Curriculum Vitae

I am internationally recognised in Applied Linguistics. I have worked extensively with the British Council and other international bodies in more than 15 countries, and with the BBC World Service radio and web. I have been invited as main plenary speaker to more than 20 conferences in over 15 countries around the world.

I have twice been commissioned by the national press to write on my work. I have acted as external examiner for twelve British and overseas universities and exam boards, and have successfully supervised more than ten candidates at doctoral level.

I am on the referee panel for System (the international journal for educational technology in language education) and was for many years on the elected national committee of BATQI (the British Association of TESOL Qualifying Institutions).

My research covers several areas of language education, including:

• Language Teaching Methodology, including EAP and ESP
• Teacher Education and Programme Evaluation
• ICT and CALL in English Language Teaching (including development of substantial interactive educational web materials for the BBC)
• Discourse and Sociolinguistics
• Forensic Linguistics
• Arabic-English translation, Spanish-English translation.

My research record can be seen in my CV below. I was part of the team which submitted in the last three RAE exercises as part of the Canterbury Language/Education group.

I have done extensive work of the BBC World Service website, producing an interactive language learning series "Ten Days" for Latin America and internationally, as well as numerous other interactive language learning modules. I was interviewed by BBC World Service Radio as a specialist in online language learning and teaching.

I was awarded a prize by Elsevier publishers for my article in the journal System entitled 'CALL, Past, Present and Future', which was one of the top three articles downloaded from their website in 2003. As a result of this article I was invited to be the plenary speaker for an online conference in January 2005, then as a main speaker at the IATEFL CALL conference in Cyprus in 2006, then as plenary speaker at the top international conference in the field, WorldCALL (Japan 2008)  I have been commissioned to write two articles on language education by the Guardian newspaper.

My book Discourse and Genre published by Palgrave Macmillan in January 2011.

In terms of research funding, I established CRADLE, the Canterbury Centre for Research, Assessment and Development in Language Education, at Canterbury Christ Church University, and I attracted research and development funding of over £100,000.

I am a proficient linguist, fluent in Arabic, Spanish and in French, and an elected Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. I am a qualified translator of Arabic and have lectured, taught and researched translation. I have delivered conference talks in Spanish and in Arabic.

Education and relevant qualifications

• PhD: 2004 University of Kent. Title: Researching intertextual reference and intertextual reading
• MLitt: 1996 Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh (An MLitt is the Scottish equivalent of MPhil)
• MSc: 1989 Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. British Council full scholarship
• MIL: 1989 Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists - specialising in Arabic
• Final Diploma: 1988 In Arabic,  The Institute of Linguists. This is the Institute's highest grade, equivalent to a BA degree, and a qualification in translation
• PGCE (TEFL/TESL): 1985 University of North Wales, Bangor, including ESL and EFL teaching practices in Britain and Spain
• BA (Hons): 1981 English, University of Cambridge, Peterhouse

Relevant employment

• 2012-present: BEDFORDSHIRE Professor in Applied Linguistics, CRELLA              
• 2009-2012: BEDFORDSHIRE Reader in English Language, Learning, Assessment and Technology
• 1999-2009: CANTERBURY Principal Lecturer, Applied Linguistics, Dept. of English and  Language Studies.
• 1993-1999: Senior Lecturer, Applied Linguistics,  Dept. of English and  Language Studies.
• 1991-2: EDINBURGH Teacher and teacher trainer, Edinburgh University, Institute for Applied Language Studies.
• 1991: SINGAPORE Teacher,  British Council Teaching Centre.
• 1989-90: EDINBURGH Teacher/ teacher trainer/ materials developer/Course Director: University of Edinburgh, Institute for Applied Language Studies.
• 1985-8: IRAQ Teacher/ teacher trainer/ materials developer: British Council Teaching Centre, Baghdad.
• 1985: SPAIN Teacher: Secondary Schools, Valencia
• 1983-4: ALGERIA Teacher trainer and Lecturer: Bejaia Teacher Training Institute, Algeria.
• 1981-3: SUDAN Teacher of English language and literature, then Head of Department: Argo High School.

