Conference & Seminar Papers

  •  ‘CPD: encouraging teacher innovation and exploration’. Paper presented at the University of St. Andrews EAP conference, March 2014.

  •  ‘Investigating student-centred academic discourse (lexical bundles)’. Work in progress paper, SMLC Seminar series, University of Glasgow, February, 2014.

  •  ‘CPD: encouraging teacher innovation and exploration’. Paper presented at the University of St. Andrews EAP conference, March, 2014.

  • ‘Investigating student-centred academic discourse (exchange patterns and personal pronoun use)’. Work in progress paper, SMLC Seminar series, University of Glasgow, February, 2014.

  • ‘Investigating student-centred academic discourse (problem based learning sessions in medical genetics.’ Paper presented at BALEAP conference, University of Nottingham, 2013

  •  ‘Competently brought to life.' Workshop presented at BALEAP conference, University of Nottingham, 2013 (with Steve Kirk, Louis Rogers, and Anne Pallant)

  • ‘Integrating projects into a year-round pre-sessional: practice and perceptions’. Paper presented at IATEFL Glasgow,  2012 and in T. Pattison (ed.) IATEFL 2012 Glasgow Conference Selections (with Rachel Elmslie)

  •  ‘Opening Doors: Pre-arrival Teacher Induction Introducing EAP & TEAP via a VLE.’ Paper at   IATEFL ESP/ EAP SIG EVENT ‘EAP in university settings: teacher and learner competencies’.  Paper presented at  Bilkent University, Turkey, June, 2010

  • ‘The TEAP Framework in Pre-arrival  Induction’   Presentation at BALEAP Professional Development Day, Southbank University, May 2010

  • ‘Learning to Use the Learning Object Creator’ (LOC) Co-presenter on LOC pilot at E-learning Symposium, University of Southampton, January, 2008 (with David Donnarumma)

  • ‘Inter-cultural Communicative Competence.’  Paper presented at  IATEFL SIG Conference, Istanbul, 2002

  •  ‘Lexical Phrases and Collocations- adapting materials.’ Paper presented at  IATEFL , York, 2002

  •  ‘Teaching Collocations and Lexical Phrases’ Paper at ‘A Fresh Look at Grammar and Vocabulary: A Quest for Alternative Teaching Approaches?’, 7th International Bilkent University School of English Language Teaching ELT Conference (BUSEL). January, 2002

  •  ‘Academic Writing- designing and using a web site as a tool for an academic writing research project.’ Paper at  ‘Koc Cybertools’ , Istanbul, 2001

  • ‘Goal Setting and Learner Strategies.’ Paper at  ‘Teachers Develop Teachers Research’ (TDTR) , Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara,  September, 2001

  •  ‘Collocations.’ Paper presented at  ‘Creativity within Constraints’, Isik University ELT Conference, Istanbul, 2001

  •  ‘Reflective practice- a tool for self-development’  Paper at  ‘Global Problems, Local Solutions’,  Isik University , ELT Conference.  Istanbu,l May, 2000.