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Welcome to the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics (MLAL)

The School of MLAL is committed to the University of Limerick’s internationalisation strategy by enhancing and promoting our approaches to collaborative and multilingual teaching and research.

We seek to develop language graduates who are proficient language users, knowledgeable about world literatures and cultures, highly competent plurilingual communicators, interculturally aware and ethically responsible global citizens.

With our students, we aim to build a strong community which will:

Promote language learning and awareness across society
Shape language and (multi) cultural attitudes/policies
Contribute to the growth of a multilingual community
Collaborate in a team environment
Help strengthen local and global partnerships
Continue independent life-long language learning

The School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Limerick, engages in teaching and research across a wide range of subjects whose common concern is the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of a range of languages and their associated cultures.

Composed of French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and TESOL & Linguistics sections, the School is also home to three dynamic research centres: the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), the Centre for Irish-German Studies, and the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies.

Click here to find out more about our evening language classes: Language Outreach Programme or contact Dominique Le Meur (Dominique.lemeur@ul.ie)

The School of MLAL, was created in September 2014, after the division of UL’s School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication (known, prior to 2009 as the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies), and it seeks to advance the University’s established reputation for excellence in teaching, learning and research in linguistic, literary and cultural areas.

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Events

AHSS Annual Conference - Thursday 18th and Fr...

Centre for Irish-German Studies: Literary Dis...

UL Celebrates 50 Years of European Studies

Upcoming Centre for Irish-German Studies Even...

Culture Shocked!: Visual Impressions of Inter...

Performance of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner - Th...

AI in Language Education - Google Translate a...

Guest Lecture and Discussion with John Gormle...

Sustainability Reporting at German Universiti...

The Story Behind the UN Sustainable Developme...

UL Postgraduate Information Evening 23rd November 2022

Postgraduate Information Evening - Wednesday ...

AHSS Annual Postgraduate Conference, 9 & 10 June 2022

AHSS Annual Postgraduate Conference, 9 &a...

European Studies Symposium, UL, 10-11 May 202...

Audiovisual Translation: Disciplinary Crossro...

CALS Webinar: To The Damd Eternal Fire Brands...

Shifting sands in English-medium instruction

CALS webinar :The motivational pull of teach...

Entangled Futurities in Contemporary Turkish ...

Centre for Irish-German Studies Events March ...

Intercultural Communication Series

European Day of Languages

AHSS PhD Development Series 2020/2021

Celebrating 15 years of Language Teacher Educ...

Preview of Upcoming Events 2020/2021 - Autumn...

Exploring the Many facets of Irish-German Rel...

Past Events of the Autumn Semester 2019/2020

(Un)Fair Cities conference

Dr Stewart King (Monash Univ) Public Lecture

International Colloquium : 90 year diplomatic...

Guest lecture„Europe and the World

Centre for Irish German Studies Activities 20...

Reading by Hugo Hamilton

AHSS PG Conference 2019

Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics rese...

Ireland-Japan Series Final Event

A Passion for Printed Things: Chester Beatty’s Collection of Japanese Prints

Talk on Chester Beatty Japanese Collection

Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics rese...

Reading by German-Ukrainian author Dmitrij Ka...

Public lecture by Marian Harkin MEP

Rereading A Room of One’s Own in French: Ma...

Lecture on EU-Japan Economic Relationship 6pm...

UL in the Community: Languages in Action

Future of Europe Debate: Brexit and beyond

Communicating Europe: Future of Europe Debate...

MLAL research seminar : A Corpus-Based Analy...

MLAL/CALS research seminar

ARGENTINE FILM FESTIVAL @ UL

Reading by German author Christopher Kloeble

Limerick citizens and the European Union: Wh...

Film Show : Western

MLAL research seminar September 2018

EVA - I was a dam buster Panel Discussion

GILBA Prize

REALISING UTOPIA: CINEMA 1968

CALS Annual Research Day 24th May 2018 - All ...

Irish-German Studies - Lecture and Film:19 Ap...

Gabrielle Alioth LIMERICKER LITERATURGESPRÄC...

REALISING UTOPIA: CINEMA

Japanese Film Festival April 2018

Postgraduate Evening

SPOKEN GRAMMAR Twenty Years On

TRANSLATING MAGIC: YEATS AND HIS WRITINGS ON ...

Argentine Cinema Series Autumn 2017

IRAAL Annual Conference 2017

Irish-German Relations 2017: Between Böll an...

CALS Annual Research Day 24th May 2017 - All ...

CALS Postgraduate Conference + Structured PhD...

CALS Guest lecture 19 April...

AHSS 2017 Postgraduate Conference

International Research Seminar: Gender, Memor...

AHSS Community Summer Seminar

MLAL Postgraduate Information Evening Informa...

The use of blogs in teaching and learning: th...

Research Seminar Series Spring 2017: Miley Cy...

MLAL Research Seminar Series Spring 2017: Wha...

Perspectives on Migration lecture series - ne...

Public Lecture on Contemporary France

MA TESOL graduation

Refugee Law and Policy in Europe: Beyond crisis responses

Perspectives on Migration An interdisciplinar...

