The CLA collaborates with SGroup and the Enna Language Centre (CLIK) with a view to enhancing research and the learning of the English language. In particular, the NTES (New Trends in English Studies) research and working group has been established with the aim of promoting the English language at partner universities, raising awareness of Anglophone culture and enhancing the teaching of English in undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes, as well as for researchers and administrative staff.

NTES also aims to analyse the role of universities in training and research in the field of the English language and to monitor the state of the art in foreign language teaching by University Language Centres, with a particular focus on the English language.

 

ACTIVITIES 2026

20 April 2026

Think Tank Academy Spring Conference 2026 PROGRAMME

Useful documents:

Dott.ssa Tutino INTRO CLA

Prof. Bonomo INTRO 

Prof.ssa Leotta INTRO

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15 - 19 June 2026   

PhD Training Course

PhD advanced training: "English for Academic purposes in research - conceptual frameworks and applications" 

NTES proposes to the SGroup Universities to join this training course. The meetings will focus on the multi-perspective dimension of the English language in the global context and on English for academic purposes, identifying it as a specific tool necessary for any scientific research with dissemination goals.

To register please click here: FORM

PROGRAMME 

Central European Time

15 June 2026

10.00 – 10.30 Welcome address by the two Directors of the Language Centres

Annalisa Bonomo and Vincenza Tutino

10.30 – 12.00 Improving academic reading skills in English

Paola Leotta and Fernanda Verçosa

16 June 2026

10.00 – 11.00 Improving Writing Skills in English

Giuliana Russo

11.00 - 12.00 Improving Public Speaking in English

Vivian De la Cruz

18 June 2026

10:00/12:00 Publishing Research Papers in English

Mattia Mantellato and Annalisa Bonomo

19 June  2026

10:00/11:00 Corpus-Based Methods in Sociolinguistics Research: Theory and Practice

Carlotta Bontà and Gabriele Caruso