{Lecture Video} English as a Creole Language by Professor Canagarajah

In this lecture Professor Canagarajah will review various theories of global English to offer a more inclusive model that goes beyond language ownership and nativity, and validate the meaningful and creative uses worldwide.   About the lecture Traditional linguistic orientations adopt the view that native speakers own a purportedly pure and standardized national language. This view has led to the […]

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{interesting talks} Digital series of talks on plurilingualism and interculturality Spring and autumn 2021

Digital series of talks on plurilingualism and interculturality Spring and autumn 2021 Coordinated by Petra Daryai-Hansen, in collaboration with Natalia Morollón Martí, Natascha Drachmann, Stephanie Kim Löbl, Anna Lena Sandberg and Karoline Søgaard, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies. All talks are online, and you can find the relevant Zoom-link in the individual talks below. Please register for the […]

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{Lecture Recording} the Phonology of English as an International Language

Prof Jennifer Jenkins’ lecture on “the Phonology of English as an International Language” at the University College London Summer Course in English Phonetics 2002. However, there are a couple of caveats which Prof Jenkins wants to add here: The two key ones are first, that she used EIL rather than ELF because EIL was better understood back in 2002 (also […]

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{interesting webinar} classroom-based research webinar

Classroom Research EVO 2021 Webinar by Emily Edwards Topic: What are the benefits and challenges of of teacher research? Classroom-based Research Electronic Village Online (EVO) Session hosted a series of Guest Talks for its participants in 2021. In this webinar Mark Wyatt focuses on “Teacher Development and the Role of Research” (Jan 23, 2021) Above webinar is shared by the […]

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