The 2017 British Council ELT Research Awards programme attracted 24 high quality proposals from universities across the UK.
All submissions were reviewed by a panel of evaluators against the following criteria:
- impact
- innovation
- feasibility
- expertise
- opportunities for international collaboration
- value for money
- alignment with British Council priorities.
The following 10 proposals were selected to receive a grant this year:
- Prof Ernesto Macaro from the Oxford University:
Transition from secondary education CLIL programmes (science) to tertiary education EMI
- Dr Harry Kuchah from the University of Bath:
English medium Instruction (EMI) in a multilingual Francophone context: An investigation of the learning strategies and resources of primary school children in Cameroon
- Dr Nicola Halenko from the University of Central Lancashire:
- Dr William Baker from the University of Southampton:
- Dr Paul Roberts from the University of York:
- Dr Susan Sheehan from the University of Huddersfield:
Classroom assessment: the development of teachers’ cognitions
- Dr Huahui Zhao from Leeds University:
- Dr Gwyneth James from the University of Hertfordshire:
ELT teachers’ stories of resilience
- Dr Lavinia Hirsu from the University of Glasgow:
Challenging the Translingual Turn: Student-Teachers’ Perceptions, Practices and Networks
- Dr Duncan Hunter from the University of Hull:
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