Month: August 2024

  1. Beatrice Venturin is a senior tutor at the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne. Her research interests lie in multilingualism, intercultural communication and emotionality in language. She is also a polyglot and a sports enthusiast. Felicia interviewed Beatrice about her experience as Senior Tutor at SOLL, and how she navigates her academic life teaching and doing research at the same time.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/soll-talk/2024/08/26/1808

  2. “The University of Melbourne had a strong presence this year”: SOLL Researchers’ Presentations at LTRC 2024 in Innsbruck, Austria

    Chenyang Zhang Eight SOLL researchers attended and presented their research outputs at the Language Testing Research Colloquium  (LTRC) annual conference, which was held in Innsbruck, Austria between the 1st and the 5th of July 2024. The LTRC conference presents the most recent research trends in the language testing field and offers a valuable opportunity for […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/soll-talk/2024/08/18/the-university-of-melbourne-had-a-strong-presence-this-year-soll-researchers-presentations-at-ltrc-2024-in-innsbruck-austria

  3. Upcoming SoLL Event: SoLL Postgraduate Club’s Academic Reading Group

    Hangyu Zhang The SoLL Postgraduate Club is organising an academic reading group to allow thought-provoking discussions in terms of various topics in Applied Linguistics. On 30 August 2024, the reading group is going to hold its first event welcoming all PhD and MA students in Applied Linguistics from all institutions! Dive in, accumulating and inspiring new insights! […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/soll-talk/2024/08/16/upcoming-soll-event-soll-postgraduate-clubs-academic-reading-group

  4. Macron’s ‘Olympic truce’ defers political decisions about new government 

    By Monica Sestito France will remain without a new government until at least late August 2024, in what President Emmanuel Macron has dubbed an “Olympic political truce.”  In an interview with France 2 television before the opening ceremony, Macron asserted that stability during the Olympics was paramount and could only be ensured by the existing […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/soll-talk/2024/08/07/macrons-olympic-truce-defers-political-decisions-about-new-government