Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Andrew Littlejohn
E-mail: andrewl@squ.edu.om
Academic Rank: Asst Prof
Department: English
Specialization: Educational Linguistics
Minor specialization:
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Sultan Qaboos University
8/01- present
Asst Prof
London University, I o E
Lecturer
Lancaster University
Lecturer
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
1992
PhD
Lancaster University, UK
1982
MA
Lancaster University, UK
1978
West Midland College, UK
PGCE
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
Research Project
undergraduate
Undergraduate
Academic Writing
Undergraduate
Language Acquisition
Undergraduate
Applied Linguistics
Postgraduate
Materials Development in LT
Postgraduate
Critical Pedagogy
Research Methods
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
Professional Issues in Language Teaching
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
Learner perception of language learning
Ideology in language teaching
Profiling learner disposition
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
‘The social location of language teaching: From zeitgeist to imperative’. 2013. In Ahmed, Cane and Hanzala. ELT
in a Changing World. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
‘Language Teaching Materials and the (very) big picture’ 2012. The Electronic Journal of Foreign Language
Teaching. Singapore: National University of Singapore. http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/ Vol. 9, Suppl. 1, pp. 283–297.
‘The analysis of language teaching materials: inside the Trojan Horse’. 2011. In Tomlinson, B. A. (ed), Materials
Development in Language Teaching 2nd Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
‘Digging deeper: learner disposition and strategy use’. 2009. In Cane, G. (ed.). Strategies in Language
Learning and Teaching. Singapore: South East Asia Ministers of Education Organisation, Regional English
Language Centre.
‘The tip of the iceberg: factors affecting learner motivation’. 2008. RELC Journal, vol. 39/1, London: Sage
Publications
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
‘Learner involvement and the development of a thinking/learning skills syllabus’. Briefing and consultancy paper
commissioned by BBC Worldwide, Editorial Symposium, London, June 2013.
Language Teaching Materials and the (very) big picture’. Invited keynote plenary. CLS Symposium. National
University of Singapore. Dec. 2011.
‘ELT in changing worlds: The social context of our profession’. Invited opening keynote paper at 6th
International Seminar, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan: Karachi.
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‘Throwing the net wide: what can guide us in the how and what of ELT?’ Opening keynote paper presented at the
5th International Seminar, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Karachi,
Pakistan. April 2009.
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
5. Awards
Three times winner of English-Speaking Union Awards, presented at Buckingham Palace, London, for
outstanding papers in the field of English Language Teaching: 1983, 1984, 1989
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
Website www.AndrewLittlejohn.net – resources for language teachers and researchers
Make a Difference – India, consultancy and support for language teaching to street children
Reviewer for the refereed journals Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press) and Language and Education
(Routledge), and Language Teaching (Cambridge University Press)
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
Member of University Language Centre Promotions Committee, and others
Accreditation Committee,
Chair of annual Student Research Conference,
Co-Chair of the 3rd SQU International Conference, 2016,
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