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I was a senior lecturer at the University of Roehampton for 21 years, and I am now Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Media, Culture and Language. My specific interest is in language testing. I have published and delivered papers at academic conferences in the field of language testing, and acted as an external consultant on validation and examination panels in the UK and overseas. My work in Applied Linguistics is underpinned by extensive experience of language teaching, language assessment and teacher training on a range of ESOL provision in the public and private sector in the UK and abroad. At the University of Roehampton I led the development of the English for Academic Purposes diploma, and undergraduate programmes in Applied English Studies and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I currently provide PhD supervision in English Language and Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and investigating the English language requirements for non-UK trained nurses who want to register for practice in the UK.
I am interested in language testing and validity, more particularly issues associated with regional and global standards and assessments versus local practices.
I have acted as external examiner for pre-sessional, graduate and postgraduate programmes, participated in language assessment benchmarking projects and, as external expert, on university programme validation panelsin the UK.
Validation panels for:
External advisor on panel to benchmark language qualifications to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) for
Sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, particularly critical discourse analysis, individual differences and language learning, and language assessment.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter