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Linguamania

Diversity in the arts: why languages need to be part of the conversation

Many languages and dialects spoken in British homes rarely make it onto the stage. In this episode of LinguaMania, we explore why linguistic diversity in the arts matters.
Linguamania

The Multilingual Performance Project: celebrating languages through drama

The Multilingual Performance Project (MPP) showcases and celebrates the multilingual nature of schools and demonstrates how multilingualism can interact creatively with teaching in the classroom, promoting both taught languages and community languages.
Linguamania

How do metaphors shape our world?

We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking?
Linguamania

Why should we read translated texts?

This episode explores what we lose or gain when we read a translated book. Are we missing something by reading the English translation and not the original language version? And what can the translation process tell us about how languages work?
Linguamania

Understanding our natural world: why languages matter

What role do languages play in helping us understand and protect our natural world? Do the words we use when talking about our local flora and fauna matter? In this episode of LinguaMania, we explore the links between language and nature.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Representing the Dead

Book at Lunchtime event
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

“Forgotten Europe”: Translating Marginalised Languages

Looking specifically at Modern Greek, Polish, Dutch, and Swedish, this event interrogates what it means to translate and publish marginalised and minor European languages into English.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Pronoun Interpretation in the Second Language

A talk from the Department of Education Public Seminar series given by Prof. Roumyana Slabakova (Universities of Southampton and Iowa) and Prof. Lydia White (McGill University).
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Studying Medieval and Modern Languages at St Hilda's College

Helen Swift talks to Lucia Nixon, Tutor for Admissions, about why to study Medieval and Modern Languages at St Hilda's College.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Multi-Word Vocabulary and literacy development in children with English as an Additional Language

Dr Vicky Murphy talks on research examining figurative vocabulary knowledge in primary school children with EAL, examining collocations (multiword phrases) and idioms and the relative contribution this type of word knowledge makes to literacy development.
Department of Education Public Seminars

English as an Additional Language: Talking to Learn?

Prof. Leung (King's College London) has worked for many years in the field of second/additional language education. His academic and research interests include classroom pedagogy, content and language-integrated curriculum development, language assessment
Department of Education Public Seminars

Task as Workspace for Language Learning and Teaching

Public Seminar delivered by Prof. Martin Bygate, University of Lancaster on 28/01/2013. A focus for Task Based Language Teaching research which might help the development of TBLT.
Tolkien at Oxford

Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented

Interview with Dr Elizabeth Solopova from the Bodlian Library on the influence of medieval language on Tolkien's fiction.
Tolkien at Oxford

Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The Ring of Words'

A discussion with the authors of 'The Ring of Words', an exploration into Tolkien's work as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary.

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