Applied Linguistics with English Language Teaching (Research)

Applied linguistics offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world.

You will be supervised by our expert staff, who offer specialisms in areas including:

• Psycholinguistics

• Language development

• Second language acquisition

• Language learner psychology (including language learner anxiety, language learner motivation, and group dynamics)

• Language teacher psychology (including teacher resilience and motivation)

• Sociolinguistics

• Discourse analysis

We have international research expertise in discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, with particular specialisms in health communication, media communication and professional communication, including a focus on language and identities.