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Thomas Hammond

Thomas Hammond

  • Position: Teaching Fellow in TESOL
  • Areas of expertise: second language acquisition; theoretical linguistics; grammar; vocabulary; formulaic language; corpus linguistics
  • Email: T.A.Hammond@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 2.20 Hillary Place
  • Website: Researchgate

Profile

After graduating in English Language/Linguistics 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. 

Research interests

Broadly speaking, my research concerns theoretical second language acquisition. In particular, I work with both usage-based and generative frameworks to investigate how these can account for second language development and inform teaching practice/language pedagogy. I favour the use of corpus based-methods to manipulate spoken longitudinal learner data when analysing patterns in interlanguage development. 

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • MA Applied Linguistics with TESOL
  • BA (hons) English Language/Linguistics
  • 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 on the MA TESOL and MA TESOL Studies programmes covering the following areas:

  • second language acquisition/learning
  • corpus linguistics and language teaching
  • learning and teaching of vocabulary and grammar
  • language description