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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi there,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Could you possibly send this through for me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
Lucy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I have recently started writing a regular Huffpost Blog on Languages/Spain/Latin America, which some of you might find interesting. Here are the past 5 blogs (the latest of which came
out today) if you would like to have a read: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">On Vodafone Sol and the privatisation of public space:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/a-shadow-cast-over-the-su_b_7539070.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/a-shadow-cast-over-the-su_b_7539070.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">On ‘falling in love with’ a language and the risks of a metaphor:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/learning-foreign-language_b_7488534.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/learning-foreign-language_b_7488534.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">On different types of bilingualism:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/the-many-faces-of-bilingu_b_7393284.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/the-many-faces-of-bilingu_b_7393284.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A response to the article on bilinguals being good lovers:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/bilingualism-is-normal-an_b_7284526.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/bilingualism-is-normal-an_b_7284526.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">On language-learning and self-confidence:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/british-language-skills_b_5630039.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lucy-bell/british-language-skills_b_5630039.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If any of you would like to co-write anything, or would like me to publicise your research through this blog, do let me know!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">All best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Lucy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dr Lucy Bell<br>
Lecturer in Spanish and Translation Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Admissions Tutor for Languages<br>
School of English and Languages, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH<br>
Tel +44(0)1483 682869<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.surrey.ac.uk/englishandlanguages/staff_list/complete_staff_list/dr_lucy_bell/">http://www.surrey.ac.uk/englishandlanguages/staff_list/complete_staff_list/dr_lucy_bell/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/drlbell">https://twitter.com/drlbell</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">*My new book:
<i>The Latin American Short Story </i><a href="http://www.legendabooks.com/titles/isbn/9781909662131.html">http://www.legendabooks.com/titles/isbn/9781909662131.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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