About

Prior to working at Sheffield Hallam University, I taught English as a foreign language and as an additional language overseas for 11 years. During this period I worked with the British Council language centres and in international schools (Taipei European School and the Bilingual European school in Milan) in Syria, Egypt, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Italy. I also trained and worked as an examiner for IELTS (writing and speaking) and for the Cambridge Young Learners suite of exams until 2014.

Roles
In 2012, I joined the TESOL team at Sheffield Hallam University. Since then, I have worked on a range of provisions, including:
• General Academic pre-sessional programs, General Academic English in-sessional programs, and Academic English for Specific purposes on various modules throughout the university.
• Teacher training on the Trinity module for undergraduates. My responsibilities on the Trinity modules have included teaching the phonology sections and supporting teaching practice. I have taught on the distance Masters in TESOL, developing learning sequences on Materials Development and Research and supervising students on their Master's dissertations.
• I have also taught Academic Language and Literacies on modules across the university, including History, Public Health, and Business.

Research
My research interests lie in multilingualism, with a current focus on interactive listening in multilingual seminar group tasks. I am undertaking an Educational Doctorate, using stimulated recall to add LX English user voices to existing research. As part of the Academic Language and Literacies group, I have presented on academic language and literacies interventions and researched how language is used in different disciplines within the university. I explore various approaches to teaching academic English for different assignment types and student cohorts.

Teaching

Department of Education, Childhood and Inclusion , Sheffield Institute of Education

College of Social Sciences and Arts

Subject area 

TESOL

Courses taught 

University English Scheme
International Foundation Programme
Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (Long & Short)

Modules taught

English for Academic Purposes
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Trinity)
Introduction to Academic English
Academic English in Context
Academic English for Public Health Master's students
Academic English for International Business Master's
Academic English for Graphic Design
Academic English for Physiotherapy
Writing the Master's Dissertation for Public Health / Public Relations / Advanced Computer Networking
Sessions on Master's in Education, focussing on Academic language
Academic Speaking and Pronunciation
Academic Genres: Academic Language development for assignments
Technology Assisted Language Learning
Evaluating Practice in Context: Materials Design and Evaluation
 

Research

• Social and Economic Research Institute

EdD: LX English users experiences of listening in multi-lingual seminar group tasks
Academic Language and Literacies: collaborating on and designing interventions

Featured research projects

BALEAP PiM Presentation: Academic Literacy in a hostile environment. 

Other activities

External Examiner roles:
2024-2028 Leeds International Study Centre International Foundation English
2020-2024: INTO Exeter Foundation English