Educational initiatives

• 2002-2009: Director of CRADLE, the Canterbury Centre for Research, Assessment and Development in Language Education. I established this Centre as a means of attracting Research funding and academic attachments to Canterbury. During my tenure it attracted over £100,000 of research and related income from the British Council, publishers and other sources, and hosted numerous academic visits and exchanges internationally.
• 1996-present: Programme Director for MA TEFL/TESOL course (home and distance mode)
• 2003-2005: Faculty Quality Officer for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. I was responsible to the Dean and Academic Standards Committee for quality monitoring across the Faculty, for Faculty  internal scrutiny events, for Programme Monitoring and for all other areas of quality monitoring and enhancement.
• 2001-present: Programme Director for BA in English in International Communication. I devised, then with my colleagues designed and validated, this undergraduate Programme in English Language, Culture and Communication.
• 1995-8: Programme Director for BEd TESOL (Mexico)
• 1993-present: Programme Director for numerous short courses for teachers and language learners
• 1993-7: Programme Director for Postgraduate Dip/Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Overseas seminars and attachments

• 2012 Ethiopia Lead Consultant for a major World bank/ British Council project aiming to train 45,000 teachers across Ethiopia in a cascade training model
• 2012 Vietnam Consultant for British Council project to internationalise Vietnamese universities and colleges.
• 2011 Taiwan Consultant for British Council project aiming to internationalise a major Taiwanese university
• 2010 Singapore Consultant for the Ministry of Education, developing online portal for teacher assessment
• 2008 Bahrain Teacher training workshops towards the Canterbury Certificate in ELT
• 2008 Chile Invited to the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile as external adviser in a government funded curriculum reform project
• 2007 Chile  Main plenary invited speaker, Development workshop, University of Santiago
• 2007 Jordan Teacher training workshops towards the Certificate in ELT
• 2005 Jordan and Bahrain Teacher training workshops towards the new Certificate in ELT
• 2004-5 Yemen  The British Council invited me to run six teacher education workshops as part of a project to develop 120 secondary English teachers throughout Yemen, funded by DfID
• 2003 Sudan  Continuing the 2002 project, I was invited back to Khartoum by the British Council as consultant on a project to upgrade the TESOL certificate run by a large local training organisation
• 2002-3 Tunisia - Consultant on 3-month British Council ICT and Trainer Training project, including ESP, Web-based discussion board and face-to-face workshops
• 2002 Sudan – Consultant on British Council syllabus development project at the University of Khartoum Faculty of English and Faculty of Education
• 2002 Yemen – Research project to evaluate the BA syllabus, University of Aden/ British Council
• 2001 Jordan  - Major project to evaluate Primary ELT teaching throughout Jordan  - Ministry of Education/ British Council
• 2001 UAE – Teacher Education project - workshops for inspectors and supervisors of English, Science and Maths – 10 days, partly held in Arabic
• 2001 Kuwait - University of Kuwait Dept. of Administrative Sciences. Project: ethnographic needs analysis in preparation for development of Foundation year in EAP. Kuwait University/ British Council
• 2001 Bahrain – Project Director: ethnographic evaluation of Secondary English teaching in preparation for rewriting of secondary syllabus, including evaluation of ESP curriculum. Bahrain Ministry of Education
• 2000 Qatar - Annual Review of ELT provision on behalf of British Council for Qatari inspectors
• 2000 UAE – Teacher Education project:Workshops for inspectors and supervisors of English, Science and Maths – 10 days, partly held in Arabic
• 2000 Jordan – Major project to evaluate Primary ELT provision throughout Jordan  – Ministry of Education/ British Council
• 1999 United Arab Emirates - Teacher Education project - training seminar for inspectors of English (British Council)
• 1999 Qatar - Annual Review of ELT provision on behalf of British Council for Qatari inspectors
• 1999 Yemen – Teacher Education project : workshops and seminars for Inspectors and supervisors of English
• 1998 Qatar - Teacher Education project - Follow-up trainer training workshops on behalf of British Council for Qatari inspectors
• 1998 United Arab Emirates    - Major evaluation project to evaluate the ELT curriculum on behalf of the UAE Ministry of Education and Youth, under the auspices of Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey
• 1997 Qatar - Trainer Education project:trainer training workshops on behalf of British Council for Qatari inspectors
• 1997 Qatar - Trainer Education project - Follow-up trainer training workshops on behalf of British Council for Qatari inspectors
• 1997 Mexico - Teacher Education project: 3 week teacher training workshops as part of in-service BEd degree for tertiary level English teachers
• 1997 Lebanon -  Teacher Education project - teacher training for Lebanese state school teachers (British Council)
• 1996 Lebanon  - Teacher Education project - seminar presentations on behalf of the British Council at Lebanese Universities
• 1995 Mexico - Teacher Education project:course as part of in-service BEd degree for tertiary level English teachers
• 1995 Lebanon - Teacher Education project: seminar presentations on behalf of the British Council at Lebanese Universities
• 1994 Malaysia - 5 weeks' supervision and examination of pre-service teaching practice
• 1993 Yemen - 2 week evaluation of ODA/BC project at Aden University, Yemen.
• 1993 Zimbabwe - l week visit presenting seminars at the University of Zimbabwe and other ELT institutions.
• 1993 South Africa - 3 week consultancy as part of Secondary school development project (EASL)- monitoring trainees' progress, organising seminars, addressing EASL conference.
• 1990 Romania - 2 week tour of ELT departments at Romanian Universities for Edinburgh University Library.
• 1990 Romania - 2 week tour for "Scottish Books for Romania", including analysis of ELT situation.
• 1988 Iraq - 2 month secondment to Mosul University for the British Council.  Outreach project for pre-service teacher education

