Dr Garry Plappert

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• BA English Language and Philosophy, Birmingham
• PGCE English, Birmingham
• MPhil Corpus Linguistics, Birmingham
• PhD Applied Linguistics, Birmingham
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Aston University

I am an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. I completed my PhD in Applied Linguistics at Birmingham in 2012 and have previously taught and researched in the areas of English Language, Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Birmingham and at Aston University.

I am currently teach or convene on a number of modules including:

• Academic Communication (1st year)
• Sociolinguistics (2nd year)
• Dissertation (3rd year)

I also supervise postgraduate dissertations for the MA Tesol and MA Applied Linguistics on-campus programmes.

I currently supervise a number of PhD students in the areas of Corpus Linguistics, Discourse studies and English for Academic Purposes. I am keen to supervise PhD research in the areas of Corpus Linguistics, discourse analysis and academic writing, and especially work that combines two or more of these areas.

My main research interests are in corpus linguistics, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and discourse analysis. I am particularly interested in exploring the ways in which the methods of corpus linguistics can be used to extend our understanding of EAP, scientific discourse and the linguistics of epistemology.