Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (online) PhD

Applied linguistics offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world.<br/><br/>You will be supervised by our expert staff, who offer specialisms in areas including:<br/><br/>Psycholinguistics<br/>Language development<br/>Second language acquisition<br/>Language learner psychology (including language learner anxiety, language learner motivation, and group dynamics)<br/>Language teacher psychology (including teacher resilience and motivation)<br/>You will be part of a diverse body of PhD students, working across all areas of the School of English (from English literature to medieval studies). <br/><br/>We also host research in discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, with particular specialisms in health communication and professional communication, as well as language, gender and sexuality.