BSc, MA TESOL, Trinity Diploma

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 6239
Email b.clifton@shu.ac.uk



I'm responsible for running the pre-sessional English programmes here. I've been teaching English for academic purposes for many years, first in China, and now here at Sheffield Hallam. I've recently been working cross-faculty on course developments for some new overseas links.

Teaching and scholarly interests

• testing in EAP
• academic writing
• critical thinking

Research interests

• student motivation and study

MA in TESOL | IELTS speaking and writing examiner

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 3154
Email s.j.hughes@shu.ac.uk



I came to Sheffield Hallam in 2004 having previously teaching academic and general English for four years in private language schools and state colleges and universities in the UK and overseas.

From 2004–2012 I worked as an associate lecturer on a range of English language courses to improve students' reading, speaking, listening and writing skills, and to prepare them for education courses at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

I've also taught on the University English Scheme, including English for academic purposes, study skills, general and social English, and grammar and pronunciation workshops.

In addition, I've helped to write, assess and invigilate end of semester examinations. Other duties have included mentoring and assisting with the induction of new members of staff.

I've also taught trainee English teachers on the Trinity Certificate English Language course.

Since April 2012, I've been employed on a permanent basis as course leader for English for nursing and English for radiation therapy physics on the Iraq Healthcare Project. This has involved close cross-disciplinary and faculty liaison to plan and design courses to improve both English language abilities and subject-specific language awareness.

I'm also an assignment tutor on the English for Academic Purposes Theory and Practice module.

Teaching and scholarly interests

The vast majority of the students I meet are from countries with different cultural and educational practices. Modes of participation, such as the relationship between teacher and student, learning styles and approaches to learning, are often very different.

My primary interest is helping students adjust to and assimilate new academic practices, such as involvement in participation-based learning.

I also enjoy teaching academic writing to international students.

Research interests

The extent to which international students' prior academic experience impacts on their UK student experience.

MA TESOL, MA General Arts, DipTEFLA

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 5506
Email a.m.mccarthy@shu.ac.uk

I have been course and module leader for a number of different English language and teacher education courses. I am currently the module leader for the pre-masters English language module in Sheffield Business School. I have extensive experience in teaching and examining students and teachers in the UK and overseas.

Teaching and scholarly interests

• second language acquisition
• English language testing
• teacher education
• grammar
• pronunciation

MA Applied Linguistics | BA Japanese Studies and Economics | Trinity College Certificate in TESOL

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 3351
Email k.nicholls@shu.ac.uk


After working in Namibia and Japan teaching adult literacy and English, I started working in UK higher education and became an IELTS examiner. I have taught English for academic purposes in four UK universities and I've taught and led both in-sessional and pre-sessional courses.

I'm the group leader for the TESOL group and I represent TESOL on a number of cross-university committees.

Teaching and scholarly interests

• teaching English for academic purposes (general and specific)
• teacher education
• teaching academic writing

Research interests

• English for academic purposes
• learner motivations
• dilemmas and issues around learner autonomy
• language learning materials development

MA Screenwriting | BSc Sociology | RSA Dip TEFLA

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 5509
Email j.patchett@shu.ac.uk

I have had extensive experience teaching overseas, having spent three years teaching business English in Japan and six years in Singapore, where I worked for the British Council.

After returning to the UK, I worked for both the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University as a regular visiting lecturer before becoming full-time at Sheffield Hallam.

I'm also a member of the examiners panel of the ESOL exam suite for Trinity College, London

Teaching and scholarly interests

• Teaching English for academic purposes (EAP), especially the teaching of reading and writing skills
• Teaching EAP to low-level learners

Research interests

• English language testing
• the development of listening skills

MSc (Distinction) Computer Assisted Language Learning | BA (Hons) Psychology | Trinity College (Licentiate) Diploma in TESOL | Trinity College Cert TESOL

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 5515
Email lyndon.taylor@shu.ac.uk

I have worked in TESOL for over 16 years, including six years overseas in Prague, Paris and Budapest. I have worked in several public and private institutions and have also been a partner in an English language teaching company in Budapest.

I've been working in the TESOL department at Sheffield Hallam for over six years. Over the last two years, I developed the Long English for Academic Purposes course and have worked closely with students from a variety of countries including Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya and China.

I'm also an examiner for IELTS/Cambridge FCE, CAE and BEC.

Teaching and scholarly interests

• learner differences – cognitive approaches to language learning

Research interests

• computer applications in TESOL

BSc (Honours) Environmental Science | MA Applied Linguistics | TESOL cert | TEFL Q

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 3463
Email j.webster@shu.ac.uk


I began teaching English as a foreign language in Poland in 1992, and have since taught in a variety of institutions in Poland, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Qatar and the People's Republic of China. During this time I also worked as a University of Cambridge English language examiner.

Since 2002 I have taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the UK and Turkey alongside studying an MA in Applied Linguistics.

I returned to Sheffield in 2007 and worked as an associate lecturer of EAP at Sheffield Hallam. I was also a tutor for English language and linguistics on The Institute of Lifelong Learning (TILL) foundation programme at the University of Sheffield.

In 2010 I became a full-time lecturer at Sheffield Hallam – a post that was made permanent in 2011. I have continued to work at TILL on a course that has evolved to include English literature.

Teaching and scholarly interests

• use of technology for providing online learning resources
• language testing
• second language acquisition

Research interests

• development of online learning resources

MSc in Research Methods for Social Scientists | MA in Teaching English as a Second Language | BA in Philosophy | Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in TESOL | Licentiate Certificate and Diploma TESOL | Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Subject area
TESOL

Contact details
Phone 0114 225 3193
Email j.wrigglesworth@shu.ac.uk

Before joining Sheffield Hallam University, I taught English for academic purposes and applied linguistics at Portsmouth University for ten years. For the previous 14 years, I lived and taught in Saudi Arabia, Russia, Taiwan, the USA and Israel.

I am an executive member of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes serving on the Testing Working Party and as publications officer. I am a registered practitioner of the HEA and am trained as an examiner for a variety of English language exams including IELTS.

Teaching and scholarly interests

• English for academics purposes
• academic literacies
• applied linguistics

Research interests

• academic discourse
• English for specific academic disciplines
• language pedagogy
• e-learning