EAP Lecturer and Research unit coordinator

I joined the Department of Language and Communication in 2010. I hold a PhD in Language Testing and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Bedfordshire.

The course units that I design and teach are deeply intertwined. I have a keen interest in designing and teaching research, TEFL and EAP units. The courses I have taught include research methodology, data analysis for MA and BA in the Business School of the University of Bedfordshire, and I also supervised twenty undergraduate students. Currently, I am involved in teaching Academic skills training, Academic English skills and research skills to postgraduate, undergraduate and Foundation year students. I am also the unit coordinator for Academic skills development, Academic skills foundation, Academic skills for HSS and General English.

Besides this, I am also contributing as EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) Lead for CEFL, Associate member at Postgraduate Research (PGR) Student and Staff Training, member of the Staff Experience Committee, Inclusive learning officer at Women Networking Group UoB, Aurora champion and Mental Health First Aider.

I also have a keen interest in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, especially statistical and thematic analysis in language testing and applied linguistics research.

Qualifications

• Aurora Advance Higher Education Leadership
• PhD Applied Linguistics – CRELLA-University of Bedfordshire
• MA Applied Linguistics - University of Bedfordshire
• CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) - Cambridge Assessment UK
• Master in English Language and Literature - Punjab University Pakistan
• Bachelor of Arts (Distinction) - Punjab University Pakistan

Research Interests

• Equality, diversity and inclusion in education
• Inclusive Leadership in higher education
• Academic English skills, Second language learning
• Task design/material development
• L2 lexical knowledge, The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and lexical progression
• Vocabulary assessment, Language assessment literacy
• Quantitative and qualitative research/analysis

External Roles

• External PhD Examiner at the University of Sindh Pakistan
• Editorial Board of Applied Linguistics Research Journal ISSN 2651-2629

Conference Presentations

• ‘Implementation of EDI in Teaching, Learning and Assessment in HE context’, Presented at BedsTeaching and Learning Annual Conference, University of Bedfordshire (Luton, UK), September 2023.
• ‘Inclusive leadership’ at International Women's Day event hosted by the Women's Network, University of Bedfordshire (Luton, UK), 8th March 2023.
• ‘Vocabulary in EAP HE context’, Presented at Beds Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, University of Bedfordshire (Luton, UK), September 2022.
• ‘Case study: Unit enhancement by implementing equality, diversity and inclusion’ Presented at EES EDI faculty Event, University of Bedfordshire (Bedford, UK), May 2023.
• ‘Impact of Curricular and extra-curricular vocabulary learning strategies on lexical progression in Pakistani tertiary context’, presented at Annual Conference, BAAL Vocabulary Studies Sig, University College London, (London, UK), July 2018.
• ‘The construct(s) measured by productive tests of lexical gain in a Pakistani EAP context’, presented at LTF conference, University of Reading (Reading, UK). 2016
• ‘The role of vocabulary learning strategies in lexical progression in an EFL context’, presented at Vocab@Tokyo international conference on vocabulary learning and teaching (JALT Vocab Sig), Meiji Gakuin University, (Tokyo, Japan), September 2016.
• ‘Effects of strategy use on vocabulary proficiency assessed by productive vocabulary tests’, presented at Annual Conference, BAAL Vocabulary Studies Sig, University of Nottingham, (Nottinghamshire, UK), July 2016. (Won best poster presenter award).
• ‘Effects of strategy use on vocabulary proficiency assessed by productive vocabulary tests, presented at CRELLA Summer Research Seminar, University of Bedfordshire, (Bedfordshire, UK), December 2015.
• ‘Effects of strategy use on vocabulary proficiency assessed by productive vocabulary tests, poster presented at Language Testing Forum, University of Oxford, (Oxfordshire, UK), November 2015.

Contact Details

E: nuzhat.jafari1@beds.ac.uk