ELTRA 2017 winners

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:

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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