Sarah Etchells

Sarah Etchells is an Associate Professor in Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). As Course Leader for ARU's BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics, she bridges academic leadership with research in language and linguistics. Contact: sarah.etchells@aru.ac.uk.

• Qualifications:
  • MA in Applied Linguistics
  • CELTA Teacher Trainer
  • DELTA, Regent School Rome
  • CELTA, Basil Patterson School of English
  • Graduate Diploma in Music, CCAT
• Research Interests:
  • Semantics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Pedagogy
  • Syntax
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Motivation and Age Factor in Language Learning
  • Culture, Identity, and Intercultural Issues in Higher Education

Research Supervision: Sarah supervises research on topics such as the effect of English culture on Arabic students in the UK, the language of social media, and classroom theory/practice.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Grants & Consultancy:
  • External Examiner for UCCLES
  • External Examiner for the University of Bedfordshire MA TESOL