Author Archives: Lisa Bernasek

Successful Adventures in Research grant for Dr Ying Zheng, Modern Languages

10/03/2014

Dr. Ying Zheng is one of the successful recipients of the University of Southampton’s 2014 Adventures in Research Grants. Her project is entitled ‘Incorporating Feedback into an Online Assessment Module: Exploring Its Potential’. It is a collaborative project with Pearson ELT (David Booth, Test Development Director, Shaida Mohammadi, Test Development Manager). The aim of the […]

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CGE seminar 5 March David Deterding, University of Brunei Darussalam

03/03/2014

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar on Wednesday 5 March at 5:00 PM (Avenue Campus, Lecture Theatre C). The invited speaker is David Deterding, University of Brunei Darussalam. The topic of his talk is ‘Intelligibility and Misunderstanding in ELF’ Abstract After a brief consideration of norms in English as a […]

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ILC visiting scholar Professor Ute Smit, University of Vienna

14/02/2014

Professor Ute Smit from the University of Vienna will be visiting the University of Southampton through the Institute for Language and Culture from 19 – 25 February. While she is here Professor Smit will be giving a seminar in the CLLEAR and CGE seminar series on Wednesday 19 February (5:00, 65/Lecture Theatre A) entitled English-medium […]

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CLLEAR-CGE and ILC Visiting scholar seminar Prof Ute Smit Wed 19 February

14/02/2014

Please join us for a seminar given by the ILC visiting scholar Professor Ute Smit, University of Vienna. The seminar is also part of the CLLEAR and CGE seminar series. Wednesday 19 February 2014, 5:00 PM Avenue Campus Lecture Theatre C Topic: English-medium education in multilingual university settings: A sociolinguistic examination of interactive explaining in […]

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New research story available: Mapping knowledge in culture and science by Mary Orr

12/02/2014

Mapping knowledge in culture and science Research story by Mary Orr Mapping – cartographical, cultural, linguistic, scientific – has been central to development of European networks of knowledge and exchanges with other cultures, but saw a period of particularly important development in the early nineteenth century. Bitter military rivalries such as the Napoleonic Wars are […]

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Next CLLEAR seminar Wednesday 5 February 5:00PM: Victoria Murphy University of Oxford

03/02/2014

Please join us for the next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar on Wednesday 5 February at 5:00 PM (Avenue Campus Lecture Theatre C). The invited speaker is Dr. Victoria Murphy from the University of Oxford . The topic of her talk is ‘Multi-Word vocabulary and literacy development in children with English […]

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Video recordings from ILC Symposium available now!

31/01/2014

The Institute for Language and Culture held a one-day symposium to explore New Directions for Research in Language and Culture on 6 November 2013. Recordings from the keynote speakers are now available on the ILC website in the Media content section. Enjoy! Professor Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool and AHRC Translating Cultures Theme Fellow Translating […]

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TNS Seminar 29 January: Art, Identity and Migration – The Spielberg Question

27/01/2014

Join us for the next Transnational Studies Seminar on Wednesday 29 January 2014. Art, Identity & Migration – The Spielberg Question David Glasser and Sarah MacDougall Ben Uri Gallery and Museum David Glasser, Executive Chair and Sarah MacDougall, Eva Frankfurther Curatorial Fellow for the Study of Émigré Artists of Ben Uri Gallery & Museum in […]

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Join us TODAY for a celebration of 2013 ML research 5:00 PM 65/1093

09/12/2013

We will be holding an informal celebration of ML research with a  2013 imprint TODAY 9 December 2013, 5-6 in 65/1093. Colleagues are invited to present (in two minutes) one key research publication from 2013 – please contact Mary Orr (M.M.Orr@soton.ac.uk) with your name, title of your 2013 output, and its format (book, ed. volume, […]

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Roundtable discussion on English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education: Wednesday 4 December 5:00-6:30 PM

02/12/2013

Please join us for a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Centre for Global Englishes on English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education Wednesday 4 December 5:00-6:30 PM Building 65 Lecture Theatre C   Researching English as the lingua franca of global higher education Many universities around the world nowadays describe themselves as ‘international’, and […]

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