CIRCE Online Seminar: Ten Things About Spoken Language
Join the CIRCE online seminar with Prof. Rob drum mond discussing ten key insights about spoken language and identity. Free but requires registration.
Join us for the upcoming CIRCE Online seminar featuring Prof. Rob Drummond from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. The seminar, titled Ten things everybody should know about (spoken) language, will take place on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 16:30 CET.
Venue: Online
Target Audience: Secondary school teachers, researchers, and language instructors
Prof. Drummond will share his top ten reflections and insights on the relationship between spoken language and identity, aiming to improve everyone’s relationship with their own and others’ use of English. The talk will emphasize the importance of appreciating language variation and change, and the fundamental connection between the way we speak and who we are.
Speaker Bio: Rob Drummond is a Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. He researches, teaches, and writes about the relationship between spoken language and identity. He has led the Manchester Voices project, exploring accents, dialects, and identities in Greater Manchester, and co-leads The Accentism project, which challenges language-based prejudice.
Upcoming Webinars:
- Sender Dovchin (April 14, 2025)
- Alice Henderson (April 28, 2025)
- Ana Tankosic (June 5, 2025)
To attend this and future events, register on the H2 IOS C Training environment. Once registered, select the course “Language and Accent Discrimination – Online Seminar Series” and activate it with the code PbK837GtE. Ensure you have Microsoft Teams installed.
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