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Civic partnership promoting awareness and pride in multilingualism; building on the legacy of Multilingual Manchester; open to individuals & organisations
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We're delighted to announce that John Claughton of The World of Languages and Languages of the World has joined our core group (scroll down our list of Founders to read his personal profile). We look forward to working together! mcrcityoflanguages.org/founding-membeā¦


Heartening. At the same time many are concerned that strategies pursued by National Consortium for Languages Education on behalf of GCHQ Department for Education British Council to turn languages into an elitist subject for diplomats & spies will be used to justify further erosion bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ā¦

In 2017 I initiated the first International Language Day celebrations in Manchester. 9 years on it has become an institution. #MCRIMLD25 Manchester City of Literature Manchester City of Languages Creative Manchester Linguistic Diversity Collective (LDC) manchestercityofliterature.com/event/internatā¦

Join me and guests on 27 Feb 7pm for a joint Manchester City of Languages Muslim Arts & Culture Festival event on 'Language & Power: Voices & Experiences' #MCRIMLD25


Join me and guests for this Muslim Arts & Culture Festival Manchester City of Languages event on 27 Feb on Language and Power: Voices and Experiences



#macfest2025 - on Thur 27th of Feb - we had an amazing event about language and Power Mukhtar Omar Mukhlis shared his personal experience growing up multilingual Manchester City of Languages Yaron Matras John Claughton #MultilingualVoices Qaisra Shahraz MBE JP Manchester Libraries

#macfest2025 - on Thur 27th of Feb - Ioana Aminian is diving more about the Linguistics Ethnography as part of the language and power event Manchester City of Languages Yaron Matras John Claughton #MultilingualVoices Qaisra Shahraz MBE JP Manchester Libraries

#macfest2025 - Muhammad Anser Aly discussed how languages prioritize international communications in large organizations as part of language and power panel #voices Manchester City of Languages Yaron Matras #voices #power John Claughton #MultilingualVoices Qaisra Shahraz MBE JP Manchester Libraries

#macfest2025 - A valuable speech from John Claughton as part of Language and Power, highlighting the importance of valuing different languages. A huge thanks to Yaron Matras for brilliantly hosting the panel! Manchester City of Languages Creative Manchester Manchester City Council Qaisra Shahraz MBE JP

Thank you The World of Languages and Languages of the World John Claughton for your contribution & Mukhtar's - simply riveting. for Muslim Arts & Culture Festival #languages #power panel celebrating #internationalmotherlanguageday Muslim Women's Arts Foundation Manchester City of Languages Councillor Rabnawaz Akbar

Thank you John Claughton c0-founder of The World of Languages and Languages of the World for your valuable contribution to Muslim Arts & Culture Festival fantastic panel on #languages with Yaron Matras et al Muslim Women's Arts Foundation Manchester City of Languages Manchester City Council National Consortium for Languages Education

'Respect my language': Last week we hosted a half-day conference about the direction of language plocy in the UK and the need for a new conversation about our multilingual society. Read more here: mcrcityoflanguages.org/2025/03/10/res⦠Manchester City of Literature Muslim Arts & Culture Festival The World of Languages and Languages of the World