LanGW4
@Lan_GW4
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LanGW4 brings together the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter with the aim of disseminating language research and good practice.
Joined June 2016
Check out this important new podcast on the value of speaking other languages - with @WendyBennett21. The conversation looks at how the languages we speak shape our sense of identity, influence how we think and reason, and affect how we relate to others. It explores how
The new episode of Crossing Channels is on the value of speaking other langauges with myself and Benjamin Pitt: https://t.co/tzNcOFIOWw Richard Westcott explores the individual and societal benefits with us.
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AI and Biga data are not the only skills on the rise. #CreativeThinking is projected to grow in importance faster than any other soft skill. At @Lan_GW4 2025 I spoke about why Language Teachers are ideally placed to help students develop it.
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Registration is still open for our 10th Colloquium on 23rd June, at the University of Exeter. We are excited to explore the various ways in which we can harness creativity in MFL, whilst the second panel will be focusing on the theme of community. https://t.co/HlsrtnMVOz
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The annual colloquium for the language departments in the LanGW4 alliance. This year, Cardiff University's School of Modern Languages is hosting.
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'I have used Italian to speak to people from Romania, Albania, Croatia, Eritrea, Hungary and Germany'. Find out why ML graduate Emily Boaler did not use her English. https://t.co/BG2J4eqeSC
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🇫🇷 French teachers in the UK — don’t miss this! @ifru_london offers a rich collection of free, high-quality resources: ready-made lessons, cultural content, digital tools, CPD opportunities, and more to support your teaching at every level. More info👉 https://t.co/vUAstybjUp
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Scholarship places available for Catalan workshops at this year's edition of Bristol Translates Literary Translation Summer School (7-11 July)! Last days to sign up. More information, programme and other details on their website.
Applications are still open for Bristol Translates 2025 - search 'Bristol Translates summer school' to find our application form and full programme.
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When a language course disappears, so do the chances for students to see the world differently, connect more deeply and understand life beyond our borders. It's not just a loss to academia - it's lesser experiences, quieter voices, narrower minds. Languages make lives richer.
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There is still time to sign the petition against Modern Languages at Cardiff being axed: https://t.co/twjScKtLht
change.org
Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
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And so our 10th @Lan_GW4 conference kicks off with discussions on EDI and AI taking centre stage. Dr Macarena Jiménez and Paula Antela Costa remind us how central self-reflection is to decolonising the curriculum @BristolSML @BristolHiPLA
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Yan Wen-Thornton and Xiaoxi Sun @UniofExeter presenting their wonderful project on a cultural show strengthening the sense of community at university @Lan_GW4
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Award-winner @EnricoCecconi1 on how we can create the urgency of authentic communication in language classes. Brilliant! @Lan_GW4
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Very interesting and eye-opening key note by @SaschaStollhans on the importance of including linguistics on MFL Departments in HE and Schools across the country. Very necessary! @InMfl @Lan_GW4
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Embedding linguistics in language classes as a way to engage students. Thank you @SaschaStollhans for your insightful keynote presentation. @Lan_GW4
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It turns out that students' views on the use of AI are far from being homogeneous. Thank you @FrenchUoB1 Chloe Laborde for your important research. @Lan_GW4 @BristolSML
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🏆One month after the #ChoixGoncourtUK 2024 was awarded to Neige Sinno for Triste tigre (P.O.L), relive this award ceremony with this exclusive behind-the-scenes video🎥
🎥 Throwback to the #ChoixGoncourtUK 2024 last Friday, awarded to Neige Sinno for Triste tigre (P.O.L)! 👉 Hear more about the award ceremony from the voices of authors, professors, and students, celebrating French contemporary literature 📚
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Are you interested in the MA Global Heritage programme and/or the heritage sector? We invite you to our launch event for the Master's Degree in Global Heritage. Tuesday 20 February, online, 09:00 to 10:00. Read more about this event and register:
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📢 Attenzione! Teachers of 🇮🇹 in 🏴- new network group to support the learning and teaching of Italian in Scotland. Sign up here: https://t.co/OHUc0EKVS1…… A presto!
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Join us online for the launch of SCILT's new forum for Teachers of Italian in Scotland
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Following many requests, we have finally decided to create and make FREELY available to every Language Gym user PowerPoints featuring fully planned MARS EARS sequence matching the content of our new SPANISH SENTENCE BUILDERS TRILOGY. @Language_Gym @MrVinalesMFL @JezequelR
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📣Calling everyone involved in #languages in the UK to join @LangsGateway for its much-awaited launch events! Check out the registration links below for online happenings for #NorthernIreland (7 Nov), #Scotland (14 Nov), #Wales (21 Nov) & #England (28 Nov). Not to be missed! 👇
@LangsGateway is holding a launch event @BritishAcademy_ in mid-October. Invitations are being sent out over the coming days. There will also be a series of on-line events in November 2023. Details follow.
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'There has never been a more important time for language study than the present.' Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom https://t.co/TT1BXYcGrX via @HEPI_news
hepi.ac.uk
Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom, as the medieval English philosopher Roger Bacon is reported to have said. Bacon’s achievements were such that he was known as ‘Doctor Mirabilis’, and...
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