Thomas Hammond

Profile

After graduating in English Language and Italian from the University of Manchester I began teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at highschools and private language schools in Italy. I then returned to the UK where I taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP) for a number of years across various universities (including Durham, Sheffield, Birmingham). I obtained an MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL at the University of Sheffield, where I stayed to complete my PhD study. I joined the University of Leeds as Teaching Fellow in October 2023 and have continued as Lecturer since January 2025. 

Responsibilities

• Academic Lead for Student Opportunities and Futures

Research interests

I am an applied linguist interested in second language acquisition and language description. I work within usage-based and generative linguistic frameworks to investigate the extent to which these can contribute towards these areas and inform teaching practice/language pedagogy. I favour the use of corpus-based methods and work with longitudinal learner data to explore trends in interlanguage development. 

Qualifications

• PhD English Language and Linguistics
• MA Applied Linguistics with TESOL
• BA English Language and Italian
• CELTA

Professional memberships

• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• European Second Language Association
• British Association for Applied Linguistics
• Centre for Language Education Research (Leeds)
• Centre for Linguistic Research (Sheffield)

Student education

I teach modules at Leeds on the MA TESOL and MA TESOL Studies programmes covering the following areas:

• second language learning and development
• language analysis and description
• corpus linguistics         
• research methods
• learning and teaching of grammar                                 

I also support the MA TESOL China programme and teach modules in China at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.