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Pianist Ingrid Barancoski reflects on her year in Southampton

Dr Ingrid Barancoski,  from the Villa-Lobos Institute at UNIRIO (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) reflects on her year in Southampton researching Nadia Boulanger and Almedia Prado: In June 2014, I was reading the book entitled The musical work of Nadia Boulanger, and found it fascinating.  Researching about the author, Prof. Jeanice Brooks, I came across the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: L’Onorevole Angelina / Angelina (Luigi Zampa, 1947)

The Italian film, L’Onorevole Angelina / Angelina (Luigi Zampa, 1947) (90 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 23rd October 2017. Review, introduction and discussion by Sarah Procter. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* Questo film è ambientato nel dopoguerra in una borgata di Roma. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: The effects of structured-input and structured-output tasks on the acquisition of English causative

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 18th October 2017 at 16:00 in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “The effects of structured-input and structured-output tasks on the acquisition of English causative” and will be delivered by Alessandro Benati from the University of Portsmouth. Continue reading →

CGE Research Seminar today: Launching the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place today, Wednesday 11th October 2017 from 5:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar celebrates the launch of the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca by Will Baker, Martin Dewey and Jennifer Jenkins. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: Last month, Routledge published the first ever Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca. Continue reading →

Try a language taster at our Lifelong Learning Taster Day

Thinking of starting a new language, or progressing your language skills in the new academic year? If so, why not join us for our Lifelong Learning Taster Day on Saturday 16th September 2017 from 10am to 4pm at Avenue Campus? You can participate in a short taster course in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish or Chinese, and meet some of our tutors. The event is free of change. Continue reading →