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[AHRC ModLanguages LF @AHRCModernLangs]

A great new resource to explore the world of languages in a fun and interactive way. Please share and encourage your friends and family to give it a try. @NICILT @scottishcilt @languages_ie @ahrcpress @MotherTonguesIE @BritishCouncil
#multilingualism #languages #owriupdates

[MEITS_OWRI @meits_owri]

Try our new free online games at https://t.co/DbQyuodJMO. Along the way, fun facts will be discovered - over 50% of people in the world are multilingual! - and challenges laid down. What does the mysterious Welsh word “Hiraeth” really mean? @ahrcpress

[AHRC ModLanguages LF @AHRCModernLangs]

'Sounds like Harlesden' shortlisted for a Research in Film award. Backed by @creativelangs and @thedr5 #Research #languages #community #rifa #London

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

The ‘Inspiration Award’ is open to everyone and looks for the best films that share the importance of arts and humanities research to our lives. Here’s the shortlist:

🔶 A Short Film About Ice
🔶 Nobody’s metaphor
🔶 Sounds Like Harlesden
🔶 To Be A Marma

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

What value does culture have to society? Take part in 10 days of free events hosted online by @valuingculture. Workshops & discussions with sector leaders, cultural conversationalists, researchers & more. Join the conversation 2-13 Nov #ValuingCulture
https://t.co/Y4zq3JYENL

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

What value does culture have to society? Take part in 10 days of free events hosted online by @valuingculture. Workshops & discussions with sector leaders, cultural conversationalists, researchers & more. Join the conversation 2-13 Nov #ValuingCulture
https://t.co/vIxx4PIJHj

[UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social @UCFLangs]

Following the call for nominations published on 30 July 2020, we are pleased to announce that the new Executive Committee member representing Early Career Academics is Dr Liam Lewis of the University of Liverpool. Welcome, Liam! https://t.co/ZLGQAfa7XF

[Thomas H Bak @thbaketal]

1/3 Delighted to have spoken to @timesradio about how to change attitudes to learning languages in the UK
@melissa_nt @nicolawoolcock; a good start would be to value all the languages spoken in the UK, incl. Gaelic, Welsh & Irish + immigrant languages, Polish, Urdu, Punjabi etc.

[Creative Multilingualism @creativelangs]

(Re)Creating Modern Languages: Conversations about the Curriculum in UK Higher Education — our latest report & toolkit for educators is out now, ed. by @rachbeanz @gorrara67 @KatrinMKohl and @LizWrenOwens1

Read here>> https://t.co/Kr86uZMNx2

@ahrcpress @TORCHOxford @cardiffuni

[Language Acts @languageacts]

Are you a French language primary teacher who wants to use music in your lessons? Earlier this year one of our Small Grants, mezzo-soprano Bérengère Battarbee-Mauduit, developed a resource pack for singing fables in schools #MFLtwitterati @ALL4language https://t.co/lr5FCtvgka

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

For #EuropeanDayofLanguages, have a listen to this @BBCFreeThinking episode featuring Prof Katrin Kohl @UniofOxford speaking about the AHRC-funded @creativelangs project exploring the connection between linguistic diversity and creativity.

🎧 https://t.co/QVC8kTbLJF

[Sascha Stollhans @SaschaStollhans]

👇 The UK urgently needs a #languages strategy! @lomo_linguist and I discuss the @BritishAcademy_ report (and many other aspects of language education) in episode 19 of the @LangRevolution podcast: https://t.co/NOjV4DpeJE #EDLangs #EuropeanDayOfLanguages #MFLTwitterati

[Creative Multilingualism @creativelangs]

You might have heard @KatrinMKohl, @thedr5 & Wen-chin Ouyang on @BBCFreeThinking with @earlymodernjohn discussing the Creative Multilingualism Manifesto. The pdf of the book is freely available here: https://t.co/hGlwfPE6B9

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

Apply now for the Engaging with Government programme, a three-day course in February 2021 to provide insight into the policy making process.

Deadline 30 October. Find out more: https://t.co/6qU4kSQWvN

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

You've got one week left to apply for the 2021 #NewGenerationThinkers scheme, in collaboration with @BBCRadio3. Get media and public engagement training, as well as the chance to make your own programme for the BBC.

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/Rgh2Ozahxc

[Language Acts @languageacts]

Our PI @cmb_prof has been appointed President-Elect of the AHGBI @Hispanists - read her statement and vision for the Association here #worldmaking https://t.co/CIjVfOiTW0

[OWRI_CrossLangDyn @CrossLangDyn]

Come and join us on Friday @ 6pm BST for a virtual cabaret of newly translated Brecht songs - not to be missed! 🎶👇

[Thomas H Bak @thbaketal]

BREAKING NEWS: our *free* 10 weeks intensive Chinese courses for beginners starting again in early October! Adults of all ages welcome. Wherever in the world you live. Excellent feedback from previous courses. Interested? Contact @BrittNeuroPsych e-mail: [email protected]

[Language Acts @languageacts]

We were pleased to support Karen on a Small Grant on multilingualism and social inclusion in NI schools earlier this year. Why not check out her monograph which looks at the history of language ecology and migration in NI and its consequences? #ValueLanguages

[OWRI_CrossLangDyn @CrossLangDyn]

In an era of mass migration, questions of home and belonging emerge with new urgency - how do we form alternative, inclusive concepts of home?

Our free virtual conference 23-24 September explores shifting ideas of home in contemporary women's writing 👉https://t.co/42bOAPFP88

[Paul Spence @politonaiz]

Very happy to see the 'Critical Digital Pedagogies in #ModernLanguages' special collection which I co-edited with @iambrandao go live on @ModLangOpen: https://t.co/OEDkmcRPYv. YouTube materials at https://t.co/i7zVK2duGV @languageacts #OWRI.

[OWRI_CrossLangDyn @CrossLangDyn]

How do we translate the natural world? What acts of interpretation are involved? 🌿

Join @Archieislander @eliza_dearnley @jessicajlee @ZakiyaMedia @AdamScovell @research_artist 17 Sept for a free virtual afternoon exploring forests, film, folklore & more👉https://t.co/fZqlxs1Tka