Teaching in the Spring Term

In the Spring Term of 2011, Nicholas undertook a substantial amount of teaching as follows:

• Lab practicals instructor for PG module "Phonological Variation and Change" at the Univeristy of York
  - 8 sessions of 2 hours each, demonstrating use of a variety of software and techniques of instrumental analysis of linguistic data
  
• Drop-in office hours for UG module "Methods of Linguistic Variation" at the University of York
  - 3 hours per week for 9 weeks, providing guidance, support and advice to students conducting sociolinguistic projects as part of the assessment for the module
  
• Seminar leader for UG module "Clinical Practical Phonetics" at Leeds Metropolitan University
  - 2 seminars per week, each lasting 1 hour, for 12 weeks, teaching and demonstrating sounds of the IPA, English phonemic transcription and preparing students for the aural exam component of the module