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Mrs

Claire Richardson

Senior Lecturer in English as a Foreign Language

Directorate of Academic Development and Success

  • Senior Lecturer in English as a Foreign Language
    Directorate of Academic Development and Success

BIO

I have taught English for Academic Purposes in the UK and China and English as a Foreign Language in the UK, France, Spain, Singapore and Vietnam.

One of my professional interests is language testing and I have worked as a language test developer in the UK, Cyprus, Vietnam and China. I have also been an external examiner for the University of Nottingham and Royal Holloway University of London.

DEGREES

  • MA (Hons) French with Spanish
    University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom1 Oct 1980 - 30 Jun 1984
  • MSc Information Technology in Business
    University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom1 Jan 1994 - 28 Feb 1995
  • MA Language Testing
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom1 Sep 2014 - 30 Sep 2016

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
    International House, London, United Kingdom
  • Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults
    International House, Singapore, Singapore
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
    University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Jun 2023

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • PGCE Secondary Modern Languages
    University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom1 Sep 1984 - 30 Jun 1985
  • Additional Teaching Qualification (Primary Education)
    University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom1 Sep 1998 - 31 Dec 1998

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak and understand