Mr Colin Campbell
School Co-ordinator of Teacher Development
Chair of Communication Committee
Base Section:
Pre-sessional English Programme and Short Courses
Active Projects:
Capacity building for English language provision at partner University in China - NUIST
Developing our provision of EMI courses for University lecturers
Research projects on vocabulary gains on our courses
Bio:
I have worked in English Language Teaching for over almost 40 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, and British Council ELT consultant in Estonia. I was also instrumental in setting up private language schools in Italy and Poland. In Italy we also wrote and 'starred' in an English Teaching series for local television - sadly lost to posterity! I have published extensively in English language teaching, with 15 titles, ranging from books for teachers, secondary course books, self-study materials on vocabulary and listening. I am currently writing an original reader for students in Brazil.
A few personal comments:
I am a fan of Irish rugby, good wine, long walks and reading and am lucky to have job that allows me to go on learning.
Modules taught:
Pre-sessional modules of all skills
Professional Development courses for lecturers of English and other subjects
MA TESOL - Portfolio assignments on lesson observation and classroom practical
Conferences attended (in the last year):
EuroSLA 2017 - co-presented with Professor Suzanne Graham and Dr Parvaneh Tavakoli on 'knowledge transfer from research to teaching'
BAAL Vocab SIG June 2017
Generative Linguistics in the 21st Century May 2017 - with plenary by Noam Chomsky
EMI Symposium, Oxford University May 2017
Qualifications:
BA Hons History (KCL); PGCE (Southampton Uni); RSA Dip in Teaching English (ELC, Hove); MA Applied Linguistics (Reading); Certificate in Counselling (WPF, London)
Journal articles:
'Development of speech fluency over a short period of time: effects of pedagogic intervention'. TESOL Quarterly, 50 (2)
Sample books:
Learner-based Teaching OUP
Towards Teaching Heinemann
Vocabulary (English for Academic Study) Garnet
Listening (English for Academic Study) Garnet
Achieve: Course for Secondary Students OUP
Graded readers:
The Ironing Man CUP
The lady in white CUP
Parallel CUP
It's a lottery CUP
Publications
- Tavakoli, P. , Campbell, C. , McCormack, J. (2016) Development of speech fluency over a short period of time: effects of pedagogic intervention. TESOL Quarterly , 50 (2). pp. 447-471. ISSN: 1545-7249 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tesq.244
- Radley, P. , Simons, D. , Campbell, C. (2005) Horizons 4 teacher's book. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 112. ISBN: 9780194387156
- Radley, P. , Simons, D. , Campbell, C. (2005) Horizons 4 student's book. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 112. ISBN: 9780194388795
- Radley, P. , Simons, D. , Campbell, C. (2005) Horizons 3 student's book. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 112. ISBN: 9780194388788
- Radley, P. , Simons, D. , Campbell, C. (2005) Horizons 2 student's book. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 112. ISBN: 9780194388771
- Radley, P. , Simons, D. , Campbell, C. (2005) Horizons 1 student's book. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 112. ISBN: 9780194388764