Category: PhD

When Linguistics is Applied: Reflections from the 58th BAAL Conference by Daniel Strogen

When Linguistics is Applied “Applied linguistics is using what we know about (a) language, (b) how it is learned and (c) how it is used, in order to achieve some purpose or solve some problem in the real world.” — Schmitt and Celce-Murcia, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (2020, p. 1). This definition, while seemingly…Continue Reading When Linguistics is Applied: Reflections from the 58th BAAL Conference by Daniel Strogen

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

PhD Conferencing with Tesni Galvin

Being a final year PhD student in the department of Applied Linguistics at Swansea University, I have had the fortunate opportunity to present my research to friends, colleagues and experts in the field, across nine different conference organisations, in six different countries. My research focuses on the representation and processing of Welsh grammatical gender in…Continue Reading PhD Conferencing with Tesni Galvin

My experience doing a SPIN internship by Theo Mills

I’m writing this blog post as a culmination of a completed SPIN (Swansea University Paid Internship) placement in the department of Applied Linguistics at Swansea University. A SPIN placement is a paid internship placement generally held for four weeks in partnership with various employers. In my case, I worked for my department alongside a member of my…Continue Reading My experience doing a SPIN internship by Theo Mills

Conferencing 101

In this post, two of our current PhD students, Theo Mills and Tesni Galvin, discuss their experiences of attending conferences and sharing their research. Read on for some excellent advice! Conferences are a big part of world of research because they’re one of the main methods for communicating research findings, catching up with colleagues, and…Continue Reading Conferencing 101

NEW Applied Linguistics PhD Projects

The Department of Applied Linguistics welcomes applications from strong students for the following projects, to be co-supervised within the department by a team including Professor Jim Milton; Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus; Professor Tess Fitzpatrick; Dr Vivienne Rogers. i)      Project 1: Aptitude This project is intended to investigate language learning aptitude and the testing of this quality….Continue Reading NEW Applied Linguistics PhD Projects

Benjamin Jones – Writing My First Book

Ben Jones is a PhD student and teaching assistant in the English Language and Applied Linguistics department. His PhD “The Welsh English dialect in fiction’ (working title), is concerned with [the history of the Welsh variety of English, and its depiction in fictive media. The research covers a period of time stretching from Elizabethan theatre…Continue Reading Benjamin Jones – Writing My First Book