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Centre for Global Englishes seminar: “English as a Lingua Franca in Asia: Suggestions for ELT/ELF Policy and Pedagogy”

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 22nd April 2015 from 5:00 – 6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “English as a Lingua Franca in Asia: Suggestions for ELT/ELF Policy and Pedagogy” and will be delivered by Andy Kirkpatrick from Griffith University. Continue reading →

TNS Seminar next week: ‘Globalisation on the Ground’

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will take place from 5:00-7:00pm on Wednesday 18th March 2015 in Room 1177, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The session is entitled ‘Globalisation on the Ground’ and will be led by Professor Caroline Knowles from Goldsmiths, University of London. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: This paper interrogates some of the intersections between work, globalisation and youth. Continue reading →

Latin American Studies seminar tomorrow: “Language and return: an invisible presence? Mexicans ‘going home’”

The Latin American Studies Seminar Series continues tomorrow, Wednesday 11 March 2015, from 16:00-17:30 in Room 1163, Building 65, Avenue Campus, with a presentation by Professor Clare Mar-Molinero (University of Southampton, Director of Centre for Mexico-Southampton Collaboration), who will be discussing her research on returnee migrants to Mexico. The seminar is entitled ‘Language and return: an invisible presence? Mexicans ‘going home’’. Continue reading →

Last chance to book your place at the PĂ©rez de Ayala Lecture!

Don’t forget to book your place before the booking deadline of Thursday 26 February for the PĂ©rez de Ayala Lecture, taking place on Monday 2 March 2015 in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The lecture, entitled ‘A Latin American Country: The United States’, will be delivered by Felipe FernĂĄndez-Armesto, writer and British historian, and will be chaired by Professor Clare Mar-Molinero, Associate Dean (Internationalisation) and Professor of Spanish at Southampton. Continue reading →

Modern Languages alumnus to give 2015 alumni lecture: ‘From Woking to the World’

Modern Languages students with an interest in business and entrepreneurship may wish to attend the 2015 Alumni Lecture, to be given by Southampton Modern Languages alumnus Rosemary Squire OBE (BA Spanish, 1979), joint CEO of the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the largest live theatre business in the world. The talk will take place in Lecture Theatre A, Building 65, Avenue Campus at 6pm on Thursday 26 February. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: ‘Globalisation on the Ground’

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will take place from 5:00-7:00pm on Wednesday 18th March 2015 in Room 1177, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The session is entitled ‘Globalisation on the Ground’ and will be led by Professor Caroline Knowles from Goldsmiths, University of London. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: This paper interrogates some of the intersections between work, globalisation and youth. Continue reading →

CGE seminar tomorrow: “Without English this is just not possible
”: studies of language policy and practice in international universities from Europe and Asia

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 18th February 2015, from 5:00-7:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, “Without English this is just not possible
”: studies of language policy and practice in international universities from Europe and Asia, and will be led by Julia HĂŒttner and Will Baker from Modern Languages, University of Southampton. Continue reading →

PĂ©rez de Ayala Lecture 2015: ‘A Latin American Country: The United States’

Humanities at the University of Southampton is delighted to welcome Felipe FernĂĄndez-Armesto, writer and British historian, who will be delivering the PĂ©rez de Ayala Lecture 2015 on Monday 2 March 2015, at 6:15pm at the University’s Avenue Campus. The lecture is entitled ‘A Latin American Country: The United States’ and will be chaired by Professor Clare Mar-Molinero, Associate Dean (Internationalisation) and Professor of Spanish. Continue reading →

CGE seminar tomorrow: “Rethinking competence: goals for lingua franca pedagogy and teacher education”

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 4th February 2015, from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, ‘Rethinking competence: goals for lingua franca pedagogy and teacher education’, and will be led by Andrew Blair, University of Sussex. All welcome! Here is a description of the session: competence noun [C or U]: the ability to do something well. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: “Sourcing (some) differences in heritage language bilingualism and why different is NOT deviant NOR incomplete”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 28 January 2015 from 5:00-7:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Sourcing (some) differences in heritage language bilingualism and why different is NOT deviant NOR incomplete” and will be delivered by Professor Jason Rothman from the University of Reading and University of Tromsoe. Continue reading →