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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 →

Day 5 – Hampton Court Palace – by Michael

After four hard days of work at Basing house, the team took a well earned break and headed down to Hampton Court Palace for a day trip. After a short lie-in we headed up north to the famous palace. Basing House is known to have been built in a similar style to Hampton Court so the excursion helped us to identify the various parts of Basing House which had been described to us, as well as give us a sense of how grand Basing House once was. Continue reading →

The many languages of London

The London Evening Standard has reported on statistics from the 2011 Census showing that 78 per cent of the capital’s residents speak English as their main language, with the remaining 22 per cent, equivalent to just over 1.7 million people, speaking another first language. The most striking finding is that, according to the Office for National Statistics, there are 53 ‘main’ languages in the capital spoken by at least 0.1 per cent of residents. Continue reading →

Twitter map of London shows 66 languages

The Telegraph newspaper has reported how academics from University College London have analysed tweets published in London between March and August of this year and plotted them on a map, in order to show language clusters in the capital city based on tweets. In total, 66 languages show on the map, with English accounting for 92.5% of tweets. Other popular languages are Spanish, French, Turkish, Arabic and Portuguese. Continue reading →

Language Show Live 2012

The Language Show Live 2012 is taking place at the National Hall, Olympia in London from Friday 19th October to Sunday 21st October. The event is free to attend and is the largest UK event for people with an interest in languages, from learners and teachers, to translators and job seekers. For further information about the range of speakers, exhibitors and workshops available, visit the Language Show Live website. Continue reading →