Events

Language Talks 2023-2024

Thursday 25 October 2023, 11-12 BST
Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan, The Open University, presents
Selling Good Food and Healthy Lifestyles with Science: Approaching Marketing from a Multimodal Perspectiveby Professor Göran Eriksson, Ôrebro University 

Tuesday 16 November 2023, 2-3pm GMT
Dr Jérôme Devaux, The Open University, presents …
Identifying ‘demands’ and ‘controls’ for effective decision-making in interpreted Mental Health Act assessments by Dr Rebecca Tipton, University of Manchester

Friday 26 January, 2-3 GMT 
Dr Rodriogo Hernáiz, The Open University, presents … 

Deep but fragile: an introduction to the Dalabon language of Northern Australia by Professor Nicholas (Nick) Evans, Australian National University ANU

Wednesday 28^th February, 10-11 GMT 
Dr Rachele De Felice, The Open University, presents …  English for Scientific and Professional Purposes (ESPP): where 'Professional' makes the difference Professor Annalisa Zanola, University of Brescia  

Tuesday 30  April, 2-3pm GMT 
Dr Sally Hunt, The Open University, presents
Flexing for promotion: On the language of bias in performance reviews, how it matters and for whom by Professor Sylvia Jaworska, University of Reading 

Thursday 16 May, 12-1 GMT
Dr Karina Von-Lindeiner Strasky, The Open University, presents
Use of AI systems through pedagogical translation for language learning/teaching purposes  by Professor Ana Niño Alonso, University of Manchester