ROBERT L FIELDING

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LECTURER

 

QUALIFICATIONS  (verification details available upon request)

 

Ph.D. in Education (incl. courses in Comparative Education, Cultural Foundations, Philosophy of Education, International Education, Educational Sociology, Educational Policy, and Quantitive Research Methods

Belford University 2009 

MSc: Teaching English/ESP  (Aston University 1997)

                                       

BA (Hons) Organisational Studies and Linguistics (Lancaster University 1987)

 

RSA Cert TEFL. (Pilgrims 1986)0

 

City and Guilds of London Institute: Full Technological Certificate in Mechanical Engineering Production (Oldham College of Technology  1972)

 

VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 EFL/ESP/EAP Instructor-English Language Lecturer - at the following:-

 

At present working as an English Language Lecturer and examination item writer at a university in the Middle East.

(details on application)

Website editor for UAE University (go to the link on the hompage for details)

Member of editorial team responsible for the publication of the UGRU online journal (go to homepage for the link)

Strathclyde University, Glasgow  Scotland  UK  Taught Pre-Sessional Courses (August, 2006, 2007 & 2008) 

University of Durham Taught pre-sessional courses (August/September, 2002)

University of Bahrain English Language Centre   (Sept 2002 – 2003)

Taught EAP/ESP at various levels

Sultan Qaboos University Language Center, Oman     (1997 – 2002)

Taught English for students of Sciences & English for Educational Purposes. (Intensive & Credit Courses

Member of Editorial Board of ‘Forum’, the Language Centre’s English Language Teaching Journal

Regular contributor to ‘Forum’ (see Publications)

International Turkmen Turkish University, Ashkabad, Turkmenistan  (1996 – 1997 

Taught English for Academic Purposes, Phonetics, English Language through English Literature

Wrote material and tests for the above courses.

Bilkent University School of English Language, Ankara, Turkey   (1993 – 1996)

Taught EAP and Writing for Freshmen students.

Dogu Akdeniz Universitesi, Magusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1992 –1993)

Taught ESP and wrote materials and textbook

Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey   (1990 – 1992 )

Taught EAP and was Speaking and Listening Coordinator

St. Joseph's High School, Izmir, Turkey   (1988 – 1990)

Ege Lisan Merkezi, Izmir, Turkey      (1998 – 1990)

El Meselemiya Higher Secondary School for Boys, Gezira Province, Sudan  (1987 – 1988)

 

PUBLICATIONS

My Articles in Gulf News

http://www.rlfielding.com/myarticlesingulfnews.htm

 

Gulf News ‘Notes’

 http://www.rlfielding.com/articlesingulfnews.htm

‘Writing is discovering’ (other parts to follow)

‘How to be creative with words’

‘The advantages of working in groups’

‘Taking exams’

‘Becoming a student’ (forthcoming)

‘Avoiding fallacious arguments’ (forthcoming)

‘Time management for students’ (forthcoming

‘Reasons to read’ (forthcoming)

What kind of thinker are you? (Multiple intelligences) 

'Talking to Pharaos' (forthcoming)

'Talking through a world of ideas' ( Go to  www.heldtoaccount.blogspot.com)

 

UGRU Journal (go to link on homepage)

UGRU Times (go to UGRU Journal/Ugru Times)

Teaching English Oxford University Press

'An Introduction to Writing Articles'

'Teaching Students How to Focus on Topics'

'The Teacher is a Learner and the Learner is a Teacher'

'Learning to Read the World: Using Literature in the Language Classroom'

'Oguz Nesil' Journal of Turkmen Turkish Educational Organization

'Lexical phrases and Native Language Interference in Writing'

'Bil Lingua'  Bilkent University School of English Language Teaching Journal

'Language, Writing, and Creativity'

Applied Linguistics

'Communicative Coherence: A Different Approach to Teaching Grammar'

'Re-ordering and Re-combining: Manipulating Language to Re-draft’

'Forum' ELT Journal

'A Place for Eponyms in English Language Teaching’

‘Forum’ Sultan Qaboos University  Journal of English Language Teaching

 Academic articles: ‘Students’ Errors and their Implications for Syllabus design’

                                  ‘The digital future’

                                  ‘Using authentic language in the classroom’

 

NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

 

‘Reflections’ Journal of Sultan Qaboos University

Short Story: ‘Reactions’: A new look at the short story

Article: ‘Cryptic clues to the pigeon-holes of the mind’ 

New York Times:

'Changes in Britain'

Cyprus Today

‘GAP’: Pumping Prosperity to Turkey'

Turkish Daily News

'Cinema and Society'

Oldham Evening Chronicle

'Greenery and Friendliness in a Furnace: The Sudan'

'Ginger's Tale'   

The Travels of a Family and their Cat.  (Available at Amazon.com & Barnes and Noble)

‘Other people-other worlds’ 

The collected short stories of Robert Leslie Fielding  (Available at Amazon.com & Barnes and Noble)

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

British citizen/Native speaker

Married to a citizen of Turkey

Holder of a clean British Driving Licence

 

 

REFERENCES

                  

Details on application