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ILC visiting scholar Professor Ute Smit, University of Vienna

Professor Ute Smit from the University of Vienna will be visiting the University of Southampton through the Institute for Language and Culture from 19 – 25 February. While she is here Professor Smit will be giving a seminar in the CLLEAR and CGE seminar series on Wednesday 19 February (5:00, 65/Lecture Theatre A) entitled English-medium education in multilingual university settings: A sociolinguistic examination of interactive explaining in the classroom. Continue reading →

New Directions for Research in Language and Culture 6 November: final programme

The final programme for the ILC’s symposium ‘New Directions for Research in Language and Culture’ on Wednesday 6 November 2013 is now available. The full-day event will bring together researchers from Southampton and beyond to hear keynote presentations, engage in debates about the future of language and culture research, and hear about innovative research taking place in the Institute. Registration is now closed for catering purposes, but all are welcome to attend the sessions. Continue reading →

Anne Kankaanranta lecture recording now available

Anne Kankaanranta from the Aalto University School of Business in Finland visited the University of Southampton on 12-14 March 2013 as part of the ILC’s visiting scholars programme. A video recording of her lecture on ‘Global communicative competence in business: the role of BELF (English as Business Lingua Franca)’ is now available here. Continue reading →