Year: 2025

My Summer CELTA 2025 Experience, by Abbie Campfield

My name is Abbie and I recently completed the CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as a summer intensive. Just to let you know a bit about me, before CELTA: I graduated from my undergraduate BA (Hons) English Language and TESOL (with a year abroad) course in 2024. I hadn’t done…Continue Reading My Summer CELTA 2025 Experience, by Abbie Campfield

Lectures & Life by the Sea: Why Swansea’s English Language (and TESOL) Courses Rock!

Clearing 2025! Discover Where English at Swansea Can Take You: Hear from Our Graduates Thinking about studying English Language, TESOL or Applied Linguistics at Swansea University? Don’t just take our word for how exciting, supportive, and career-focused our courses are—hear directly from our recent graduates! In these two short videos, you’ll meet: Caitlin, a UK-based…Continue Reading Lectures & Life by the Sea: Why Swansea’s English Language (and TESOL) Courses Rock!

Showcasing Real-World Linguistics: Student Submissions at COPA by Ellie Dickinson

An image of a pull-up banner, showing a young student with the name of the department under (English Language, TESOL and Applied Linguistics). Alongside the banner is a display of posters created by students in the department

Each year, Swansea University hosts COPA: an event that brings together students, faculty, and industry professionals to celebrate innovation, collaboration, and creativity. For students in Applied Linguistics, COPA offers a unique opportunity to present how their academic work applies to the real world. Whether through projects on language revitalisation, heritage language preservation, or policy development,…Continue Reading Showcasing Real-World Linguistics: Student Submissions at COPA by Ellie Dickinson

Pupillometry, Language Attitudes, and a Trip to Mannheim by Daniel Strogen

As is often the case in research, my discovery of pupillometry was not the result of a deliberate plan, but rather a fortunate accident. In 2024, while pursuing my master’s degree in Social Research Methods, I attended the EuroSLA conference – the European Second Language Acquisition Researchers’ Conference – held at the University of Montpellier….Continue Reading Pupillometry, Language Attitudes, and a Trip to Mannheim by Daniel Strogen