Lecture series in contemporary French politic...

60th Anniversary of Japan-Ireland Diplomatic ...

CALS Visiting Research Fellow Lecture Thursda...

AHSS Postgraduate Research Community: Winter ...

Autumn Research Seminar Series

Guest Lecture Prof Eoin Bourke Wednesday 19 O...

16th International Conference in Irish-German...

MLAL Research Seminar Series-Autumn 2016

Moxon-Browne Prize award ceremony

Reading by Swiss-Irish writer Gabrielle Aliot...

What Could Germany Do for Ireland? , 28 Septe...

Memory, writing and exile: a conversation wit...

CALS / Structured PhD in TESOL Postgraduate Research Conference and Summer School 26th June 2016 Location: The Pavilion, UL Camp

CALS and SPhD in TESOL Postgraduate Research ...

AHSS Postgraduate Conference May 2016

‘Dreams within Dreams: England, Utopia, and...

‘German-speaking Refugees in Ireland 1933-45’

Lecture Centre for Irish-German Studies &...

Japanese Film Festival at UL Wednesday (next ...

CALS Seminar: Linguistic Features of native-E...

‘Fostering student engagement in a blended-...

CALS Seminar: Current Language Teaching Chall...

Languages Initiative Workshop

Digital Tools in MFL Teaching and Learning: H...

Business German in Ireland Working Group Conf...

Marie de Guise event

Enhancing Students’ Generic Digital Literac...

MLAL Research Seminars Spring 2016

The Use of Media in Educational Institutions

MLAL Research Morning

School of Modern Languages and Applied Lingui...

A Trilingual Reading

Graduate Career Information Evening

Book Launch

Globalizing Language Policy and Planning: An ...

Lecture: Corpora, grammar and ELT

Maimu Berezkina

Modern Languages research seminar

Research Seminar 2015/16 Semester 1

Reading by German writer Judith Hermann

Seminar: Digital resources to support the dev...

Consuming Crime

Der Blick zurück

Subjects

TESOL and Linguistics

TESOL and Linguistics Faculty...

Spanish

Spanish has a long tradition at UL,...

Japanese

WHY STUDY JAPANESE? Japanese is unl...

German

Studying German Whether you choose ...

French

WHY FRENCH? French can be studied i...

News

50 Years of European Studies Celebratory Even...

AHSS Scholarship and Fee Waiver Opportunities...

Culture Shocked! eComic Now Available!

Call for Papers and Posters for AHSS Annual P...

ConSIMium European Council Simulation Experience Representatives

UL students to represent Ireland at inaugural...

Europa2073 Art/Creative Writing Competition f...

Modern Languages & Applied Linguistics Script Viewing

Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics Sc...

Scholarship and Fee awards 2021/22

Final Year Project Information Spring 2021

Student Status Committee meeting Feb 2021

Script Viewing July 2020

90 years diplomatic relations between Ireland...

Script Viewing June 2019

Austria’s role in the EU

AHSS Fee Waivers and Scholarship Campaign 202...

Celebrate the European Day of Languages at UL...

Lector in Japanese Language

CALS Annual Report 2017

AHSS Fee Waivers & Scholarship Campaign 2018

AHSS Fee Waivers and Scholarship Campaign 201...

Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics MA F...

French award for Dr Marie-Thérèse Batardière

Spanish documentary Alalá (Irish première)

Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies event &a...

Limericker Literaturgespräche

Utopian Studies Film and Lecture Series 2018

MLAL Research Seminar

Life after Brexit

Jean Monnet Module funding awarded to the Uni...

Structured PhD TESOL viva

Edward Moxon Browne FYP Prize 2017

Graduates of the Professional Masters of Educ...

GILBA German language scholarships

Jean Monnet European Studies Entrance Bursary

Announcement of the new Jean Monnet European ...

Sponsorship, Anna Caplice

Student Testimonial-Razan Ibraheem

German-Irish Lawyers and Business Association...

Postgraduate Research Funding Opportunities

AHSS FEE WAIVER/SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN

Dr Gisela Holfter - New Book!

PhD Conferrings January 2017

Book Launch- Dr Liam Murray & Dr Fiona Farr

Book Launch- Dr Liam Murray and Dr Fiona Farr

Book published - Dr Michael G Kelly

Teaching Hero Award: Congratulations!

TESOL welcome reception on 9th Sept

Language Outreach Programme

School of Modern Languages and Applied Lingui...

Scholarships in Modern Languages and Applied ...

Mois de la Francophonie en Irlande. Public Re...

Kate O' Brien Private Letters

The 2016 Moxon-Browne Final Year Project Priz...

Script Viewings Feb 2016

AHSS Winter Conferring Ceremonies

Leaving Cert Preparation Courses in Languages

‘Enhancing Digital Literacies for Language ...

CALS Annual Research Prize

French Students Visit

Annual International Conference of the Associ...

Carlos Gammero visit to UL

European Language Label Mon 5 Oct 2015

The 17th annual international conference of t...

AHSS PhD Fee Waivers

School of Modern Languages Launch

AHSS Fee Waivers

Postgraduate Funding Opportunities

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