Dr Christopher Strelluf’s expert comment has been featured in BBC News, Indy100, Yahoo!,Ladbible, Metro, and Fox News in a piece on the voice people use when they create TikToks, and how it may encourage the continued spread of those particular linguistic features.

Dr Strelluf also provided expert comment on stories about the likeability of English accents around the world. These were featured in The Travel Magazine, ATV Network Today, and The Times (South Africa).

We’re delighted that Warwick Esports ranked second in the world in The Esports collegiate Programme of the year and as well as this, our Head of Esports, Jack Fenton (Applied Linguistics alumnus in BA Language, Culture and Communication, 2020) placed third as Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year. Read more about the team and their achievements hereLink opens in a new window.

We are delighted that Warwick Esports and its Head Coach, Jack Fenton (an Applied Linguistics alumnus in BA Language, Culture and Communication, 2020) are the first UK finalists amongst an otherwise all-American shortlist at this year's Esports Awards! Read more here.

The call for abstracts for the 23rd Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics in now open!

This year, WICAL will be held online (28th - 30th June 2021) and we look forward to welcoming even more scholars, presenters, and attendants from across the world. Our theme is ‘Crossing Boundaries’, so we welcome interdisciplinary topics in the area of Applied Linguistics.

Deadline for Abstracts: 15th April 2021

For more information and to submit your abstract visit: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/conferences/wical2021/submission_2021/

100% of students gave their overall satisfaction with our undergraduate courses as 95.2% according to this year’s NSS survey with overall satisfaction reaching 100% on our BA Language Culture and Communication degree.

International Talk Like A Pirate Day is, of course, silly. No one in history has ever, based on their adopting a sea-going profession, talked like Robert Newton's Long John Silver in Tresaure Island.