English Language and Linguistics at Kent

Still pondering your options for uni this year? Come and have a chat with me! I’m in Templeman Library till 2pm.

Thank you so much to our amazing students who are camping, marching and writing on our behalf 💕

Congratulations to everyone getting A-level results today!! If you got into Kent as your first or second choice, amazing! English Language and Linguistics is the best subject and we can’t wait to tell you all about it 😄

Even if your results weren’t what you expected (or maybe you did better!) you can give us a call and see what your options are

Double recommendation today! Episode 78 of has an interview about the very different amounts of dialogue that video game characters of different genders get. If you took The Language of Gaming module or you’re interested in language and gender, or stylistics, this one’s for you! Then there’s an interview about forensic linguistics which touches on lots of the issues we cover in Language and the Law including cultural differences among aboriginal and white Australians, the lack of understanding about the need for an interpreter, and lots more. Enjoy!

The next Centre for Language and Linguistics guest speaker is Prof. Laura Wright from the University of Cambridge. Her talk is ‘Lexical Sociolinguistics: water-heaters, porridge and alleyways’. CNWsr9, 5-6pm, Wednesday 18th Jan. All welcome! (And email us if you want the Teams link to attend online.)

Slides and recording from yesterday’s session are now available at the website we gave you yesterday, and soon to be posted on the moodle pages for your core modules.

Today!!! See you soon!

Can’t wait to meet all the fresh new students this week! English Language and Linguistics welcome is at 2pm on Tuesday in Cornwallis seminar room 7. See you there!

Just some of the reasons to come and study , the best subject ever, at

1: amazing range of modules to choose from! Language teaching, stylistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and loads more!

2: I’ve developed a special workshop series just for ELL students to hone your skills

3: you can live on campus! It’s green, it’s close to everything and there are rabbits! Be independent without having to navigate a big city by yourself!

4: did you know you can look up the academic staff and see what we research? We do some really cool stuff that you will be able to get involved with!

5: your groups will be small so you’ll make friends and we’ll know you personally so you get great value for money

6: the best student society of them all,

I know we didn’t manage to grab everyone before security moved us on, but here’s a photo of most of the newly-minted ELL graduates! Four almost identical photos so you can pick the one you look best in. Email me (Laura) if you want the high res version!

Join legendary reggae poet and social activist, Linton Kwesi Johnson, live at The Gulbenkian on Friday 24 September!

Linton Kwesi Johnson’s work has always been political, vital and necessary, drawing attention to topics like systemic racism, police abuse and National Front attacks, calling for government, institutions and society to be held to account.

Book your tickets!! https://bit.ly/38DFkri

English Language and Linguistics top tips 📈 Some great advice from Phoebe-May 🙌

*Important* ➡️ Strike a work/life balance

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