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Secondary research

TESOLgraphics project focuses on producing infographic summaries of secondary research in Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

Secondary research, or research synthesis, refers to academic publications which summarise research findings from numerous (ranging from a dozen to many more) primary studies on the same topic. Secondary research is useful to TESOL practitioners who want to catch a glimpse of the latest development of research.

Making research findings accessible to teachers

This project focuses on secondary research in TESOL. We aim to make secondary research easy to read and understand to ESL, EFL, EAP, ESP, ESOL, EAL, TEFL teachers. We do so by producing infographic summaries of selected secondary research which you can finish reading in 5 minutes.

PROJECT TEAM

Dr. Sin-Wang CHONG (SFHEA)

Founder, Project Co-Leader & Assistant Professor

Sin-Wang is an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment at Queen's University Belfast, an Affiliated Assistant Professor in TESOL and Academic English at the University of St. Andrews, and a researcher at Institute of Education, University College London. He is Associate Editor of two international journals, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching and Higher Education Research & Development. He is Section Editor of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed., forthcoming). He has published quite extensively on such topics as language and educational assessment, computer-assisted language learning, and research synthesis.

Sin-Wang is actively involved in a number of professional organisations including British Educational Research Association (BERA), British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), and International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). Sin-Wang serves on the governing councils of BERA and BAAL in the capacity of Council Member and Executive Committee Member. Sin-Wang co-convenes the Early Career Researcher Network at BERA, founded and convenes the Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics Special Interest Group at BAAL, and co-founded and co-convenes the Open Scholarship in Applied Linguistics Research Network at AILA.

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Prof. Masatoshi SATO

Project Co-Leader & Professor

Masatoshi Sato (PhD: McGill University) is a Professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile. He has taught English and Japanese in Japan, US, Chile, and Canada. His research agenda is to conduct theoretical and applied research in order to facilitate the dialogue between practitioners and researchers. His research interest includes instructed second language acquisition, peer interaction, metacognition, corrective feedback, learner psychology, teacher beliefs, and the research-practice relationship. In addition to his research publications in international journals, he has co-edited volumes from John Benjamins (2016 with Susan Ballinger: Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning), Routledge (2017 with Shawn Loewen: The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition; 2019: Evidence-Based Second Language Pedagogy), Language Teaching Research (2021 with Kata Csizér: Learner Psychology and Instructed Second Language Acquisition), and The Modern Language Journal (2022 with Shawn Loewen: Connecting second language research and pedagogy). He is the recipient of the 2014 ACTFL/MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award. He is currently the Editor of Language Awareness.

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Prof. Hayo REINDERS

Researcher Advisor & Professor

Dr. Hayo Reinders is TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University in the USA as well as Professor of Education in New Zealand. Hayo is Editor of the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching (published by Taylor & Francis) and edits a book series on “New Language Learning and Teaching Environments”. He founded the Institute for Teacher Leadership. His interest are in teacher empowerment, learner autonomy, and educational technology.

Dr. Luke PLONSKY

Researcher Advisor & Associate Professor

Luke Plonsky (PhD Michigan State) is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University. His work, focusing primarily on SLA and research methods, has appeared in over 90 articles, book chapters, and books. Luke is Associate Editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Managing Editor of Foreign Language Annals, Co-Editor of De Gruyter Mouton's Series on Language Acquisition, and Co-Director of IRIS.

Dr. Jim MCKINLEY

Researcher Advisor & Associate Professor

Jim McKinley, SFHEA, is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at UCL Institute of Education, University of London. Having started his academic career at the University of Sydney, Australia, he then taught for many years in Japan’s oldest EMI program (Sophia University in Tokyo) and settled in the UK in 2016. His research explores implications of globalisation for L2 writing, language education, and higher education studies, particularly concerning the concept of a teaching-research nexus. Jim is co-author and co-editor of several books on research methods in applied linguistics. His work has appeared in journals such as Higher Education and Applied Linguistics, and he currently serves as an editor-in-chief for the journal System.

Mrs Jennifer COWELL

Practitioner Advisor & Team Leader of In-sessional Language Support

Mrs Cowell works at the University of Stirling as the team leader of the new university-wide in-sessional language support provision and is the faculty academic skills advisor for the Stirling Management School. She is a member of the Advisory Group for the updated QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Linguistics and is nearing completion of her MSc in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of St Andrews. She has a wide variety of interests, in particular: applied linguistics, learning materials design, motivating students’ learning, and social justice including decolonising the curriculum.

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Dr. Tasnima AKTAR

Researcher Member

Dr Tasnima Aktar is an Associate Lecturer in TESOL in the Department of Education at the University of York, UK (and an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Comilla University, Bangladesh). She is also an Associate Fellow of the Advanced Higher Education, UK, a Cambridge CELTA qualified teacher, and the Convenor of Research SIG, TESOL Society of Bangladesh. She has been teaching TESOL, EAP, EFL for more than a decade in different Higher Education institutions in the UK and Bangladesh. She publishes several articles in journals including Higher Education Pedagogies and Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, and presents papers at various conferences including BAAL, BERA, IATEFL. She obtained her PhD on metacognition in EFL listening and her research interest includes metacognition and strategies, teacher research and teacher development, and educational technology.

Mr. Mehdi Shaahdadi GOUGHARI

Practitioner Member

An EFL teacher equipped with more than 13 years of hands-on experience in teaching.
Master’s Degree in English Language Teaching from Islamic Azad University – Science and Research Branch
With a burning passion for ICT-assisted English Language Teaching and Learning

Miss Ming Sum KONG

Practitioner Member

Miss Kong is a master graduate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of St Andrews in the UK. She has a strong interest in Linguistics and English Language Teaching. Her master’s dissertation was about Hong Kong ESL learners’ acquisition of conjunctions. She was also a part-time English tutor for the pre-sessional course during her study at the university.

Mr Paul JOHNSON

Practitioner Member

Paul Johnson teaches English for Academic Purposes, Critical Thinking, and College Writing at SolBridge International School of Business in Daejeon, Korea. He has an M.A. in Philosophy and is working towards his MSc TESOL with a specialism in Technology for Teaching at the University of St. Andrews. You can learn more about his work at his website, an interactive process.

Testimonials

Such a useful initiative and a great resource for in-service and pre-service teachers and teacher educators. ~ Prof. Judit Kormos, Lancaster University

Absolutely love your infographics. It's exactly what ELT needs. ~ Emily Bryson, ESOL Lecturer, Glasgow

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