On Saturday 17th June, I attended a conference put on by the Pronunciation Special Interest Group of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. It was hosted by the Bell School of English in Cambridge and the conference focus was on that particularly vexed question of English pronunciation, namely connected speech. …Continue Reading Phonology in the Fens by Fiona Hardy
Out and About: Adventures Off-Campus – The English Association’s ‘English: Shared Futures’ Conference at Newcastle
This month I attended the English Association’s ‘English: Shared Futures’, held in Newcastle 5-7 July 2017. It was the first of its kind: a version of the U.S. ‘super-conference’, with over 500 delegates and 150 panels over the three days (and, sadly, no lunch break). Based at Leicester University, the association was established in 1906 with…Continue Reading Out and About: Adventures Off-Campus – The English Association’s ‘English: Shared Futures’ Conference at Newcastle
Want to Know What We Did This Summer?
This summer was a busy one for many of us here in English Language and Applied Linguistics, with research activities, training and preparation for the new academic year ahead. Here is just a taster of what we did this summer: Dr Alexia Bowler was successful in attaining her Higher Education Academy Fellowship, which is an…Continue Reading Want to Know What We Did This Summer?
Swansea English Language students to present research at international conference
For the second year running, undergraduate students from English Language will present the results of their dissertation results at the international EUROSLA conference. Thomas Barnett-Legh, Clare Curry and Emma Davie together with their supervisor Dr Vivienne Rogers, will give a talk about their research investigating the LLAMA language aptitude tests developed by Prof Paul Meara….Continue Reading Swansea English Language students to present research at international conference