Recent graduates of the programme completed a thesis in topics such as:

• Aspects of discourse in advertisements
• Politeness strategies in film subtitles
• The effectiveness of increasing awareness of learning strategies
• First and second language development from birth
• Task-based instruction in second language classrooms
• Ethnographic investigations of literacy in the workplace
• The academic writing challenges faced by Saudi students
• Perceptions of supervisory relationships between Chinese-speaking students and English-speaking supervisors.