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Read more at: Hold on to your tongue!

Hold on to your tongue!

Hold on to your tongue! Community languages: why do they matter Saturday 28 February, 3–5pm Faculty of English, GR 06/07, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP How can we encourage take-up of languages among young people? Should we support qualifications in community languages? What’s good practice? Cambridge Bilingualism Network and...

Read more at: Why learning European languages makes you part of a global network
The ceiling in Trinity College

Why learning European languages makes you part of a global network

A new study published in the US shows that a language’s international importance can be measured in more ways than just counting the number of native speakers. By analysing millions of book translations, Wikipedia entries, and Twitter posts, the authors (including noted psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker) identified...

Read more at: Switch Off Week - Tuesday
Turn MML Green

Switch Off Week - Tuesday

Good morning RFB, and welcome to day 2 of Switch Off Week. In the RFB we have the DiCaprio Global Warming film at 1pm in 142 . Plus the information display screens in the entrance lobby are staying up, for anyone who missed them today. If anyone wants to make a pledge I am sure that Ben would be happy to take their photo...

Read more at: MML Photography Competition
Photography Competition 2014

MML Photography Competition

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages invites you to enter its annual photography competition. What are we looking for? We are looking for images that capture an element of your experience of MML at Cambridge and beyond. This might be an image of your day-to-day life as a student here or a photo taken on your Year...

Read more at: Festival of Ideas - Linguistics Events 2014
Festival of Ideas

Festival of Ideas - Linguistics Events 2014

The Vanishing Monolingual Saturday 25 October: 5:00pm - 6:00pm (no need to pre-book) The Faculty's first Annual Lecture, which is a feature of the University of Cambridge's Festival of Ideas, is to be given by Bernardette Holmes on "The Vanishing Monolingual - why the ability to speak other languages is defining success...

Read more at: MML Annual Lecture 2014

MML Annual Lecture 2014

MML Annual Lecture 2014 - The Vanishing Monolingual The MML Faculty is proud to announce that, in its inaugural year, the Annual Lecture will be given by Bernardette Holmes. The event will take place on Saturday 25th October from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site . The title of the lecture will be...

Read more at: Beit Centenary
Otto Beit in his study at Belgrave Square

Beit Centenary

On November 7, the MML Library and the German Department marked the 100th anniversary of the Beit Library with a special celebration.

Read more at: The new MML website
The new MML website

The new MML website

We hope you noticed that MML’s homepage has changed. We are in the process of upgrading our website to deliver a more functional, easy to use and engaging online presence.

Read more at: The Fifth Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Fifth Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

A call for papers for the 'Language Endangerment and speaker. Alternative identities, new speech communities and changing linguistics norms' conference on 31st July 2015.

 

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