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CALR lecture: “Doing ethnography in multilingual schools: Latin American students in Catalonia”

The next CALR lecture is taking place on Wednesday 1st May at 5pm in Lecture Theatre C at Avenue Campus. The lecture is entitled “Doing ethnography in multilingual schools: Latin American students in Catalonia” and will be presented by Dr Adriana Patino. The presentation will focus on the methodological challenges and dilemmas encountered, as well as some relevant findings, in carrying out a collaborative sociolinguistic ethnography in a secondary school in Catalonia. Continue reading →

Discussion about accents on the BBC

Clare Mar Molinero, Professor of Sociolinguistics in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, has taken part in a discussion on BBC Radio Solent about the importance of accents and how people use them to judge others. Clare is a frequent guest in the media when languages are in the news. To listen to an audio podcast of Clare’s interview, see the University’s Humanities website. Continue reading →

Discussion about accents on the BBC

Clare Mar Molinero, Professor of Sociolinguistics in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, has taken part in a discussion on BBC Radio Solent about the importance of accents and how people use them to judge others. Clare is a frequent guest in the media when languages are in the news. To listen to an audio podcast of Clare’s interview, see the University’s Humanities website. Continue reading →