My name is Dawn Leggott and I love words, language and languages.

 

When I was 14, I ran a Saturday market stall which sold and exchanged second-hand books. I had always loved reading and was fascinated by words. As a regular customer, I persuaded the stall owner to employ me as his assistant. Within a few months I was running the stall on my own each weekend while he worked on another market. That love of words developed into a passion for language and languages and led me to working for ten years in Spain and a year in Germany.

 

A linguist and fully qualified English language teacher, I gained years of academic management and teaching experience as a Principal Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, teaching on, and managing, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes. I am also a qualified proofreader, specialising in the proofreading of academic publications (e.g. journal articles, book chapters and doctoral theses) and exams.

 

I am now (almost) retired.

 

In my free time I am a keen walker and runner, and I enjoy playing the electronic organ. 

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