Monthly Archives: November 2015

Celebrating 50 Year of Linguistics at the University of Reading

The University of Reading has been teaching linguistics for 50 years this year. To celebrate the English Language and Applied Linguistic and Clinical Language Science Departments put on a day of events for Year 12 students interested in pursuing the … Continue reading

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David Crystal: Linguistic, what next? Lecture review

Fifty years after David Crystal helped set up a Linguistics degree at the University of Reading, he returned to give a public lecture about the changes he’s seen to linguistics over this period. The Great Hall at the London Road … Continue reading

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Studying English Language with a Language

Reading offers a vast array of combined degrees amongst their courses and the School of Languages is no exception to this. The most popular subject to combine English Language with in my year was English Literature, but I chose to … Continue reading

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My Favourite Part Two Module – Sociolinguistics

After finishing my first year at the University of Reading, I realised that studying English Language here was one of the best decisions I had made during my A-levels. My modules as a part one student consisted of Sounds Grammar … Continue reading

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Societies – Enriching your Time at Reading

Although a lot of your time at university is spent absorbed in your degree, there is also so much more you can get involved in that will help make your time at university more memorable; it will also help develop … Continue reading

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Review of David Crystal’s Making Sense of Grammar

If you don’t know the name David Crystal, then you can be sure you will by the end of your first year of Linguistics at Reading. Crystal is a lecturer in the field of English Language and has published many, … Continue reading

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