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Clark Girdlestone

Clark Girdlestone

  • Position: Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
  • Areas of expertise: English for Academic Purposes English for Specific Academic Purposes Insessional English for Academic Purposes
  • Email: C.Girdlestone@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 8116
  • Location: Parkinson Building

Profile

I came to Leeds in 2018 to teach on the Language for Marketing summer pre-sessional. Since then I have worked across a range of courses at both pre-undergraduate and pre-postgraduate level which include International Foundation Year (STEM), Academic English for Postgraduate Studies (Levels 2 and 3), Language for Business, a course at Southwest Jiatong (online), and Language for Marketing. I have previously co-led academic programmes for pre-sessional EAP including Academic English for Postgraduate Studies Level 2 and the Language for Marketing summer pre-sessional courses. Currently, I am in-sessional lead within the MSc International Business programme at Leeds University Business School (LUBS) and I co-lead the summer pre-sessional programme for the Business Strand. 

Responsibilities

  • Pre-sessional Summer Programme lead for Business Strand (co-lead)
  • MSc International Business in-sessional

Research interests

I have previously undertaken scholarlship projects in relation to reflective practice and reflective writing and how this supports the development of autonomous learning practices within both EAP and HE contexts. In order to appropropriately investigate dicourse and genre within specific academic fields, I have conducted extensive analysis of genres, most recently completing a comparative discourse analysis of stance features within professional and published texts in the field of marketing with student writing samples.

Currently, I am involved in a number of long term, collaborative scholarship projects. These include investigations into educational impact and educational gain, the influence of A.I in EAP, EAP leadership and management, and exploring the EAP needs of learners from an EMI background. 

 

 

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • MA TEAP (Distinction)
  • PGCE w/QTS
  • CELTA
  • BA English Language

Professional memberships

  • BALEAP
  • HEA

Student education

Within the Language Centre, I am involved with in-sessional and pre-sessional delivery: in-sessional delivery in MSc International Business, and Dissertation module; pre-sessional, Language for Business (6-week).  I also provide personal tutor support for students as appropriate. 

Research groups and institutes

  • Language Centre