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Andrew Hill

Completing my MA in TESOL at YSJ was the best decision I could have made. My entire experience has been great. From my very first day, I felt welcomed by the staff and teachers and instantly felt that had I made the right decision to study here. Throughout the year I have learnt so much about applied linguistics, teaching and research, the teaching staff make their lessons engaging so our classes were both interesting and fun. Our cohort had a mixture of students from around the world, and I have made some amazing friends that I know I will have for life. We also had the chance to partake in extra-curricular activities, mainly organising a linguistics conference known as ‘PFAL’. Helping organise PFAL was a great experience for me, as I had the chance to learn valuable new skills whilst also using my pre-existing knowledge to help create the conference. Overall, my time studying at YSJ has been an amazing experience and I would highly recommend anyone who is interested in TESOL to apply for this MA program.

 
Andrew Hill
MA TESOL 2019/20

Nikki

Before being appointed as Head of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience in the Business School, I was Head of Programme for English Language and Linguistics at YSJ for seven years. I have been teaching for 14 years, specialising in phonetics and phonology, and I still teach on the ELL programme. I'm specifically interested in regional variation and children's acquisition of their accent. I have just started a PhD in phonological acquisition at the University of York. My background in learning and teaching is that I was awarded an University (college at the time) fellowship in 2005, for my work embedding technical skills into teaching. I then became Senior Teaching Fellow for the Business School in 2010 which was connected to my work exploring the potential of new technologies to e-marking and feedback, with Mark Dransfield. I'm also a mentor and assessor for the University's dialogic route to HEA fellowship.