As part of our employability programme in the Applied Linguistics department, we invited alumna , Marianna Puzzo, who is now a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, back to talk to our students about a potential career in SLT. Graduating with a degree in English Language and Italian in 2014, Marianna went on to do a…Continue Reading Employability Series: Speech and Language Therapist, Marianna Puzzo, talks to Applied Linguistics students – by Ed Clarke
Sarah Poole: Looking back at my year abroad in South Korea
Hi, my name is Sarah and I am a final year English Language & TESOL student at Swansea University. If you haven’t read my previous blog post about my year abroad in South Korea, I highly recommend you go take a look here before reading this one! When I wrote my previous blog post I…Continue Reading Sarah Poole: Looking back at my year abroad in South Korea
Rob Penhallurick at Freie Universität Berlin
On 10 July 2019, Rob Penhallurick took two MA classes in sociolinguistics as a guest lecturer at the Freie Universität Berlin, speaking on the history of the study of English dialects and on Welsh English. Freie University has nearly 40,000 students and is one of 11 universities in Germany to have the status of ‘university…Continue Reading Rob Penhallurick at Freie Universität Berlin
Graduation and Awards Season
From Graduand to Graduate Graduation is always a special occasion for the students and their families but it is also a truly meaningful event for the staff who’ve watched them blossom: from the beginning of their academic journey to that final moment where they take their leave of us and say their good-byes. This year was…Continue Reading Graduation and Awards Season
Rob Penhallurick at the Deutscher Sprachatlas
On 19 June 2019, Rob Penhallurick gave a guest talk at the prestigious Deutscher Sprachatlas, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. The title of Rob’s talk was ‘Change and Continuity in Dialect Study’, based on the extensive research done for his 2018 book, Studying Dialect (Palgrave Macmillan International Higher Education). Marburg University is a major centre of dialect…Continue Reading Rob Penhallurick at the Deutscher Sprachatlas
Placement Puts Students At The Top of the Class
The Applied Linguistics Department offers several employability opportunities. One such placement is working with local schools as teaching assistants, with a focus on language and literacy at an after- school group. The eight-week placement allows students the chance to design and deliver activities, see real-world teaching and learning in action, work with a range of…Continue Reading Placement Puts Students At The Top of the Class
Ede and Ravenscroft Anniversary Student Prize 2017/2018
As you may know, we are always excited to celebrate our students’ achievements and 2019 brings us happy tidings of further success. Two of our fabulous students have been awarded the Ede and Ravenscroft Anniversary Student Prize 2017/2018 for outstanding contribution to student life, building on the previous winners of our prize for 2016/2017 who…Continue Reading Ede and Ravenscroft Anniversary Student Prize 2017/2018
Health Communication Research Projects in Applied Linguistics
Two final year students in Applied Linguistics, Molly Rabin and Megan Davies, undertook a WOW (Week of Work) placement this year, working as research assistants alongside Tess Fitzpatrick and Alexia Bowler on a health communication project with a local health board. The project’s aims were to evaluate patient information documents provided by a newly created…Continue Reading Health Communication Research Projects in Applied Linguistics
Employability Series: Swansea University’s Applied Linguistics Literacy Partnership Placements
My name is Maslin Costiniano and I would like to share with all of you an experience that I feel has contributed to my recent success in procuring my next step after graduation, which is an internship as a teaching assistant in Japan. In my third year I took part in a placement scheme organised…Continue Reading Employability Series: Swansea University’s Applied Linguistics Literacy Partnership Placements
Doing the MA TESOL at Swansea University: An International Student Perspective by Mink Yuthika
My name is Mink Yuthika. I completed an MA TESOL at Swansea University in 2017. At that time, I was the only Thai student studying in the College of Arts and Humanities! Before deciding to study at Swansea University, I obtained my bachelor’s degree from Mae Fah Lung University, Thailand, majoring in English. During my…Continue Reading Doing the MA TESOL at Swansea University: An International Student Perspective by Mink Yuthika