Thomas Hammond
School of English
PhD Research Student
- Profile
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I am a third-year PhD student investigating the role of formulaic language in the acquisition of a second language. I teach on various undergraduate modules across the autumn and spring semesters, and on pre-sessional courses throughout the summer. Previously, I taught English in secondary/further education institutions and as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Italy.
- Qualifications
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
MA Applied Linguistics with TESOL, University of Sheffield
CELTA, University of Cambridge
BA (Hons) English Language and Italian, University of Manchester
- Research interests
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Broadly speaking, my research concerns the interaction of cognitive and generative approaches to (second) language development. I am interested in how the frequent and early usage of memorised ‘chunks’ of language can interact with the development of the core computational component of grammar. I favour the use of corpus-based methods to manipulate spoken longitudinal learner data when analysing patterns in interlanguage development.
- Research group
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Supervisor: Dr. Kook-Hee Gil
- Teaching activities
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) University of Sheffield (2021 - present)
Including:
ELL112 Sounds of English
ELL113 Structures of English
ELL120 Linguistic Theory
ELL310 Introduction to TESOL
EGH607 Research Methods
Teaching Fellow (English for Academic Purposes) (2019 - present)
Durham University (2020 - present)
University of Sheffield (2020)
University of Birmingham (2019)
English Teacher (various) (2017 - 2019)