linguistics

Modern Languages at the University of Southampton has recently welcomed a new Chair in Applied Linguistics, Professor Roumyana Slabakova, to the department. Professor Slabakova’s research and teaching expertise focuses on syntax, pragmatics, and the second language acquisition process. In particular, she uses online and offline psycholinguistic methodologies to investigate issues relating to bilingual and multilingual grammar. Continue reading →

UCAS statistics reveal languages decline

The Times Higher Education has reported on new research revealing that the proportion of 18 year olds applying for non-European language degrees has fallen by more than a third in three years. The research, conducted by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), has also shown that from 2010 to 2013, there was a 16.7 per cent fall in demand for European language and literature university programmes. To read the full article, visit the Times Higher Education website. Continue reading →

Singing in a foreign language helps people learn to speak it

The BBC has reported on a study conducted by researchers at Edinburgh University, which found that singing in a foreign language can help people recall phrases with greater accuracy. In the study, adults who listened who listened to short Hungarian phrases and then sang them back performed better than those who spoke the phrases. In one test, participants who learned through singing performed twice as well as those who learned by speaking the phrases. Continue reading →