Current teaching
Modules and courses I have been teaching recently include:
CML1056 Core Concepts in Language Analysis
A level 1 module introducing concepts in and methods for studying language
CML3101 Creating and Understanding Meaning
A level 3 module looking at how meanings are created and understood in a number of contexts and genres, including varieties of media communication
CML3102 Writing Techniques
A level 3 module looking at how linguistic choices affect the interpretation of texts. Students apply these methods to their own writing as well as other texts
ELT4201 Grammatical Descriptions of English
A level 4 (MA) module looking at Chomskyan and Hallidayan approaches to grammar and considering how these might be relevant in language teaching
PLIN2002 Pragmatic Theory
A module taken by level 2 BA and MA Linguistics students looking at the nature and goals of pragmatic theories and approaches to pragmatic theory, focusing largely on Grice and relevance theory.
The Language Detective
A residential course on linguistics for A level students at Villiers Park which I have taught twice with Graeme Trousdale and which will be running again in April 2009
