Rachel Perkins

Profile

I have been a lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at the University of Leeds since 2019. 

Responsibilities

  • EAP Practitioner
  • Co-Lead on the General English programme

Research interests

My research interests are in corpus linguistics, the language of mathematics and integrating language and content teaching. 

Currently, I am involved in a collaborative project based on a corpus of mathematics lectures. The project aims to explore the language of mathematics and the challenges that it may pose to students whose first language is not English, and how a language focus can be integrated into the teaching of content to improve comprehension.  

Publication:

Drury, A., Perkins, R., Sheard, W., 2023. The Lexis of Maths Lectures: The creation of a pedagogic corpus and wordlist from a series of maths lectures. The Language Scholar. 2023(11), pp. 56-87. 

 

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Qualifications

  • Cambridge Delta
  • Cambridge CELTA
  • BA (Hons) in Classical Civilisation

Professional memberships

  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Student education

I teach on general and specific English for Academic Purposes modules, working with foundation-year and post-graduate students. I also teach on the General English programme. 

Research groups and institutes

  • Language Centre