Rebecca Rowntree

Rebecca is an applied linguist with special interest in the areas of Modern Foreign Languages, language and identity and bilingualism.

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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

• French
• Spanish

Research interests

• Language and identity
• Bilingualism
• Minority languages
• International students in the Higher Education Environment
• Future of Modern Foreign Languages in the UK
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Teaching

Rebecca currently teaches on the Ruskin Module "Does Language Affect the Way you Think?"

Qualifications

• 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

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy