LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Languages, linguistics and area studies students in the National Student Survey 2010

- 23 August 2010

The attached document displays the results of the 2010 National Student Survey in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.

Languages, linguistics and area studies students in the National Student Survey 2009: an analysis by subject and gender

- 23 August 2010

This analysis was undertaken by Gosia Kulej-Turner, a consultant employed by the Higher Education Academy.

Guide to languages, linguistics and area studies in the National Student Survey

- 5 March 2010

The National Student Survey is a census of final year undergraduate students in the UK. Conducted since 2005, the 2009 survey asks students 22 questions about their learning experience at university. Each institution's results are broken down by discipline and made publicly available on the Unistats website.

Inside-out: Student criticism of "foreign experts" in universities in the P.R.C.

Hu Hua Ouyang and Ewan Dow - 22 May 2006

The article through its use of critical incidents provides stimulating case study material for TEFL/TESOL teacher education programmes. The paper brings together three key issues: the underlying concept of 'communicative competence and Communicative Language Teaching, the status of English as a lingua franca and the debates related to linguistic imperialism, and lastly the nature of teacher education and what are relevant and appropriate skills within this field for practitioners.