Roya Alimalayeri

Profile

I commenced teaching English as a Foreign Language in 2003. I joined the University of Leeds as a Linguistics Teaching Felllow in 2013 and EAP Lecturer in 2015, and I have been teaching on the following modules since September 2013:

• Language: Structure and Sound (Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax)
• Language: Meaning and Use (Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Pragmatics, and Sociolinguistics)
• AEUS
• AEPS 1, 2, & 3
• IFY
• Summer pre-sessional courses

I also co-led Language for Engineering pre-sessional course in summer 2021 and am currently co-leading IFY STEM module.   

My other role is the web editor of the Language Scholar website. 

Responsibilities

• Teaching and Scholarship

Research interests

My research is focused around second language acquisition and academic English teaching and learning methods formed on theoretical and experimental linguistics. 

I am also engaged in a collaborative multi-method arts-informed research into creativity in EAP 18-months project. 

Conferences: 

Kaur, K. and Alimalayeri, R. 2022. Building Bonds: Constructing Communities. Student Education Conference ‘Belonging and Community’, 6-7 January. University of Leeds.

Alimalayeri, R. Himmelreich, B. Gundarina, O. and Marinkova, M. 2021. “Conline” Teaching: Creative Pedagogy as a conduit to EAP practitioners’ agency. The Language Centre Summer Conference ‘Curiculum Conversations: Agency, Collaboration and Leadership. University of Leeds.

Qualifications

• MA in Linguistics and ELT
• BA in Translation Studies
• CELTA

Professional memberships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Research groups and institutes

• Language Centre