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Listen to Associate Professor Galina Bolden's public lecture titled, Enacting Culture through Conversational Repair.

Listen to Professor Verschueren's public lecture titled, The Role of Ideology in Public Discourse. 

Providing opportunities to undergraduate students, the New Colombo Plan is an Australian Government initiative that aims to strengthen Australia’s ties with other Indo-Pacific countries.

Focusing on the theme of Discourse and Ideology, during his visit Professor Verschueren will deliver a public lecture, a masterclass series, a publishing information session for HDR students and consultation opportunities will be available.

Hear from Associate Professor Anne McKnight (Shirayuri University, Tokyo), Dr Emerald King (LaTrobe University, Melbourne), and Dr Masafumi Monden (University of Technology, Sydney) as they discuss Japanese girls’ stories in the world: literature, manga, anime, cosplay, and more.

More than 350 grade 12 students visited UQ this week to take part in the School of Languages and Cultures annual ‘Taste of Languages’ week.

Dr. Gatherer recently embarked on fellowship travel sponsored by the Chinese Government to attend the 2017 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists, a program jointly run by the Culture Ministry of China and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Head of the School of Languages and Cultures Professor Michael Haugh has been recognised for his research into linguistic pragmatics and Associate Professor Greg Hainge, has been recognised for his research into French Literature and cinema.

UQ student Lochlan Cooke was presented the Dr Fujiko Chamberlain Education Award for achievement in Japanese studies by the Consul-General of Japan, Ms Keiko Yanai.

We recently caught up with Maxer to learn about his BISA experience, and to hear about his language-learning journey at the School of Languages and Cultures.

Listen to Professor Istvan Kecskes' public lecture titled, Deliberate Creativity in English as a Lingua Franca.

The School of Languages and Cultures recently held a one-day research symposium, Getting Acquainted across Cultures, featuring Professor István Kecskés (State University of New York) as keynote speaker.

Headphones that translate in real time are very useful, but they should not replace language learning...

Listen to Professor Alfredo Martínez-Expósito's public lecture titled, From Small Things: Spanish in Australian Universities and other growth metaphors.

University of Queensland student Amy Bergman has been selected as a Laureate of the Embassy of France ‘Nicolas Baudin’ Travel Program, and will complete an exchange semester at Sciences Po, Paris.

The fellowship will enable Esther Lovely to carry out a small-scale study on international students and their cultural adjustment, based on her PhD research.

University of Queensland graduate Anna John has supercharged an international legal career by learning a second language.

Dr Adriana Diaz has secured a place in the 2017 U21 Early Career Researcher Workshop in Chile, one out of only four UQ researchers this year.

The project aims to undertake an extensive survey of colonial language change in Australia.