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 Halenco from the University of Central Lancashire: Embedding ICT to teach and assess the pragmatic targets of refusals and disagreements in spoken English
Dr William Baker from the University of Southampton: From English language learners to Intercultural Citizens: Chinese student sojourners development of intercultural citizenship in ELT and EMI programmes
Dr Paul Roberts from the University of York: A critical approach to training for English Medium Instruction in Higher Education: towards a theory of EMI
Dr Susan Sheehan from the University of Huddersfield: Classroom assessment: the development of teachers’ cognitions
Dr Huahui Zhao from Leeds University: Investigating the applicability of the CEFR for self-assessment in tertiary writing instruction in China: accessibility, feasibility, effectiveness and usefulness
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: Understanding Reflective Writing in ELT Teacher Education: an Investigation Characterizing Successful Instances
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