How Wordle Went 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 If you’re at all involved in academic twitter, you’ve probably come across a pattern of green and yellow squares that looks something like this. No, your friends, classmates, and colleagues haven’t joined a cult, and no, these posts aren’t some sort of secret nerd code you’re not privy to. Rather, they’re result sheets for…Continue Reading How Wordle Went 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A Few Words about ‘Gairglo’, the Welsh Language ‘Wordle’, by Steve Morris

This is a translation of a short comment piece (in Welsh) by Applied Linguistics Honorary Research Fellow Steve Morris which appeared on the Golwg 360 website in February 2020 It relates to a Welsh language version of ‘Wordle’ – ‘Gairglo’ – created by Dr Rodolfo Piskorski, a Brazilian who has learnt Welsh and was the…Continue Reading A Few Words about ‘Gairglo’, the Welsh Language ‘Wordle’, by Steve Morris

Dr Vivienne Rogers talks to Joe East about her teaching and research in Applied Linguistics…and ‘Muttering Robots’!

In this interview Joe East talks to Dr Vivienne Rogers about her work as senior lecturer in Applied Linguistics and all the exciting projects she’s done! If you’re interested in contacting Dr Rogers you can email her at V.E.rogers@swansea.ac.uk, look at her website or send her a Tweet. If you’re interested in the work she…Continue Reading Dr Vivienne Rogers talks to Joe East about her teaching and research in Applied Linguistics…and ‘Muttering Robots’!

Talking Dissertations: Joe East talks to Milo Coffey about his final year research project

This month’s blog/vlog is about dissertations! Every year, many students undertake a dissertation. This is an extended piece of work (around 8-10,000 words) based around a project they’ve been researching and supervised by subject specialists in the department. We thought you might like to hear about one of these which is about computer-generated poetry! We…Continue Reading Talking Dissertations: Joe East talks to Milo Coffey about his final year research project

Josh Richardson talks to Shawn Lee about his favourite module this year: ALE250 Child Language and Literacy

As intern for the Applied Linguistics and English Language blog this year, I was lucky enough to speak to one of my classmates, second year Josh Richardson, about the year just gone, and about his favourite module. 1. What is your favourite module about, and why do you like it? ALE250 Studying Child Language Language…Continue Reading Josh Richardson talks to Shawn Lee about his favourite module this year: ALE250 Child Language and Literacy

A Conversation with the Applied Linguistics Society and the Applied Linguistics Journal at Swansea University

Today we talk to 3rd year student Daniel Strogen and newly graduated former student Milo Coffey about their roles in the society and the journal. If you are a Swansea student doing one of our degrees and interested in joining the society or journal team, then check this video out to find out more. You…Continue Reading A Conversation with the Applied Linguistics Society and the Applied Linguistics Journal at Swansea University