Visit to English Department by students from Trinidad and Tobago
2 September 2024
Forty students from Bishop Anstey High School and Trinity College East in Trinidad and Tobago (BATCE, ) visited 果冻影院鈥檚 Department of English Language and Literature on March 27th 2024.聽 The visit was organised by Dr Guyanne Wilson, a Trinidad and Tobago-born lecturer in the department. The Trinbagonian students received a tailored taster programme which provided insights into what studying English in the UK 鈥� and at 果冻影院 鈥� involves. The Head of the Department, Professor John Mullan, talked about Dr Johnson鈥檚 Dictionary of the English Language, and Professor Bas Aarts, Director of the Survey of English Usage, gave year 11, 12 and 13 students a lecture on changes in the grammar of English. Following this, Year 11 students learned about book making with Dr Denis Duncan and his printing press, while Dr Amy Faulkner introduced the Year 12 and 13 students to Old English riddles. The visit ended with a tour of the Main Library, led by librarian Sarah Burn, and refreshments in the newly renovated English Department Common Room. Janeika Baptiste, the teacher organising the trip, described the visit as 鈥渁n amazing, rewarding, and rich experience鈥�.
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