Matthew Tolley
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0118 378 4477
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Lecturer in EAP and Academic Skills
- Course Tutor for three International Foundation Program modules: Foundation in Academic Skills, International English, and Academic Skills.
- Academic Tutor
Areas of interest
My main area of interest is in assessment and evaluation, with a particular focus on helping students become more autonomous and engaged with feedback.
Background
I started teaching in 2012 and worked in Spain, Italy, and China, before moving back to the UK to focus on teaching Academic English in Higher Education.
I started working for the ¶¶Òõ of Reading in 2019, teaching on the summer pre-sessional course, Academic English Programme, and International Foundation Programme. In addition to teaching, I am an academic tutor, providing academic guidance and pastoral support, and I have developed material for the pre-sessional course.
Elsewhere in the UK, I have worked for include the ¶¶Òõ of Leicester, Coventry ¶¶Òõ, and Oxford Brookes ¶¶Òõ.
Academic qualifications
MSc Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), ¶¶Òõ of St Andrews
Cambridge DELTA
Trinity CertTESOL
BA English Language, Sheffield Hallam ¶¶Òõ