Bilingüismo: retos y oportunidades, con Yaron Matras y Julio Villa-García. El 26/05/2021 de las 18:00 hasta las 19:00 cultura.cervantes.es/manchester/es/…

Callling Urdu teachers! Come and join our faculty! We are looking for a full time Urdu teacher from September to teach our wonderful students - see below ⬇️

We've submitted our response to the consultation on the New Plan for Immigration. Like the plan, the consultation is 👎Rushed 👎Misleading 👎Shows no signs of wanting to learn Let's talk about what really needs to change in our asylum system. Follow and share this thread 👇

“Modern Languages scholars are … ideally placed to challenge a monolingual mindset”. Read ‘Ethnography and Modern Languages’ which proposes ways in which Modern Languages can credibly embrace ethnography. Available to read #openaccss: bit.ly/35Ub5eU

This semester 30 first year history students took our *new* Manchester History Workshop module + were set the challenge of creating original teaching resources for local schools on the city's migration stories. This week we saw the fruits of their labour + it was remarkable👇 1/

Please DM us if you can help with translating around 500 words into one of these languages 💚

I am aware of incidents of hateful & aggressive behaviour & language targeting the Jewish community in Manchester over the last few days. Anti-semitism has no place in our society or our city. I am in contact with Greater Manchester Police about the situation & they have my full support.

We surveyed 140 #mfl teachers about the Department for Education’s proposal for new GCSE content in modern foreign #languages. They shared their views on the impact this would have on teaching & students. Arts and Humanities Research Council The British Academy OWRILanguages Read more here>> bit.ly/3hEc4Gu

Pupils researched how languages appear in the school neighbourhood and created a series of artworks to reflect their findings.These were digitised and installed as a patterned wallpaper by Stretford Studios Arts and Humanities Research Council Dr Louise Atkinson @JessMaryBradley Multilingual Manchester Education@Sheffield

14:00 – 14:45: The Multilingual Museum Join the Multilingual Museum for a virtual adventure where you will navigate the museum’s collection as a resource for celebrating language diversity. Suitable for families Ages 7+ Register: eventbrite.com/e/the-multilin… #communityfestUoM

Multilingualism matters: SIETAR's Karin Martin in conversation with MLM founder Yaron Matras youtube.com/watch?v=7bqsLI…

Year 11 last Urdu lesson today. Couldn’t be any more proud of them and I’m touched by their thoughtfulness and kindness. #Goodluck #Goodby #Urdu #Y11 #KindnessMatters #Proud Levenshulme High School Levenshulme MFL Careers LHS NCDU

"Bilingualism: challenges and opportunities", Dr Julio Villa-García in conversation with MLM founder Professor Yaron Matras at Instituto Cervantes Manchester youtube.com/watch?v=L7YQFh…

🌟Engaging🌟 🌟Fun🌟 🌟Inclusive🌟 🌟Inspiring🌟 Some of the words participants used to describe today's Multilingual Museum event - & what a fantastic activity it was! Thankyou Multilingual Manchester Manchester Museum #communityfestUoM

As preps begin for IMLD 2022, I call to rename the event 'Int'l Mother & Father Language Day' to break away from traditional gender roles and acknowledge and encourage fathers' contributions and responsibility UNESCO UK Manchester City of Literature Manchester Museum

New student research reports now available online, covering Linguistic Landscapes in Manchester’s Chinatown, languages and multiethnolects on social media, and media attitudes to languages: mlm.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/new-student-re…

Arabic resources about COVID-19 vaccines now available through British Society for Immunology immunology.org/public-informa…

אינפארמאציע וועגן אימוניטעט און קאוויד 19 אין יידישער שפראך immunology.org/public-informa…

Diane Leedham and followers of #multilingualcreativity - there is such an enormous wealth of this in GB. Why so little pride Inside Government ?