Welcome to June’s blog which is a video interview carried out by student intern, Shawn Lee (Swansea University Applied Linguistics Department) and Vanessa Ku (also from Swansea University Applied Linguistics Department) about undertaking the embedded CELTA as part of Swansea Applied Linguistics undergraduate degree, enjoy!…Continue Reading CELTA at Swansea University: Interview with Vanessa Ku
Working with the Dylan Thomas Community School: Interview with Taylor-Jade Garland
In partnership with Reaching Wider and SAILS/SEA, the department of Applied Linguistics sent several of our undergraduate students Emily Hitchman, Lauren Davies (both second year) and Taylor Garland (first year), on a literacy placement with Dylan Thomas Community School, in Swansea. The students spent 10 weeks, once a week in an after-school group of year 7, 8…Continue Reading Working with the Dylan Thomas Community School: Interview with Taylor-Jade Garland
The Long Interview: Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus is a linguist at Swansea University. Within the department, she convenes and teaches the second-year undergraduate module Discourse Analysis, as well as the third-year module Language in the Media. She also supervises undergraduate dissertations and PhDs which focus on how different institutions (e.g., political parties and the media in the UK) use…Continue Reading The Long Interview: Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
Interview with Dr Chris Shei
Dr Chris Shei is an associate professor in Chinese linguistics and Chinese-English translation at Swansea University, where he has worked since 2003. Chris directs our Masters programme in Chinese-English Translation and Language Teaching and his modules include (amongst many others), Chinese Language Studies, Applied Translation, Chinese-English Translation: Theory and Practice, Classroom Teaching Practice for Chinese students….Continue Reading Interview with Dr Chris Shei
Where Are They Now? Melanie Paul
Melanie Paul was, as she told me ‘making waves’ at Swansea University between 2013-2016 and graduated with a degree in English Language and TESOL. About to embark on teacher training, Mel kindly spent time talking to me about her time at Swansea University. Tell me a little bit about yourself, Mel. I’m from Leicester in the…Continue Reading Where Are They Now? Melanie Paul
Where are they Now? Interview with Liam Turner
Liam Turner, from Wales, came to Swansea University to study a BA(Hons) in English Language in 2012 and graduated in 2015 with a first class degree. Liam is also a recipient of the Ede and Ravenscroft 325th Anniversary student prize for outstanding contribution to student life. Here’s what he had to tell me about his…Continue Reading Where are they Now? Interview with Liam Turner
CLEARING: Joseph Hutchesson on His Experience
Clearing is a stressful time for all involved: from students and parents who have to navigate the often confusing process of confirmation and clearing to the admissions team and individual admissions tutors. Indeed, my first year as admissions tutor was a steep learning curve, just in terms of the pace! Luckily, like my new intake,…Continue Reading CLEARING: Joseph Hutchesson on His Experience
Interviews with Third Years: Lauren Jones
After the dust had settled: exams done and graduation celebrated, I had a chance to catch up with finalist and now post-graduate student, Lauren Jones. Lauren recently graduated with a first degree in English Language and is going on to do the MA TESOL here at Swansea. She kindly took time out of her well-earned…Continue Reading Interviews with Third Years: Lauren Jones
Phonology in the Fens by Fiona Hardy
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
Mature Students in Focus – Michaela Hartwell
Michaela Hartwell studies BA (Hons) English Language and TESOL in our English Language and Applied Linguistics department. I got a chance to chat to her about her experience as a mature student, returning to study in the middle of her already successful career and travelling adventures. Here’s what she had to say: What do you…Continue Reading Mature Students in Focus – Michaela Hartwell