Wendy Altınörs

Profile

I have worked as an English Language teacher (EAP, EFL, ESOL, EAL, ESP) for over thirty years in a wide range of contexts, including Japan and Turkey. I have extensive experience working in UK Higher Education and Further Education sectors and I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).  I have also been a teacher trainer (CELTA and DELTA) for over twenty years and have previously had significant International Foundation Year (IFY) course leader and module leader experience, which includes being module lead and tutor for an IFY Social Sciences module, as well as English for Academic Purposes modules. Additionally, I have taught on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. This involved module leadership on an MA TESOL  and dissertation supervison at undergraduate and Master’s level including MA TESOL and MA Education courses. 

 

Research interests

My research interests are related to migration and integration, including migration experiences of international students and the role language plays in integration trajectories. I am especially interested in historical, multilevel analysis and the effect of belonging on ethnic boundary making strategies.  

My current PhD study is interdisciplinary, situated in the field of migration studies.  It explores intergenerational perceptions of integration through a family case study of Turkish migration to Germany from 1961 to present  through an analytical framework of positioning and ethnic boundary making. 

Conference Presentations:

• August 2021 - European Sociological Association 15th annual Conference, Barcelona (online) "Second-Generation” Youth: Acts and Lived Experiences of Citizenship
• October 2020- Centre for Teaching and Learning, Leeds Beckett University, autumn forum reflections on online teaching
• July 2017 – Centre for Teaching and Learning, Leeds Beckett University, Conference workshop delivery on effective student induction
• June 2017 - Centre for Research and Innovation in Childhood, Education and Society (RICHES), Leeds Beckett University Seminar presentation. The Other Turk: Perceptions of integration in Germany through an intergenerational lens
•  April 2006- IATEFL Conference, Harrogate: Expertise in text exploitation for language learning (with Heather Buchanan, York University)

 Publications:

• Altinors, W. (2021) Carnegie Education. ‘Any other’ mixed ethnicity: reflections on census 2021, 30 March. [Online]. Available from:< https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/carnegie-education/2021/03/any-other-mixed-ethnicity/> 
•  Holmes, M., Flint, A and Altinors, W. (2012) International Foundation Student Conference. InForm, 10, October, pp. 11-12.

 

 

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Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Modern History
• MSc Education and Training
• PGCEA
• DELTA
• CTEFLA

Professional memberships

• Advance HE
• BALEAP
• ESA
• IMISCOE

Student education

I am a lecturer in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) involved in developing and delivering teaching and learning in academic language, discourse and literacy across EAP programmes. My role also covers scholarship of teaching and learning in an EAP context.  

Research groups and institutes

• Language Centre