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CGE Research Seminar on 8th November: English as a Lingua Franca and language assessment: Challenges and opportunities

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 8th November 2017 from 5:00pm in Lecture Theatre C (room 1175), Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar will be presented by Dr Luke Harding from Lancaster University. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) communication represents one of the most significant challenges to language testing and assessment since the advent of the communicative revolution. Continue reading →

CGE Research Seminar today: Launching the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place today, Wednesday 11th October 2017 from 5:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar celebrates the launch of the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca by Will Baker, Martin Dewey and Jennifer Jenkins. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: Last month, Routledge published the first ever Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca. Continue reading →

Cross-centre seminar Wednesday 8th March 2017

Cross-centre seminar, led by the Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) and chaired by Professor Jennifer Jenkins. When: Wednesday 8th March 2017, 5-6.30pm Where: Building 65, Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus Who: Prof Clare Mar-Molinero, Prof Roumyana Slabakova, Dr Dick Vigers and Prof Jennifer Jenkins. Perspectives on multilingualism Over the past ten years or so, multilingualism has become a hot topic in linguistics research. Continue reading →

Next CGE seminar: Perspectives on multilingualism

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 8th March 2017 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled ‘Perspectives on multilingualism’ and will be chaired by Prof Jennifer Jenkins from the University of Southampton. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: Over the past ten years or so, multilingualism has become a hot topic in linguistics research. Continue reading →

Next CGE seminar: Orientations towards English as a lingua franca in the Spanish-speaking world: What is ‘English’ (for)?

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 8th February 2017 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, ‘Orientations towards English as a lingua franca in the Spanish-speaking world: What is ‘English’ (for)?’ and will be led by Dr Sonia Morán Panero from the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

Next CGE seminar: Communicating across online and offline spaces: a mobile-supported business model for migrant micro-entrepreneurs

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 7th December 2016 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, “Communicating across online and offline spaces: a mobile-supported business model for migrant micro-entrepreneurs” and will be led by Dr Caroline Tagg from The Open University. Continue reading →

CGE Seminar Wednesday 7th December: Dr Caroline Tagg

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar. When: Wednesday 7th December, 5-6.30pm Where: LTC, Building 65, Avenue Campus Who: Dr Caroline Tagg, The Open University In this talk, I draw on data from a large ethnographic project to explore the ways in which migrant small-business owners exploit mobile phone messaging apps to do business, establish and maintain informal support networks, and perform identities as entrepreneurs of a particular heritage background. Continue reading →

Next CGE seminar: Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 9th November 2016 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, ‘Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks’ and will be led by Dr Nicola Galloway from the University of Edinburgh. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: “the prevailing orientation in….. Continue reading →

CGE Seminar Wednesday 9th November 2016: Dr Nicola Galloway

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes seminar. When: Wednesday 9th November, 5-6.30pm Where: Avenue Campus, Lecture Theatre C Who: Dr Nicola Galloway, University of Edinburgh Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks “the prevailing orientation in…..ELT materials still remains undoubtedly towards ENL” (Jenkins, 2012: 487). Continue reading →

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 →