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Centre for Language Study

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We provide a wide range of language learning courses and resources, for students.

About

You’ll start at a level that matches your ability, in your chosen language. Our courses are tailored to your needs.

As a specialist linguist, whether you want to further your language studies after an A-Level or start a language ab-initio, we will help you to reach graduate level and get the language focus you want. Depending on your degree programme, language modules will form between 25% to 75% of your degree.

If you're studying another subject at the University, you can join us and learn a language for credits as part of your degree, if your programme allows for it. If it does not, come and take advantage of our unique Southampton Language Opportunity scheme. This offers free (non-credit bearing) language courses to all University of Southampton students.

If you’re part of the local community or a member of staff, we can offer you the chance to learn a language through our Lifelong Learning programme.

Resources

You'll also have excellent resources to support you. By joining our community of language learners, you'll take advantage of our ambitious language teaching. We'll give you the tools to become the best linguist you possibly can.

Our highly effective teaching methods encourage independence and taking responsibility for your own learning, through continuity of methods:

  • group and pair work
  • four skills
  • grammar
  • translation
  • interpreting
  • mediation activities
  • language lab
  • online
  • virtual learning environment (VLE)
  • face-to-face
  • student-led oral classes
  • 1-2-1 consultations

Our courses and resources include:

People, projects and publications

People

Mr Adrian Sewell

Senior Language Teaching Fellow

Connect with Adrian

Email: a.j.sewell@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Mrs Carmen Martin De Leon

Senior Teaching Fellow

Connect with Carmen

Email: c.martin-de-leon@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Ms Cristina Garcia Hermoso

Senior Teaching Fellow

Connect with Cristina

Email: c.garcia-hermoso@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Ms Fatima Cande

Senior Teaching Fellow

Connect with Fatima

Email: f.cande@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Doctor Ian Mccall

Senior Lecturer

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ian

Email: i.d.mccall@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Ms Irina Nelson

Senior Language Teaching Fellow

Connect with Irina

Email: irina.nelson@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Mrs Julia Kelly

Principal Teaching Fellow

Connect with Julia

Email: j.a.kelly@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Professor Kate Borthwick MA (Hons), MA, PHD, FHEA, SCMALT

Professorial Fellow of Enterprise

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kate

Email: k.borthwick@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Doctor Katy Heady

Senior Teaching Fellow

Connect with Katy

Email: k.v.heady@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

Miss Laura-May Leaf

Senior Teaching Fellow

Connect with Laura-May

Email: l.leaf@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

My research interests are in the field of ab initio language learning, particularly with regard to issues of progression and independent learning within accelerated courses at university level.
Principal Teaching Fellow

Contact

Contact us

For more information about the Centre for Language Study contact the Humanities student office.

Student office

Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BF
Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, UK time
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