S Pit Corder plaque unveiling: speeches

Students on the MA TESOL and Applied Linguistics course at York St John University were working on an assessed project on the work of Stephen Pit Corder, the first Chair of the British Association of Applied Linguistics, when they uncovered key information about his life in York. As part of the project, the students decided to write an application to York Civic Trust for a blue plaque at his birthplace in York. Following a successful process, a plaque for Pit Corder was unveiled at Hedley House on Bootham Terrace on Thursday 24 February 2022. The plaque was unveiled by current BAAL Chair Zhu Hua and former BAAL Chair Dawn Knight.