Past Events

The Cambridge Language Sciences (CLS) Annual Symposium is an annual meeting of minds, bringing together language scientists of all disciplines from the University of Cambridge for an afternoon of talks, poster presentations and informal networking. This year's Symposium will take place in person at Cripps Court, Magdalene College on Thursday 24

In second language (L2) classrooms, one of the teachers’ frequent concerns is how to engage learners in classroom activities. The general assumption is that when learners are highly engaged in the classroom activities, it is likely to result in greater learning outcomes.

Cambridge Language Sciences are supporting this presentation skills training which is free to our network members.

Priority will be given to those presenting a poster at the Language Sciences Annual Symposium on 24 November.

This in-person seminar is part of the Second Language Education Group (2022) seminar series.

It marks the publication of ‘Multilingualism and Identity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ (ed. Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Linda Fisher, CUP, 2022).

What would intelligent beings from other planets be like? It seems highly unlikely that beings capable of developing a technological civilisation could do so without a "language", i.e. a means to generate, store, and communicate information.

Human societies have evolved a variety of successful structures for communication and negotiation between individuals with diverse or conflicting viewpoints. These range from manners governing polite conversation, to laws around jury trials, procedures for formal debates, academic peer review, and even the processes of democratic elections.

Cambridge Language Sciences is supporting a 2-part workshop on the use of ultrasound imaging to visualise the shape and movements of the tongue during speech production. The aim is to facilitate skills development in this area across a number of different departments. 

The Methods Day will consist of over 20 short talks, mostly from researchers around Cambridge, on methodological innovations and new applications in brain imaging, brain stimulation, behavioural research and web-based experiments.

The event, comprising a series of lightning talks by early-career researchers in the Department of Computer Sciences and Technology, will also highlight the use of online platforms to support the teaching and learning of Physics at Secondary School.