In this module you will be looking in depth at the grammatical and phonological resources of learners and users of English as a second language. For grammar, you’ll be using data from Chris Hall’s researchContinue reading
Research Informed Teaching: Language Myths
People have some very entrenched and often unexamined beliefs about language, and these beliefs often underpin social injustices in language learning, teaching, and use. In this module we interrogate some of these myths from theContinue reading
Research Informed Teaching: Psycholinguistics
This module explores how the human mind allows us to understand and produce language so rapidly and effortlessly. Some of the research on English that we touch on in the module is described in thisContinue reading
Welcome messages from our postgraduate alumni: Amy Wearmouth MA TESOL alumna and Student Researcher
I really enjoyed my Language and Linguistics MA because I got to explore some of my favourite areas in-depth while also being introduced to some new ones. The staff are knowledgeable, friendly, and couldn’t doContinue reading
Welcome messages from our postgraduate alumni: Gabrielle Flockton, MA TESOL alumna and English language tutor
Studying for my MA in Applied Linguistics: TESOL at YSJ was one of the best things I have done professionally as it strengthened my passion for academia and helped shape my professional approach towards toContinue reading
Welcome messages from our students: Dawn Genner, MA TESOL alumna and Tutor of Language and Study Skills
My MA TESOL has proved to be, by far, the most useful teaching qualification I’ve earnt. The combination of modules gave me an excellent foundation for my teaching career. The tutors were all highly experiencedContinue reading
Welcome messages from our students: Veronika Derecskey, MA TESOL and English Language Tutor
It was one of the best decisions of my life to give up everything and move to York to get a TESOL master’s degree at York St. John. That one year flew so fast thatContinue reading
Welcome messages from our students: Andrew Hill, MA TESOL
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 andContinue reading
Research Informed Teaching: Attitudes to Language
On this module we consider a whole host of linguistic attitudes and language ideologies, and although we look at language attitudes across the whole of society, we spend some time focusing on language attitudes inContinue reading
Research Informed Teaching: Child Language Acquisition
I wrote a chapter on phonetics for this A-Level/first year undergraduate textbook at the beginning of my interest in children’s phonology. Since then I have become fascinated by children’s pronunciation, how it develops, andContinue reading