2023-2024 Awards
All dissertations are available to read in pdf format below.
Winning Dissertation
Phuong Anh Pham, University of Glasgow
Examining academic language support in EMI higher education in Vietnam: current beliefs, practices and challenges
Special Commendations
Louise Brereton, Lancaster University
An exploration of the experiences of Year 7 secondary school EAL (English as an Additional Language) students as they transition to mainstream provision
Phuong Anh Vu, Nottingham Trent University
Fostering directed motivational currents through group projects: An investigation into Vietnamese EFL high school students
Natavan Gojayeva, University of Bath
Effectiveness of the mini-workshops in increasing in-service teachers’ confidence and willingness in technology and computer assisted language learning (CALL) integration
Commendations
Benjamin Tuck, Manchester Metropolitan University
A mixed methods study analysing the views of Japanese students regarding L1 use in the English classroom
Louise Moore, Canterbury Christ Church University
Using English out-of-class: An investigation to find out what daily informal language activity takes place for a group of mixed-level ESOL students
Valeriia Shumeiko, University of the West of Scotland
Language ideologies and investment in English Learning: The case of Ukrainian refugees in Scotland
Nataliia Rastiegaieva, NILE (University of Chichester)
Exploring the implementation of a self-assessment process as part of a book project in a preschool English language classroom in China
Fei Xu, University of Leeds
Exploring the challenges that novice primary English language teachers face and the effectiveness of the support they receive in Guangzhou
Airemionkhale Esther Omonigho, University of Sheffield
An autoethnographic exploration of code-switching as a tool for identity negotiation: Reflections of a Nigerian postgraduate student
Jiying Xu, University College London
The pedagogical potential of task-based language teaching for second language pronunciation: Roles of individual differences
Jo Osborne, University of Sussex
A small-scale interview-based study of sojourning students’ expectations and experience of intercultural development
Cleon M.P. St. Paul, University of Liverpool
West Indian literature: A useful resource for English Language Teaching? Investigating ESL/EFL teachers’ perceptions
Katherine Broomhead, University of St Andrews
English as an Additional Language (EAL) for all: A systematic review of research into pedagogical approaches to teaching learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Bhavika Darji, Coventry University
Investigating teachers’ perspectives on task-based language teaching at a secondary school in India
Ngoc Duyen Nguyen, Sheffield Hallam University
Exploring foreign language speaking anxiety among Vietnamese university students