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Culture and Communication Network Meeting
On Wednesday, 26 July, the Department hosted the first meeting of a new Culture and Communication Network connecting colleagues from across the university with an interest in any aspect of communication and culture. The network event was attended by academic staff and professional development staff. The first half of the day was dedicated to conference-style…
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New online course on Pragmatics and Social Cognition
Dr Vittorio Tantucci (Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics) has a new online course on Pragmatics and Social Cognition, which is available on the Massolit platform. Here’s a summary of what sounds like a fascinating course! In this course, Dr Vittorio Tantucci (University of Lancaster) explores how language is used to shape our social…
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Tartu meets Lancaster
Over the past couple of months, we’ve been fortunate to host two guests from the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Estonia! Dr Pärtel Lippus visited for three days in late March, and Dr Anton Malmi visited for two weeks in May. The purpose of their visits was to develop links between…
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Teaching globally – an ESRC Global Challenges funded project
Dr. Bimali Indrarathne (University of York) and Professor Judit Kormos have recently completed an ESRC- Global Challenges funded project on raising language teachers’ awareness of dyslexia and inclusive practices in South-Asia and the West Balkans. The aim of the project was to design and pilot a context-specific teacher training course to enhance inclusive language teaching practices in ten…
What do you get when you cross a duck and a linguist? A DuckLing of course!