Dr Alan Waters
Senior Lecturer
Degree: MA (Glasgow), PGCE with TEFL (Bangor), MA (Lancaster), PhD (Lancaster)
Current Teaching
Foreign language education teaching methods; curriculum design/innovation; teacher learning.
Postgraduate modules:
- Curriculum Design in Language Education (Ling 404)
- Curriculum Design and Teacher Development in Language Education (Ling 409)
- Introduction to Language Teaching 1 (Ling 415)
- Introduction to Language Teaching 2 (Ling 424)
- Managing Innovation in Language Education (Ling 416)
- Teacher Development in Language Education (Ling 406)
- Trends and Issues in ELT Methodology (Ling 410)
Undergraduate module:
- Background Issues in Language Teaching (Ling 270)
Research Interests
The design of systems for facilitating foreign language teacher learning, from macro (e.g., programme) to micro (e.g., workshop) level; foreign language teaching materials design; methodology of foreign language teaching; innovation in foreign language teaching; the applied linguistics-language teaching interface.
Potential Doctoral Proposals
Due to my imminent retirement, I regret that I am no longer able to accept any further PhD students.
Additional Information
I joined the department in 2001, after working in the university's Institute for English Language Education (IELE) for a number of years. I have also held posts in Sierra Leone, Kuwait and Thailand, run courses in many other parts of the world and acted as a consultant to several major ELT development projects. My publications include Interface (Longman), ESP: A Learning-centred Approach, Study Tasks in English (both Cambridge University Press), A Review of Research into Needs for English for Academic Purposes (ETS), two edited volumes of papers and a number of journal articles.
Publications
Please see here.
Other Interests and Hobbies
Please see my personal web-page above.
Associated Keywords: Classroom learning, English for academic purposes EAP, Language teaching methodology, Language teaching research, Managing innovation in language education, Task based teaching and task design, Teacher learning in language teaching, Technology enhanced learning
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