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CLLEAR seminar Wed 29 Oct: Professor Marit Westergard, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Please join us for the next CLLEAR Seminar: “Linguistic variation in monolingual and bilingual contexts: The size of rules & the role of economy, complexity and frequency” Wednesday 29 October 2014  17:00 – 18:30 Avenue Campus, Lecture Theatre C Professor Marit Westergaard (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) Abstract: In this talk I will first sketch a research program that considers variation in the primary linguistic data that children are exposed to, mainly focusing... Continue reading →

CLLEAR Seminar: Dr Roger Barnard, University of Waikato

Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) Seminar Language Learner Autonomy: Asian perspectives Dr. Roger Barnard, University of Waikato 5.00-7.00pm Wednesday 22nd October 2014, Lecture Theatre C (Avenue Campus) Abstract: Developing language learner autonomy has been discussed and applied in many contexts for more than thirty years. Continue reading →

CGE seminar today: Professor Anna Mauranen

English as a lingua franca – Broken English? Please join us for today’s seminar by the Diamond Jubilee Fellowship visitor Professor Anna Mauranen, Vice-Rector of the University of Helsinki and Professor of English. Wednesday 15th October 2015, Lecture Theatre C (Avenue Campus) 17:00-18:30 Abstract: Although it has become generally accepted that English is the global lingua franca, debates over the desirability of this state of affairs have not died down. Continue reading →

Julian Whitewright to be AIA’s 2014 Steffy Lecturer

Dr Julian Whitewright will be the Archaeological Institute of America’s Steffy Lecturer for 2014-2015. Julian will be delivering lectures at the University of Missouri, the University of Toronto and the University of Michigan during late October. He’ll present both his ongoing work into the sailing rigs of the ancient Mediterranean and research on eighteenth and nineteenth century British ships and shipbuilding. Continue reading →

Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: starts Monday.

Our free, 4-week, online course starts on Monday. It’s a fantastic introduction to maritime archaeology open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Stuffed full of articles, videos, slideshows, interactive timelines and links to fantastic online resources, it has been designed by a team of lecturers, researchers and postgraduates at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology. They will be on hand throughout the course to respond to comments, queries and new ideas. Continue reading →

ILC seminar programme Semester 1

Research Seminar Series (ILC, CGE, CLLEAR, TNS) Wednesdays Avenue Campus All Welcome Date Centre Time Room Speaker Title 01-Oct ILC 5pm-7pm 1177 Dr Jane Lavery, Dr Mark Dinneen, Dr Claire Eldridge, Professor Ulrike Meinhof University of Southampton Research Leave presentations 15-Oct CGE 5pm-7pm LTC Prof Anna Mauranen Helsinki University ‘English as a Lingua Franca – broken English?’ 22-Oct CLLEAR 5pm-7pm LTC Dr. Continue reading →