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
Molly Havard’s Favourite Module: History of the English Language
Welcome to August’s blog which is again a video interview, this time with student Molly Havard who talks to us about one of her favourite modules of the year: ALE229 History of the English Language. Interviewed by student intern Shawn Lee (2nd year BA English Language and Media), Molly gives us an overview of how…Continue Reading Molly Havard’s Favourite Module: History of the English Language
Dr Leanne Bartley on Forensic Linguistics
As part of our ‘Language at the Movies’ events, run by the student Applied Linguistics Society, we asked former colleague Dr Leanne Bartley if she would contribute to an introduction to the documentary the society screened called ‘The Case of JonBenét Ramsey’ (Eddie Schmidt, 2016). We thought we’d share that with you and ask Leanne…Continue Reading Dr Leanne Bartley on Forensic Linguistics
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