Speaking and conference invitations (as main or plenary speaker)

• 2013 Lebanon Main plenary speaker at ATEL conference, Beirut, Lebanon
• 2013 Libya Main Plenary Speaker at British Council Teachers' conference, Tripoli
• 2012 Vietnam Plenary talk at British Council ELT conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, June 2012
• 2012 Japan Main plenary speaker at JALTCALL 2012 Conference in Kobe, Japan
• 2011 Sudan Main plenary speaker at the British Council funded ASTEL and TESOL Sudan teachers' conference.
• 2010 Japan Invited as main plenary speaker, LET international technology conference
• 2010 IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) Harrogate: Main plenary speaker at the Technology Special Interest Group pre-conference event
• 2009 Canterbury, UK. I was plenary speaker at the Canterbury Cutting Edges conference, June 2009.
• 2008 Japan Main plenary invited speaker, WorldCALL conference, July 2008
• 2008 Mexico  Main  invited plenary speaker, Fifth Annual Forum on language education, University of Veracruz, Mexico
• 2008 Angola Main plenary invited speaker, British Council conference on language education
• 2007 India Main invited plenary speaker with the topic: 'The sociocultural factors in successful ICT use in the language classroom' [Unfortunately I could not accept this invitation]
• 2007 Qatar  Plenary invited speaker, British Council language teaching conference, Doha
• 2007 Bahrain  Plenary invited speaker, Ministry of Education, Manama
• 2007 Mozambique Main plenary invited speaker, British Council conference on language education
• 2006 Australia Main plenary speaker (on Methodology and context) at Australia's biggest conference for language teachers, English Australia.
• 2006 Cyprus - I was invited as main speaker to the IATEFL CALL and ICT conference in Cyprus in May 2006
• 2006 Kuwait – Plenary invited speaker at the Annual Kuwaiti Teachers Conference, April 2006
• 2005 Web – I was invited to be the lead speaker of the IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) web-based conference on using ICT in Language Teaching. The required reading for this was my article 'CALL - past, present and future' System, vol. 31 No 1 (2003) pp 13-28, which was awarded a prize by Elsevier publishers
• 2004 Sudan – Keynote plenary speaker at the University of Khartoum conference, Sudan on 'Teaching Language Skills at University level', February 2004.
• 2003 Bahrain - Keynote plenary speaker, ELT Symposium, Bahrain Ministry of Education, January 2003
• 2002 Sudan - Main plenary speaker at British Council ELT conference - February/March 2002
• 2002 Yemen - Keynote speaker, workshops for Inspectors of English, British Council, Sana'a, Yemen
• 2002 Morocco - Plenary Keynote speaker, Moroccan Association of Teachers of English conference, M'dik, Morocco.
• 2001 Uruguay – Main plenary speaker (in Spanish) at conference on 'Distance Education and Technology', University of ORT, Montevideo, Uruguay
• 2001 Spain - Guest Lecturer, Archaeological and historical tour of Islamic Spain, April 2001
• 1999 Dubai - invited as rapporteur at International Conference on Educational Reform UAE Ministry of Education
• 1999 Lebanon - invited main plenary speaker at Lebanese Teachers' conference on curriculum
• 1988 and 1999 Canterbury - Leader of IATEFL Computer SIG special conferences on 'Using the WWW in Language Teaching' Feb 1998 and Feb 1999.
• 1997 Morocco - 2 week visit as plenary speaker at Moroccan teachers' conference (British Council)
• 1996 London - main plenary speaker at University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate Diploma conference

External examining (programmes)

• 2006-11 External Examiner for the MA in Media Assisted Language Teaching and Learning, University of Brighton
• 2004-7 External Examiner for Nottingham Trent University Postgraduate Diploma and MA in ELT
• 2006 External Assessor for revalidation/review of MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University of Salford, May 2006
• 2000 External examiner for MA ELT revalidation, St. Mary's College, University of Surrey.
• 2000 External Examiner for the revision of the prestigious Trinity College London LTCL Diploma TESOL Syllabus. I was commissioned to do this because of my experience with portfolio assessment of TESOL teaching practice.
• 1997-8 External Examiner for University of Leeds Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL
• 1994 External examiner for final teaching practice in Malaysia, St. Mary's College, University of Surrey.
• 1994 External examiner in Malaysia for first year of BEd programme, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth