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This session welcomes you to the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics (LAL), an internationally recognised leader in teaching and researching language, communication and cultures in a comple...x and connected world. We’ll give you a tour of the different modules and courses you can choose from and sketch out what it’s like to be a member of our School’s knowledge community - a community of researchers and practitioners that extends to local communities with a commitment to social justice, inclusion, and intercultural cooperation. The session will show you how, as a LAL student, you'll embark on a creative and transformative journey into language worlds, cultures, societies, in the course of which you'll be taking a closer look at contemporary issues where language and communication play a central role.
This session welcomes you to the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics (LAL), an internationally recognised leader in teaching and researching language, communication and cultures in a comple...x and connected world. We’ll give you a tour of the different modules and courses you can choose from and sketch out what it’s like to be a member of our School’s knowledge community - a community of researchers and practitioners that extends to local communities with a commitment to social justice, inclusion, and intercultural cooperation. The session will show you how, as a LAL student, you'll embark on a creative and transformative journey into language worlds, cultures, societies, in the course of which you'll be taking a closer look at contemporary issues where language and communication play a central role.
| Series: | Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) Freshers' Week; Series 2020 |
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| Episode | 11 |
| Recording date: | 22-09-2020 |
| Published: | 2020 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:14:43 |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributors: | Korina Giaxoglou; Sylvia Warnecke |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/spotlight-lal?event=Welcome%20to%20WELS%21%20Freshers%27%20week%20from%20the%20Faculty%20of%20Wellbeing%2C%20Education%20and%20Language%20Studies%20%28WELS%29%20%E2%80%93%2022%20September%202020 |
| Production number: | SHL00590 |
| Available to public: | yes |
