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Our April 2023 Event: Too old to learn and too foreign to teach: Misconceptions about teaching and learning a new language. A talk by Ana Ilievska Završnik

At the recent Language Professionals Networking Event in April, we had the pleasure of hosting Ana Ilievska Završnik as our guest speaker. Ana shared her expertise on the topic of “Misconceptions about teaching and learning a new language”.Her insights shed light on common misconceptions that language professionals often come across in this field, and provided valuable insights and tricks to counter them.

Posted Accent

Our January 2023 Event: “Yes, I have an accent, decolonise your ears”. With Dr. Maame Nikabs.

Language bias refers to the idea that we are inclined to favour those who communicate in the same way as us: people who speak our language, have the same accent, and use similar vocabulary or slang. This is, unfortunately, a common cause for discrimitation, as some accents can be seen as less professional or less ‘proper’ than others. On January 27th, we were joined by Dr. Maame Nikabs to hold an open forum discussion on these issues.