Multilingual Manchester

The Dialects of Arabic web resource has now been launched. It features a database that compares dialects of Arabic from fifteen different countries, and will be of use to researchers, students of Arabic, and practitioners in forensic linguistics working on Language...

A new MLM paper, titled 'Urban Multilingualism and the Civic University: A Dynamic, Non-Linear Model of Participatory Research', will appear in the journal Social Inclusion. Drawing on the example of Multilingual Manchester, the paper shows how a university research...

We are offering small grants to support film production on the subject of world and community languages (priority is being given to students and recent graduates of The Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at The University of Manchester). More information is...

Girls in Manchester are more likely than boys to have ‘unique’ names, and the names given to children are likely to reflect parents’ home languages and cultures, according to a new study carried out by Multilingual Manchester. Amy Portwood asked 120 local mothers...

Join us for a free family-friendly day of activities to celebrate Manchester's many languages and cultures! Levenshulme Language Day 2017 will take place at The Klondyke Club, Arcadia Library and Levenshulme Market. Activities include language taster sessions, stalls,...

Research by Multilingual Manchester has found that leaving the European Union may reduce levels of support for the teaching of English as an additional language, due to the withdrawal of EU funding. The new report, compiled by Dr Amelia Abercrombie through a grant...

The Multilingual Manchester team have been working with a group of schoolchildren from Burnley to help them design artwork featuring community languages that will revitalise their local train station. The team delivered activities on the theme of community languages...

Modern Linguists must craft their own reforms to reclaim the future of their discipline, write professors Stephen Hutchings and Yaron Matras. They call on universities to develop a compelling vision for Modern Languages research and teaching, and to capitalise on the...

Abstracts are invited for a two-day workshop on 'Multilingual landscapes: planning, policy, and contact linguistic perspectives', hosted by Multilingual Manchester. The workshop will take place on 21-22 May 2018 at The University of Manchester. Please see the call for...

His Excellency, Arkady Rzegocki, the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, has visited The University of Manchester to help launch a new project that will work closely with Polish schools in the city. He said: "Initiatives such as Multilingual Manchester are pivotal...