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Read more at: The Seventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Seventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Seventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment 'Language Contact and Language Change in Endangered Languages', organised by Dr Mari Jones, Reader in French Linguistics and Language Change, will take place on 4th July 2017.


Read more at: Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project

Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project

The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. We want to have a transformative effect on language learning, as well as...


Read more at: Foreign Language Spelling Bee
Daniel Zeichner addresses the audience

Foreign Language Spelling Bee

The national final of the Foreign Language Spelling Bee for UK secondary schools took place at Anglia Ruskin on 1st July. The event was organised by Sarah Schechter as part of the Routes into Languages project, which MML is involved in. There were 77,000 entries nationally, and over 100 students took part in the final...


Read more at: Post-Brexit, Studying Language and Culture Is More Urgent Than Ever
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Post-Brexit, Studying Language and Culture Is More Urgent Than Ever

Post-Brexit, Studying Language and Culture Is More Urgent Than Ever: statement from the Board of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages


Read more at: Dr Mari Jones wins the Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award for the School of Arts and Humanities!

Dr Mari Jones wins the Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award for the School of Arts and Humanities!

Dr Mari Jones, of the Department of French, has won the Vice Chancellor's Impact Award for the School of Arts and Humanities. Congratulations!


Read more at: New report co-authored by Prof. Wendy Ayres-Bennett on the value of languages

New report co-authored by Prof. Wendy Ayres-Bennett on the value of languages

Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett (DTAL) has co-authored a new report which argues that urgent action is needed to close the UK languages gap.


Read more at: ITA1 Use of Italian

ITA1 Use of Italian

The examination for MML Tripos Part 1A, ab initio Italian, ITA1 Use Of Italian, which was due to take place today at 9am, has been unable to proceed after the discovery of a procedural irregularity.


Read more at: The Sixth Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Sixth Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Sixth Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment 'Curriculum Design and Evaluation for Endangered Languages', organised by Dr Mari Jones, Reader in French Linguistics and Language Change, will take place on 6th July 2016.


Read more at: UCML seminar: The EU referendum and HE languages disciplines

UCML seminar: The EU referendum and HE languages disciplines

The University Council of Modern Languages is organising a seminar on the EU referendum and its impact on Modern Language disciplines.


Read more at: Britain and the EU

Britain and the EU

The Vice Chancellor has recently spoken on the importance to the University of Cambridge of the European ideal and its practical consequences for research, student and staff mobility. The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages would like to remind all of our students of the importance of casting a vote in the forthcoming referendum, the outcome of which is so important to our future.