William Tweddle, BA(Hons), MA TESOL, SFHEA

Profile

William has been teaching EAP at Queen Mary since 2008 and became the Pre-Sessional Programme Convenor in 2013. He has worked on the Science and Engineering Foundation Programme and taught credit-bearing courses in Academic Writing for Associate students as part of the Insessional Programme. He continues to teach insessional courses and also co-teaches the Multi-Media Materials Development module on the MA in ELT.

William's thirty years' teaching experience includes time spent teaching in Turkey and Spain. Following this, he gained an MA in TESOL from the Institute of Education in 1996. Before joining QMUL, William spent six years teaching and teacher-training at the Bell Educational Trust. His current enthusiasms include embedding technology in pedagogic practice, facilitating data-driven vocabulary learning and the role of creativity in the classroom.

Research

Publications

The Business Advanced Teacher's Book. Martin Barge, William Tweddle and Paul Emmerson (2009). Macmillan.

Aviation English CD-ROM. Barge, M. and Tweddle, W. (with Emery, H. and Roberts A.) (2008). Macmillan.

Conference Papers:

2018. Stance and Engagement in academic Discourse: a workshop exploring the relation between EFL and EAP/EGAP and ESAP. William Tweddle. Language Centre 5th CPD Conference 2018, Queen Mary University of London.

2015. Setting a Precedent with Open Resources Development in English for Specific Academic Purposes. Alannah Fitzgerald, Martin Barge, Saima Sherazi & William Tweddle. BALEAP Biennial Conference, University of Leicester.

2013. Developing and Exploiting Online Resources for EAP Students: Barge, M., Cooper, J. and W. Tweddle. Norwegian Forum for EAP. 7th Summer Seminar. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.

2013. Making digital open educational resources for EAP. Barge, M., Fitzgerald, A. and W. Tweddle. BALEAP Biennial Conference, Nottingham University.

2012. Sharing 'Academic English online': Issues in open educational practice. Barge, M., Cooper, J. and W. Tweddle. BALEAP Professional Issues Meeting, University of Southampton.

2011. Capturing Students' use of an Academic English Online Resource: Informing Future Development. Barge, M., Cooper, J. and W. Tweddle. BALEAP Biennial Conference, Portsmouth University.

2010. The development of online provision for students of academic English. Barge, M. and Tweddle, W. Part of the Materials writing in ELT Symposium. IATEFL, 44th International Conference, Harrogate.

2009. Teaching Techniques for Multimedia Language Labs. Barge, M. and Tweddle, W. 3rd CEMLL Digital Language Lab Symposium, University of Ulster.

2009. Developing EAP Skills in Multimedia Language Labs. Barge, M. and Tweddle, W. BALEAP Biennial Conference, University of Reading.

2007. Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for African Air Traffic Controllers. Barge, M. and Tweddle, W. IATEFL, 41st International Conference, Aberdeen.