24 April 2024: Monika Kavalir

L2 Speakers’ Attitudes to English

Wednesday 24th April 2024 (week 10 of term): Monika Kavalir, University of Ljubljana

12:10pm in Room 3.58 of the John Percival Building on Colum Drive and via Zoom

For young people in Europe today, English is no longer a foreign language in the traditional sense, but rather an additional language with which they come into contact while still learning their first language and one they interact with daily, especially if they choose to study (in) English at the university level. This talk will report the results of an extensive online survey among students at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. This is part of a developing project to investigate when and to what extent young people in Europe use English and what their attitudes towards English and their first language(s) are, with preliminary findings that challenge established definitions of bilingualism.

This seminar will be hybrid although Monika will be present and we encourage in-person attendance in Room 3.58 of the John Percival Building. To join online click here.