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Next CLLEAR seminar: A dynamic typology of syntactic change in contact Englishes

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 15th May 2019 at 4pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus (Building 65). The talk is entitled “A dynamic typology of syntactic change in contact Englishes” and will be delivered by Devyani Sharma from Queen Mary, University of London. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: Grammatical innovations in Multicultural London English

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 24th October 2018 at 4pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Grammatical innovations in Multicultural London English” and will be delivered by David Thomas Hall from Quuen Mary, University of London. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: Theoretical linguistics and the scientific method in the language classroom

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 at 4pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Theoretical linguistics and the scientific method in the language classroom” and will be delivered by Julio Villa-García from the University of Manchester. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: Methodological considerations in measuring ambiguous relative clause attachment strategies in bilinguals

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Monday 16th April 2018 at 15:30 in Room 1011, Building 67, Highfield Campus. The talk is entitled “Methodological considerations in measuring ambiguous relative clause attachment strategies in bilinguals” and will be delivered by Elena Valenzuela from the University of Ottawa. Continue reading →

Centre for Global Englishes seminar: “Reconceptualising grammar for a pedagogy of Global Englishes”

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 29th April 2015 from 5:00 – 6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Reconceptualising grammar for a pedagogy of Global Englishes” and will be delivered by Christopher J Hall from York St John University. Continue reading →

CLLEAR seminar tomorrow – ‘Representational deficit or processing effect? An RT study of noun-noun compound processing by very advanced L2 speakers of English’

The next CLLEAR seminar of the semester will be taking place on Wednesday 19th March 2014 from 5.00-6.30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, at the University of Southampton. The session is entitled ‘Representational deficit or processing effect? An RT study of noun-noun compound processing by very advanced L2 speakers of English’ and will be presented by Dr. Cecile De Cat from the University of Leeds. Continue reading →

Are musicians better language learners?

The Guardian has reported on research that has found that children who learn music from a young age find it easier to learn languages. The study, undertaken by researchers at Harvard Medical School, found that children who study music before the age of seven develop bigger vocabularies, a better sense of grammar and a higher verbal IQ. To read the article in full, visit the Guardian website. Continue reading →