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Thursday, July 12, 2018

3rd year Korean courses announced (2018-2019)

The Hallyu Wave continues.  This year we are excited to offer 3rd year Korean courses during the Fall/Winter semesters: Course Term Offered Topic/Title LING 3009 A Fall 2018 Third Year Korean I Development of advanced fluency in Korean language, and expansion of knowledge of Korean culture. Stress is on reading, composition, grammatical... More

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Carleton offering Modern Greek classes this fall/winter

While the country is known for its ancient history (and its beaches), modern Greece and the modern Greek language are still very much alive, well, and changing with the times. Join us this Fall/Winter for a beginner level (CEFR, A1) class in Modern Greek. Unlike Ancient Greek, which allows you to decipher texts dating... More

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Undergraduate Special Topics courses announced (2018-2019)

Course Term Offered Topic/Title ALDS 3903 A Fall 2018 Indigenous Languages in Canada An overview of the Indigenous languages spoken in Canada, providing an introduction to Indigenous language families in Canada and their linguistic features, Indigenous language education and revitalization, and Indigenous language rights, among other topics.... More

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Recent PhD grad published

Congratulations to recent PhD (Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies) graduate Saira Fitzgerald on the publication of her paper "When you’re in with the in-crowd: the discursive construction of the International Baccalaureate (IB) in a corpus of Canadian newspapers" in the Journal of Language &... More

Monday, May 14, 2018

Keeping the language of Attawapiskat alive

Recent CBC story focuses on plight of Cree language in Ontario's James Bay communities. Features comments from Carleton Linguistics professor Dr. Marie-Odile Junker. Image modified from: Brock University Map Library. Canada (no names). [PDF]. Software Edition. St.Catharines, ON: Brock Univerisity Map Library.... More

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Two ALDS PhD candidates successfully defend

ALDS PhD candidates Lina AlHassan and Olga Makinina have successfully defended their theses and are set to graduate. Lina AlHassan’s thesis, An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Formulaic Sequences in Upgrading EAP Students’ Academic Writing Skills, was defended April 20th, while Olga Makinina’s thesis, Factors Impacting Collocation... More

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Contract Instructor Opportunities Fall/Winter 2018-19

Learn more about Contract Instructor positions in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies... More

Friday, April 27, 2018

SLaLS and English collaborate to offer Professional Writing Program

Interested in developing your proficiency in crafting clear and concise communication for professional contexts?  Consider the Professional Writing Program, a recently-launched collaborative effort by the Department of English and School of Linguistics & Language Studies. Click here to learn... More

Friday, April 27, 2018

Carleton student wins Russian writing contest

Congratulations to second year History student Daniel Anderson on winning 1st place in the inaugural “Writing Contest for all Students studying the Russian Language”. His essay, “Interview with my Favourite Russian Author”, which featured his imagined conversation with the author Dmitry Glukhovsky was well-received by judges - all leading... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Language students hit the stage for Linguavision 2018

Thanks to everyone who joined us for and participated in the 4th annual Linguavision Song Competition on Monday evening.  This year’s show featured 18 performances in 8 different languages and a range of genres from Julian’s machine-gun delivery of Frederic’s fast-paced “Oddloop”, to Euan’s bilingual acoustic rendition of “I only... More

Friday, April 20, 2018

New intensive German class added

If you’re looking for an intensive German course, we’ve got just the thing. German 1110 A will be running Mon/Tue & Thu/Fri afternoons during the early Summer term (May-June). Current students, search for it in Carleton Central. Otherwise, click here to learn more about how to take a Carleton class as a Special Student.... More

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Linguavision Relaunched

As you may know, Linguavision (our annual singing contest for Carleton language students) was cancelled this year.  It was originally intended to run the evening of March 28th but was unfortunately cancelled due to the strike.  Now, with the strike over, we consulted with student performers and many of them are still keen to sing…so we... More

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