About Us
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The School of Linguistic, Speech, and Communication Sciences research and teaching includes the following
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Our School's vision is to be an internationally recognised reference point for the scientific study of language, communication, speech and swallowing, characterised by a distinctive focus on communication diversity and inclusion. We aim to:
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The School is organised into the following units:
- Centre for Language and Communication Studies CLCS specialises in teaching and research in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Speech and Language Processing.
- Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies The Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies is Ireland’s longest-established centre for the professional education of speech and language therapists.
- Centre for Deaf Studies The Centre for Deaf Studies is dedicated to teaching and research in Deaf Studies, Irish Sign Language/English Interpreting and Irish Sign Language Teaching.
- Centre for English Language Learning and Teaching CELLT focuses specifically on the development of students’ academic English skills to support their current and future university studies.
- Trinity Centre for Asian Studies TCAS acts as a focal point for Asian Studies in the university, and brings together teaching and research in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Studies as well as other regionally-based scholarship and pan-Asian research.