Rebecca Rowntree
Course Leader, Anglia Language Programme
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
- Location:
- Cambridge
- Areas of Expertise:
- Language and linguistics
Courses taught:
Rebecca is an applied linguist with special interest in the areas of Modern Foreign Languages, language and identity and bilingualism.
Email: [email protected]
- Background
Rebecca’s first degree was in French language and literature and she then went on to teach English as a foreign language working in France and Mexico where she learned Spanish. She has also worked for the Cambridge University Language Centre, translating text books. Rebecca is interested in a wide area of language related topics including the experience of the international student in the British HE system and promoting language learning.
- Spoken Languages
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- French
- Spanish
- Research interests
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- Language and identity
- Bilingualism
- Minority languages
- International students in the Higher Education Environment
- Future of Modern Foreign Languages in the UK
- Brief descriptions of PhD/DProf supervision – preferably limited to one line each, including recently successful and current supervisions
- Teaching
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Rebecca currently teaches on the Ruskin Module "Does Language Affect the Way you Think?"
- Qualifications
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- MA, Applied Linguistics, Anglia Ruskin University
- BA, Hons. French Language & Literature, University of Hull
- DELTA, Bell School, Cambridge
- CELTA, International House, London
- Memberships, editorial boards
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- Fellow, Higher Education Academy