Overview

Office hours (Thursdays, 09:00-11:00).

Commencing as Lecturer in Language Education in the School of Education from 1st September 2022.

I am a Lecturer in Language Education at the School of Education, working on the MEd TESOL programme. I started in TESOL back in 2006 and have been very fortunate to work with a wide range of English language learners and teachers in a variety of contexts, including language teaching organisations in the Russian Federation, Singapore, Ethiopia, Korea (Republic of), Qatar, Japan, and the UAE.

I am module leader for Teaching English to Young Learners (EFPM787) and Foreign Language Testing and Assessment (EFPM835). I also deliver sessions on the modules, Language Awareness for TESOL (EFPM267), Issues in English Language Teaching (EFPM313), Principles of Language Learning for TESOL (EFPM266), and supervise students on the Preparing for TESOL Inquiry and Dissertation module (EFPM329).

Prior to taking up this role, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, working with Dr Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh and Professor Debra Myhill on the Writing the Future project. I completed a PhD in Education in 2021 (Supervisors: Dr Susan Riley and Dr Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh), with a project entitled, "Student engagement with teacher written feedback on IELTS Writing Task 2 rehearsal essays". The study explored how four student writers preparing for IELTS (International English Language Testing System) engaged with content- and form-focused written feedback on essays undertaken as simulated practice for the test. I have been a copyeditor for the journal TESL-EJ and am now one of its co-editors.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0768-8461

ResearchGate Profile

Curriculum vitae

Qualifications

PhD Education	University of Exeter, 2018 – 2021
MSc Educational Research	University of Exeter, 2017 – 2018
MA Applied Linguistics	University of Birmingham, 2014 – 2016
PGCE Secondary Citizenship	Canterbury Christ Church University, 2005 – 2006
BA (Hons) Politics	University of the West of England, 2001 – 2004

Research group links

• Centre for Research in Writing

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Research

Research interests

My main research activities address written feedback on second language writing, particularly in the context of candidate preparation for L2 writing assessments (notably, the International English Language Testing System). I have an interest in the role student engagement plays in untapping the learning potential of written feedback, notably how learners engage affectively, behaviourally, and cognitively with written feedback targeting higher-order textual features such as the response to the task, argumentation, cohesion and coherence, and voice. I am also interested in the powerful effects of beliefs on mediating students’ reactions and responses to content-focused written feedback on L2 writing.

I am also interested in the application of bibliometric/informetric research approaches to applied linguistics, for instance, identifying changes in the focal areas of research through keyword from authors and keyword from abstracts analysis, investigating patterns in successful academic publication through citation analysis, and charting trends in author collaboration.

Research projects

From January to June 2022, I worked with Dr Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh and Professor Debra Myhill on the Writing the Future project.

BAAL Seminar Series at the University of Exeter

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Publications

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Teaching

I taught English to speakers of other languages from 2006-2017, encompassing general English for adults and young learners, English language assessment preparation, English for academic and specific purposes, and business English.

Modules

2023/24

• EFPM295 - Language Analysis for TESOL
• EFPM329 - Preparing for TESOL Inquiry and Dissertation
• EFPM787 - Teaching English to Young Learners
• EFPM835 - Foreign Language Testing and Assessment

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Supervision / Group

Postgraduate researchers

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