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Discover the academic staff in the Department of Language and Linguistics

Our academic staff hold various posts within the Department of Language and Linguistics. They deliver excellence in the teaching of our modules and conduct research in a wide range of specialisms.

To visit an individual member of staff's academic profile and view their contact details, please click on the links below:

Head of Department

Dr Tracey Costley

Head of Department - Senior Lecturer (R), Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: English as Additional Language Learners (EAL); Academic Literacies; Student Identity in Writing at University;

Academic members of staff

Claudia Alsdorf
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: the use of poetry in language teaching; developing transferable skills for the job market; intensive language learning strategies including multisensory language training; German ab-initio intensive route for beginners leading to mastery level; poetry translation; condensation in subtitling and poetry
Professor Enam Al-Wer
Professor, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Variation and change (with special interest in Modern Arabic Dialects); Dialect/language contact; Dialectology and dialect geography; Formation of New Dialects; Gender differentiation in language; Language maintenance/shift; Multilingualism and code-switching
Dounia Bissar
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Second language acquisition; Translation; Language testing
Daniela Carboni
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Fluency and critical reading skills; Use of storytelling in the classroom; Syllabus design and formative assessment; Sustainable Teaching, Inclusivity, Decolonising the curriculum.
Dan Chen
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Cooperative learning of interpreting skills; interpreter's knowledge acquisition
Dr Rebecca Clift
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Conversation Analysis with particular interests in; Grammar & Interaction; Territories of Knowledge; Reported Speech; Laughter in interaction; Embodiment in interaction; Indirect language
Dr Amanda Cole
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Language Attitudes; Sociolinguistics; Language Variation and Change; Sociophonetics
Dr Tracey Costley
Head of Department - Senior Lecturer (R), Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: English as Additional Language Learners (EAL); Academic Literacies; Student Identity in Writing at University;
Dr Antonio Da Silva
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Cinema in Portuguese; World cinema; Portuguese language; Language teaching; Internet stardom and fandom; Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL); AI (Artificial Inteligence) & language learning/teaching
Christopher Da Silva
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Language Education (learning and teaching); The "exception culturelle" in France; Education in the contemporary French cinema and TV series
Dr Beatriz De Paiva
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Intercultural and Interlanguage Pragmatics (pragmatic aspects of conversational interactions between native and non-native speakers); Pragmatics in language teaching; Pragmatics in translation
Dr Claire Delle Luche
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Language variability: accents (children), bilingualism (children); Semantic processing (children); Speech perception (infants, children, adults)
Chiara Fiori
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Adela Ganem Gutierrez
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: The role of interaction in the processes of second language learning; Second language (L2) learning from a Sociocultural theory perspective; Feedback and scaffolding; Collaborative activity and second language learning; Instructed SLA; CALL in particular the impact of the computer in the L2 classroom and the potential of Virtual World Environments for L2 learning; Applications of Cognitive Linguistics to L2 learning and teaching
Professor Hannah Gibson
Professor, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Syntax-semantics interface; Bantu languages; African languages; Morphosyntax; Language contact; Language change; Language description; Variation; Dialectal variation; Contact languages
Dr Christina Gkonou
Reader (R), Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Psychology of foreign language learning and teaching; Language teacher emotions, emotional labour and emotional capital; Language teacher agency and identity; Affective and meta-affective strategies for language learning; Language teacher education; Social and emotional learning; Language learner and teacher wellbeing
Alina-Mihaela Isac
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Nasser Jabbari
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL); Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL); Robot Assisted Language Learning (RALL); Digital Game-based Language Learning (DGBLL); Second Language Learning/Teaching/Assessment in Virtual and Augmented Reality Contexts
Dr Ella Jeffries
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Sociolinguistics; Sociophonetics; Regional accents/dialects; Variation in language acquisition
Dr Rachid Khoumikham
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Joseph Lovestrand
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Jessie Mallinson
Faculty Progress and Assessment Officer - Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Language Learning for HE students
Dr Neophytos Mitsigkas
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Using literature in the language classroom.; Language Teacher Education; Reader Response Theory (Reception Theory) and the reading of literature; Stylistics and the study of literary texts
Lexa Olivera-Smith
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Translation Studies; Audiovisual Translation; Literary Translation; Translation Pedagogy; Social Media in Teaching & Learning
Dr Angel Osle
Programme Coordinator - Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: L2 phonology; L2 intelligibility, comprehensibility and accentedness; Pronunciation instruction; Second Language Acquisition; Second Language Learning and Teaching
Ignazia Posadinu
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Blended Learning; Technology and language learning; Computer aided translation and interpreting; Audiovosual translation
Dr Charles Redmon
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Natalia Rodriguez Vicente
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Medical humanities; Interactional pragmatics; Methodologies for interpreting research; Multilingual healthcare communication
Dr Karen Roehr-Brackin
Reader, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Additional or second language (L2) learning across the lifespan; Explicit and implicit knowledge and processes in L2 learning; Cognitive individual differences in L2 learning: language learning aptitude, working memory, cognitive style
Dr Louise Rolland
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Stamatia Savvani
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Emma Stovell-Milligan
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Teresa Torres
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Hispanic Cinema; Language and culture
Matilde Trucco
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Laetitia Vedrenne
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Gender and Power in French Culture; Language Curriculum Development and Language Assessment (French / English); Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (French / English); Translation (French / English); Interpreting (French / English)
Yujia Wang
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: student-led learning in acquiring practical interpreting skills and professionalism;; Literary translation; Chinese and English Poem translation; Translating traditional and contemporary Chinese literature; film and drama subtitle translation
Antonia Yanxi Wu
Senior Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Translation Quality Assessment; Gender Equality in Translation; Chinese Philosophy Translation; Chinese Literature Translation; Children's Literature Translation; Localisation; Transcreation
Dr Yuchen Zong
Lecturer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Language learning strategy; Instructed second language acquisition; Positive psychology

Research members of staff

Dr Maria Manrique Cordeje
Senior Research Officer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Nina Markl
Research Fellow (IADS), Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Teresa Poeta
Senior Research Officer, Department of Language and Linguistics
Research interests: Bantu Languages; Morphosyntax; Swahili; Multilingualism; Language Variation; Dialectology; Sociolinguistics
Dr Elvis ResCue
Senior Research Officer, Department of Language and Linguistics

Fixed Term Teachers

Dr Nicole Smith
Fixed Term Teacher, Department of Language and Linguistics

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