Robert Leslie FIELDING - Curriculum Vitae

ROBERT L FIELDING: ENGLISH LANGUAGE LECTURER & FREELANCE JOURNALIST

Qualifications

MSc: Teaching English/ESP (Aston University 1997)

BA (Hons) Organisational Studies and Linguistics (Lancaster University 1987)

RSA Cert TEFL. (Pilgrims 1986)0

City and Guilds of London Institute: Full Technological Certificate in Mechanical Engineering Production (Oldham College of Technology 1972)

VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

EFL/ESP/EAP Instructor-English Language Lecturer - at the following:-

University of Durham Taught pre-sessional courses (August/September, 2002)
University of Bahrain English Language Centre (Sept 2002 – 2003)
Taught EAP/ESP at various levels
Sultan Qaboos University Language Center, Oman (1997 – 2002)
Taught English for students of Sciences & English for Educational Purposes. (Intensive & Credit Courses
Member of Editorial Board of ‘Forum’, the Language Centre’s English Language Teaching Journal
Regular contributor to ‘Forum’ (see Publications)
International Turkmen Turkish University, Ashkabad, Turkmenistan (1996 – 1997
Taught English for Academic Purposes, Phonetics, English Language through English Literature
Wrote material and tests for the above courses.
Bilkent University School of English Language, Ankara, Turkey (1993 – 1996)
Taught EAP and Writing for Freshmen students.
Dogu Akdeniz Universitesi, Magusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1992 –1993)
Taught ESP and wrote materials and textbook
Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey (1990 – 1992 )
Taught EAP and was Speaking and Listening Coordinator
St. Joseph's High School, Izmir, Turkey (1998 – 1990)
Ege Lisan Merkezi, Izmir, Turkey (1998 – 1990)
El Meselemiya Higher Secondary School for Boys, Gezira Province, Sudan (1997 – 1998)

PUBLICATIONS

Teaching English Oxford University Press
'An Introduction to Writing Articles'
'Teaching Students How to Focus on Topics'
'The Teacher is a Learner and the Learner is a Teacher'
'Learning to Read the World: Using Literature in the Language Classroom'
'Oguz Nesil' Journal of Turkmen Turkish Educational Organization
'Lexical phrases and Native Language Interference in Writing'
'Bil Lingua' Bilkent University School of English Language Teaching Journal
'Language, Writing, and Creativity'
Applied Linguistics
'Communicative Coherence: A Different Approach to Teaching Grammar'
'Re-ordering and Re-combining: Manipulating Language to Re-draft’
'Forum' ELT Journal
'A Place for Eponyms in English Language Teaching’
‘Forum’ Sultan Qaboos University Journal of English Language Teaching
Academic articles: ‘Students’ Errors and their Implications for Syllabus design’
‘The digital future’
‘Using authentic language in the classroom’

NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
‘Reflections’ Journal of Sultan Qaboos University
Short Story: ‘Reactions’: A new look at the short story
Article: ‘Cryptic clues to the pigeon-holes of the mind’
New York Times:
'Changes in Britain'
Cyprus Today
‘GAP’: Pumping Prosperity to Turkey'
Turkish Daily News
'Cinema and Society'
Oldham Evening Chronicle
'Greenery and Friendliness in a Furnace: The Sudan'
'Ginger's Tale'
The Travels of a Family and their Cat. (Available at Amazon.com & Barnes and Noble)
‘Other people-other worlds’
The collected short stories of Robert Leslie Fielding (Available at Amazon.com & Barnes and Noble)

Gulf News ‘Notes’

‘Writing is discovering’ (other parts to follow)
‘How to be creative with words’
‘The advantages of working in groups’
‘Taking exams’
‘Becoming a student’
‘Avoiding fallacious arguments’ (forthcoming)
‘Time management for students’
‘Reasons to read’

OTHER INFORMATION

British citizen/Native speaker
Married to a citizen of Turkey
Holder of a clean British Driving Licence
Date of Birth: 25.9.1949
Website #1: http://www.whatsnewintheworld.blogspot.com/ (This site is used to provide my students with a broad range of reading material – from IELTS information, to articles about time management for students, advice when taking examinations, together with articles of a more general nature, and short stories and poems.

Website #2: http://www.fascinatingfillers.blogspot.com/ (This site is used to illustrate the different genres and styles I write.
REFEREES
Available on request