SUPERVISION

Prospective doctoral students - please note, as I am currently over capacity for doctoral supervision, I will not be taking on any new doctoral projects for several years.
Current lead supervision PhD and EdD (UCL)​​​
  • "Exploring positioning of foreign teachers of English in Chinese secondary schools: a case study", Dandan Zhu, PhD Education, UCL (2nd supervisor Dr Jane Allemano).
  • "Developing a theoretical model of strategic language learning and use: A reflexive account", Nathan Thomas, PhD Education, UCL (2nd supervisor Dr Heath Rose, Oxford; additional supervisors Dr Jie Gao, Prof Li Wei).
  • "Interpreting English medium instruction in higher education in Poland", Agata Mikołajewska, PhD Education, UCL (2nd supervisor Dr Vincent Carpentier).
  • "Collaborative mediation in language learning in higher education", Josef Mueller, EdD, UCL (2nd supervisor Dr Dina Mehmedbegovic-Smith).
  • "The Impact of EMI in Ethiopian Higher Education on the Quality of Education and its Consequences on Employability", Tolera Simie, PhD Education, UCL (2nd supervisor Prof Moses Oketch, additional supervisor Dr Pramod Sah, Calgary).
  • "English for academic purposes and the teacher research nexus: a mixed Grounded Theory study", Tim Hampson, PhD, UCL (2nd supervisor Prof Amos Paran).

Current secondary supervision PhD and EdD (UCL)​
  • "“Not hired, but hosted”: The identities of displaced academics in UK higher education institutions", Michael Beaney, EdD, UCL (lead supervisor Prof Mary Richardson). *passed viva voce July 2023
  • Kan Chai, PhD Education (lead supervisor Prof John O'Regan)
  • "English medium instruction in a trilingual Italian university", Emma Quick, EdD, UCL (lead supervisor Prof John Gray)

MA TESOL (UCL) 2022-23
  • "EMI, TESOL, and Englishization in German higher education", Patty Wang
  • "The relationship between teachers’ feedback and students’ oral output in the EFL classroom", He Huang
  • "Chinese university EFL students’ attitudes toward standard and non-standard English", Jiawei Song
  • "Chinese Students’ Perceptions of World Englishes and their Willingness to Communicate: an Idiodynamic Perspective", Yiming Tian
  • "Chinese students’ perceptions of EFL teachers accents and their perceived qualities", Zhiyi Wang
  • "Learner engagement with written corrective feedback: a systematic review", Wenqiu Yuan

​Click here for completed supervision