Applying for a Higher Degree in Language Education

Students from around the world undertake Doctoral degrees in the Centre for Language Education Research (CLER).

Supervision is typically offered within the main research areas of the centre. Potential applicants are encouraged to make contact with the members of the Centre for Language Education Research whose interests lie in an appropriate area.

If you are interested in applying for a higher degree in the CLER, please consult the following:

Examples of Current and Recent PhD Topics

Current Students:

Hamed Al-Adawi: A contextual view of feedback on writing in EFL classes in Oman

Yasmeen Al-Balushi: Raising awareness of writing strategies in adult learners of English as a foreign language

Nabhan Al-Lamki: Graduate English language teachers' conceptions of continuing professional development

Suha Alnassar: The potential of computer based learning in Teaching English for specialised purposes

Saleh Al-Osaimi: Arabic as a Foreign Language Learners' beliefs and their learning strategy use

Ana Artigas: The impact of methodology courses on the thinking and practices of pre-service teachers of English to young learners

Erik Borg: The contribution of writing to Fine Arts Pracice and Design

Anita Collins: Writing themselves: young men's identities and writing in Further Education

Simon Etherton: The knowledge growth of teachers of English during an in-service BA programme

Simon Green: The development of academic writing skills in a group of Omani undergraduates (in the BA TESOL programme)

Kyung Bin Im: The use of interactive multi-media electronic stories in teaching English as a foreign language to young learners

Chirasiri Kasemsin: Refusals in interlanguage pragmatics

Martin Lamb : Motivation of junior high school students to learn English in provincial Indonesia

Rafique Menon: The Teaching of Reading in Pakistan

Tom Morton: The impact of the in-service DELTA on ESOL teachers' cognitions and practices: case studies of six teachers

David Oakey: The form and function of multi-word items in research articles in different academic disciplines

Yumi Ohashi: Teaching and Learning through interaction: a case study of Japanese children learning EFL

Theresa Oliver: Motivation in Modern Foreign Languages Learners at University Level Beginners Italian: a case study

Zeynap Onat-Stelma: Teacher change: moving from teaching older to younger learners

Senussi Orafi: The congruence between an ELT curriculum innovation and teachers' beliefs

Ruth Payne-Woolridge: The language of discipline

Simon Phipps: The impact of an in-service MA programme on teachers' beliefs about teaching grammar and vocabulary

Nisakorn Prakongchati: Learning strategies of Thai University level EFL learners

Hendon A Rahman: An exploratory study of Singaporean Gang members and their secondary schooling

Alejandra Recio: Effects of a computer aided storytelling methodology on emergent literacy skills of pre-school learners of English as a foreign langauge

Phoebe Rizou: Motivation to learn Ancient Greek in Greek State Education

Sally Threlfall: Early years teachers' adjustment to their roles in multi-disciplinary child care teams in the context of the sure start initiative

Cecilia Yun Wang: Implementing ICT in Language Classes in a Chinese University

Mark Wyatt: Changes in teachers' self-efficacy during in-service teacher education

Su Yon Yim: Using miscue analysis to explore reading processes in young learners of English

Recently completed doctoral projects:

Suleiman Al-Husseini: An analysis of the English needs of Omani students on vocational and technical courses with implications for the design of foundation year English Language programme

Michaela Borg: Learning to teach CELTA trainees' beliefs, experiences and reflections

Abdelgader Elmajdob: An exploratory case study of the roles played by relationships in the adaptation of Arab expatriate teachers to the Libyan context

Farahman Farrokhi: An Exploratory study of Feedback Types and Uptake in Relation to Students' and Teachers' Perceptions and Practices in EFL Classrooms

Susan Hamer: Nurse teachers' perspectives on their use of storytelling in the teaching context

Yuen-Kwan Lam: The impact of strategy training on group discussion in the ESL classroom

Mohammad Mohammadi: The Relationship between the Vocabulary Knowledge and the Vocabulary Use

Mohammad Anani Sarab: Communication strategies in second language teacher talk with special reference to Iranian Teachers of English

Yousef Al Shumaimeri: The Impact of Exposure to Tasks on Saudi Teenage Learners' Oral Procedures and Motivation

Juurd Stelma: Patterns of learning in pupil-pupil talk. Cases in Norwegian children's foreign language learning

Last updated by Patrick Samphire on 28th September 2006