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CLLEAR seminar: “The language learning processes of students with dyslexia”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 26 November 2014 from 5:00-7:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “The language learning processes of students with dyslexia” and will be delivered by Dr Judit Kormos from Lancaster University. Continue reading →

Modern Languages staff to present at the Language Testing Forum 2014

A number of Modern Languages staff including Clare Mar-Molinero, Roumyana Slabakova and Richard Kiely will be presenting at the Language Testing Forum 2014, taking place at the University of Southampton from 21-23 November 2014. This year’s conference will focus on the theme of ‘Language Testing: Engaging multi-disciplinary perspectives’, and offers an opportunity for language testers and language educators to engage with new developments in the field. Continue reading →

Recent publications from ILC researchers

Some more recent publications from ILC researchers in the Department of Modern Languages: Marion Demossier Demossier , Marion (2014) Sarkozy and Roma: performing securitization. In, Maguire, M., Frois, C. and Zurawski, N. (eds.) The Anthropology of Security: Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-terrorism and Border Control. London, GB, Pluto Press, 24-44. Jaine Beswick Beswick, Jaine (2014). Continue reading →

Mother tongue languages spoken in early years have lasting impact on the brain

According to research findings discussed in a recent article in the Independent, mother tongue languages spoken at an early age and then ‘forgotten’ are retained by the brain through neural pathways that remain intact. This could be good news for individuals looking to re-learn a language from their infancy. To read the article in full, visit the Independent website. Continue reading →

Plantations and Homes

This article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. Continue reading →

Modern Languages welcomes visitors from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Modern Languages is pleased to welcome several groups of academics from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, who are studying with us for two weeks from Monday 17 November to Friday 28 November 2014. Continue reading →

The Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition

This is the introduction to a special issue of the journal Slavery and Abolition, which gathered together articles by historians and archaeologists seeking to shed new light on the system of slavery, and on the processes of abolition and emancipation, in the … Continue reading... Continue reading →

Slavery, Abolition and Empire

Listen to podcasts by Christer Petley, interviewed by Christopher Prior, about slavery in the British Empire, the abolition of the slave trade and the ending of slavery. Continue reading →

TNS seminar 19 November: ‘Now you see it, now you don’t’

Please join us for the next seminar in the Centre for Transnational Studies/ILC seminar series: ‘Now you see it, now you don’t!’ It features two compelling speakers from Birkbeck, University of London: Dr Andrew Asibong and Dr Silke Arnold-de Simine. Wednesday, 19th November 2014 5.00pm-7. Continue reading →

Recent publications by Professor Michael Kelly

Professor Michael Kelly, Head of Department of Modern Languages, has recently published the following articles: Kelly, Michael, Que peut l’Europe? Comment les décideurs peuvent mieux soutenir l’enseignement des langues, in Formation et professionnalisation enseignante en contexts pluriels,edited by Mariella Causa, Stéphanie Galligani and Monica Vlad, Riveneuve, 2014, 399-413. Continue reading →

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