Kevin McDonald receiving ESU Award from Christine Bateman (President) and Mrs Maryella Wakelin The Department of General and Applied Linguistics is pleased to announce the 2009 English Speaking Union Prize, awarded by the English Speaking Union (Tauranga) Branch.

Kevin McDonald, who is studying for the MA (Applied) Applied Linguistics is the recipient of the $500 award, the purpose of which is to provide graduate students finance to purchase texts towards their graduate study.

The Department is pleased with the ongoing relationship that it has with the English Speaking Union, and this is the sixth year that the Union has awarded a student of the Department a scholarship. All previous recipients of the award used the prize money for books in their study (and completion) of the MA (Applied) in Applied Linguistics.

The award was presented on Monday 22nd March 2010 at Waikato University by Mrs. Christine Bateman (outgoing President) and Mrs. Maryella Wakelin (incoming President) of the English Speaking Union (Tauranga) Branch.

Pictured (left to right) are Kevin McDonald, Mrs. Christine Bateman, Mrs. Maryella Wakelin, and Dr Alistair Swale, Head of the School of Arts.

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