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Welcome to our new Modern Languages students!

We welcome all of our new Modern Languages students who are arriving this weekend for Freshers’ Week! Check out our resource Get Ready for Languages, which aims to guide you to useful information about your life as a Modern Languages student at Southampton. You can read about staff in the Modern Languages department, discover what sorts of things Modern Languages students, past and present, are getting up to, and explore some of the modules you might decide to do. Continue reading →

Professor Roumyana Slabakova to give Inaugural Lecture

Professor Roumyana Slabakova, Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton will be giving her Inaugural Lecture on Thursday 27th October 2016 at 18:00 at the University’s Avenue Campus. The talk, entitled ‘The Bottleneck Hypothesis of Second Language Acquisition’, will discuss second language acquisition as a cognitive process. Continue reading →

‘Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching’ MOOC to be relaunched in October

Modern Languages at Southampton will be relaunching the University of Southampton MOOC, ‘Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching’ on Monday 17 October. This four-week course introduces participants to the field of second language learning, considering language classrooms and the role of teaching in language learning, and exploring the uses of technology in teaching. Continue reading →

Potential future Modern Languages students to attend University Open Days

Hundreds of potential future Modern Languages students will be visiting the University of Southampton on Saturday 3rd September and Sunday 4th September 2016 for the University of Southampton Open Days. Visitors to Modern Languages may be interested to take a look at Get Ready for Languages, an online resource which aims to guide you to useful information about life as a Modern Languages student at Southampton. Continue reading →

Intercultural Connections Southampton to host free events in September

Intercultural Connections Southampton will be hosting two free events for staff (including PGR students) in September: Seminar on working interculturally A seminar on working interculturally will take place on Monday 19th September from 10:00-13:00 in Building 85, Room 2207. During this seminar, results of the Staff Survey will be presented, specifically in relation to the international and intercultural aspects of working at the University. Continue reading →

Ab initio language courses for new Modern Languages students

New Modern Languages students may be interested in our accelerated ab initio language courses in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish which, assuming you start in year 1 and continue throughout your degree, may allow you to reach graduate level by the end of your degree course in your new language. On some of our BA degree programmes, doing this will give you the opportunity to spend your year abroad in the country where this new language is spoken. Continue reading →

A-Level results for new Southampton Modern Languages students

Congratulations to all students who received their A-Level results today and now have confirmed places to join us in Modern Languages here at Southampton from September. If you have questions about life as a student here in Modern Languages, we have the answers! Check out Get Ready for Languages, which aims to guide you to useful information about your future life as a Modern Languages student at Southampton. Continue reading →

Kate Borthwick receives Vice-Chancellor’s Award

Kate Borthwick from Modern Languages at the University of Southampton has received an individual award for internationalisation as part of the 2016 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards. The awards celebrate exceptional contributions made by colleagues in the areas of collegiality, quality, internationalisation and sustainability. Receiving her award, Kate said: “This is fantastic and I am really honoured to receive this award. Continue reading →

20th Anniversary discount on Humanities postgraduate taught courses for 2016/17

To celebrate 20 years of Humanities at Avenue Campus, the University of Southampton is offering a 20th Anniversary discount on all postgraduate taught courses for entry in 2016/17. A 10% discount (15% for alumni of the University) will be available to all students applying for entry to a postgraduate taught course in Humanities subjects in 2016/17. For further details on the discount and how to apply for it, visit the Humanities website. Continue reading →