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’!
Interview with Dr Ben Jones on Welsh English
This interview with Ben Jones discusses the nature of Welsh English and his latest book with Dr Rob Penhallurick and Dr Heli Paulasto, Welsh English: Dialects of English (2020), published by De Gruyter Mouton. You can read more about Ben and Rob’s work here:…Continue Reading Interview with Dr Ben Jones on Welsh English
Life of the PhD student: Keighley Perkins
PhD researcher Keighley Perkins talks to English Language and Media student, Shawn Lee, about her PhD work in Applied Linguistics at Swansea University….Continue Reading Life of the PhD student: Keighley Perkins
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
The Life of a PhD Student: Shawn Lee talks to Tesni Galvin
PhD researcher Tesni Galvin talks to English Language and Media student, Shawn Lee, about her PhD work in Applied Linguistics at Swansea University….Continue Reading The Life of a PhD Student: Shawn Lee talks to Tesni Galvin
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
Staff Research at Swansea University: Interview with Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
Welcome to the July edition of the blog. This month we interview Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus about her research. A discourse analysis specialist, links to her recent projects and articles about her work are below the embedded video. We hope you enjoy the interview. (Interviewed by Joe East, finalist BA English Language and Media, and produced…Continue Reading Staff Research at Swansea University: Interview with Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
CELTA at Swansea University: Interview with Vanessa Ku
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
My First Online CELTA Teaching Experience – Shawn Lee
Shaw Lee is a second year student on the BA (Hons) English Language and Media Communications pathway. As part of her English Language degree, Shawn was successful in getting on to our embedded CELTA module offered on our BA programmes (you can read all about the CELTA programme at Swansea University, here) delivered in partnership…Continue Reading My First Online CELTA Teaching Experience – Shawn Lee
Learning, Sharing and Losing Words, Prof. Tess Fitzpatrick at Abralin Ao Vivo
In our latest blog, we thought we’d share Prof. Tess Fitzpatrick’s talk on ‘Learning, Sharing and Losing Words’, given at this year’s Linguists Online, an innovative series of talks organised by Abralin Ao Vivo, the Linguistics Association based in Brazil. Throughout the year, but most usually though the summer period, academics often attend conferences, giving…Continue Reading Learning, Sharing and Losing Words, Prof. Tess Fitzpatrick at Abralin Ao Vivo