PhD supervision

The title of my own thesis was ‘Grading foreign language listening comprehension materials: The use of naturally modified interaction' (Anthony J. Lynch, 1988, University of Edinburgh). You can read the Abstract here:

Students who have completed PhD theses under my supervision:

• Luk, Vanessa (1994) ‘Developing interactional listening strategies in a foreign language: A study of two classroom approaches'.
• Gourlay, Lesley (2003) ' Classroom discourse and participation in an English for Specific Purposes context'.
• Mennim, Paul (2004) 'Noticing tasks in a university EFL presentation course in Japan: Their effect on oral output'.
• Aileen Irvine (2006) 'Extensive reading and L2 development: a study of Hong Kong secondary learners of English'.
• Atsuko Moriyama (2007) ' A noticing-promotion approach and L2 development: a study of English interrogative acquisition in the classroom'.
• Melada Sudajit-apa (2008) 'Systematising EAP materials development: Design, evaluation and revision in a Thai undergraduate reading course'.
• Shirin Abadikhah (2008) 'The effect of collaborative output activities on the learning of English relative clauses: an empirical study of mechanical and meaningful output'.
• Ko Chao-Jung (2010) 'Early-stage French as a Foreign Language in Taiwan: a case study involving L2 oral proficiency, motivation and social presence in synchronous computer-mediated communication'.