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Next CLLEAR seminar: “That’s what she said – a sociophonetic investigation of class and gender in southeast England”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 16th November 2016 from 4:00-6:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “That’s what she said – a sociophonetic investigation of class and gender in southeast England” and will be delivered by Dr Sophie Holmes-Elliott from Modern Languages here at the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

Next CGE seminar: Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 9th November 2016 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, ‘Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks’ and will be led by Dr Nicola Galloway from the University of Edinburgh. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: “the prevailing orientation in….. Continue reading →

Día de los Muertos – the Mexican Day of the Dead at Avenue Campus

There has been an altar celebrating the Day of the Dead at the Avenue Campus at the University of Southampton each year for a number of years, and this year is no exception! In Mexico, Día de los Muertos which, despite the name, celebrates life, is celebrated on 2nd November with a national holiday. You can find out about how Mexico City has been celebrating in this report on the Guardian website. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: La ragazza del lago / The Girl by the Lake (Andrea Molaioli, 2006)

The Italian film, La ragazza del lago / The Girl by the Lake (Andrea Molaioli, 2006) (91 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 31th October 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* Questa settimana vi proponiamo un giallo ambientato nel Friuli con Toni Servillo nelle vesti del commissario Sanzio. Continue reading →

Next Intercultural Staff Café

The next Intercultural Staff Café hosted by Intercultural Connections Southampton (ICS) will take place on Thursday 10th November 2016 from 14:30 to 16:30 in the Nuffield Kitchen, Highfield Campus. This will be an opportunity to meet the University’s new Vice-President for Internationalisation, Professor Colin Grant. The café is a drop-in event and is open to all University of Southampton staff, including PGR students. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Non ci resta che piangere / Nothing Left to Do but Cry (Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi, 1984)

The Italian film, Non ci resta che piangere / Nothing Left to Do but Cry (Roberto Benigni & Massimo Troisi, 1984) (111 minutes, Italian subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 24th October 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Emanuela Venditti, Postgraduate from Sapienza University of Rome (Linguistics). All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →