Dr Neil Johnson

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Principal Lecturer, TESOL

I have taught English as a foreign and second language in Japan and the United States for over 25 years. I graduated from the PhD programme in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona in 2008. I started working at the University of Sunderland in 2016. Previously, I was Assistant Director responsible for curriculum development in the English Language Institute at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan.

Teaching and supervision
Research
Publications
Areas of expertise

Teaching and supervision

I teach the Principles and Practice of TESOL modules for both undergraduate and MA TESOL courses. I also contribute to the Psychology of Language, the Language, Culture and Power, Theories of Second/Foreign Language Learning and Dissertation (MA TESOL) modules. I oversee dissertations for BA and MA students.

Research interests for potential research students

My research interests are in reading and writing pedagogy for second and foreign language students - particularly from a literacy-based perspective. Also, multi-literacies, discourse analysis, and learner motivation and development from a sociocultural perspective.

Research

I am currently engaged in research in two interconnected areas: the impact of globalisation on language pedagogy and teacher training and the discourses of academic English in international contexts.

Publications

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Number of items: 16.

Article

Owens, James and Johnson, Neil (2016) Connecting Reading, Writing, and Culture through a Literacies-based Approach to Narrative. JALT PanSIG Journal. pp. 133-141. ISSN ISBN 978-4-901352-49-9

Johnson, Neil, Lyddon, Paul and Selman, Alex (2016) Redesigning the Freshman English Syllabus: Process and Transformation for the Digital Age. Studies in Linguistics and Language Education,.

Johnson, Neil and Lyddon, Paul (2015) Teaching grammatical voice to computer science majors: The case of less proficient English learners. English for Specific Purposes, 41 (1). ISSN 0889-4906

Johnson, Neil, Nelson, Mark, Lyddon, Paul and Selman, Alex (2015) Reimagining contemporary EFL curricula. JALT Conference Proceedings. pp. 102-118.

Nelson, Mark and Johnson, Neil (2014) The shape of joy, the colour of fear: multimodal abduction in the foreign language classroom. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 9 (1). pp. 45-62. ISSN 1554-480X

Nelson, Mark and Johnson, Neil (2014) Editors’ introduction: multimodality, creativity and language and literacy education. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 9 (1). pp. 1-6.

Johnson, Neil and deHaan, Jonathan (2013) Strategic interaction 2.0 and instructed pragmatics in an EFL setting. International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications., 4 (1). pp. 49-62. ISSN 1947-3095

Rozycki, William and Johnson, Neil (2013) Non-canonical grammar in Best Paper award winners in engineering. English for Specific Purposes, 32 (3). pp. 157-169. ISSN 0889-4906

Johnson, Neil and deHaan, Jonathan (2012) Enhancing the Scenario: Emerging Technologies and Experiential Learning in Second Language Instructional Design. International Journal of Learning, 18 (4). pp. 321-333. ISSN 1447 9494

Johnson, Neil and deHaan, Jonathan (2012) Wiki and digital video use in strategic interaction-based experiential EFL learning. CALICO Journal, 29 (2). pp. 249-268. ISSN 2056-9017

Johnson, Neil and Rozycki, William IEEE Best Papers in science and engineering: Participation and the development of a discourse. JALT OnCUE English for Academic Purposes, 4 (2). pp. 80-100.

Book Section

Hepworth, Michael and Johnson, Neil (2022) Ghosts in the Machine? Exploratory Practice on a distance learning development project. In: Professional Development Through Teacher Research: Stories from Language Teacher Educators. Multilingual Matters, Bristol, UK, pp. 31-50. ISBN 9781788927710

Johnson, Neil and Torpey, Michael (2013) Goffman’s theory of self and the social order: Trust and conflict in an intercultural education workplace. In: Discourses of Trust. Palgrave, pp. 147-164. ISBN 978-0-230-30849-7

Johnson, Neil and deHaan, Jonathan (2012) Second language strategic interactions using emerging technologies and experiential learning. In: Educational Stages and Interactive Learning: From Kindergarten to Workplace Training. IGI Global, pp. 306-333. ISBN 9781466601376

Johnson, Neil (2008) Postcards from the (turbulent) edge (of chaos) – Complexity theory and computer mediated communication. In: Mediated Online Discourse. AILA Applied Linguistics, 3 . John Benjamins, pp. 73-93. ISBN 9789027205193

Thesis

Chong, Sin Wang (2020) Developing English-as-a second- language learners’ feedback literacy: reconceptualizing feedback and rethinking feedback practices. Doctoral thesis, University of Sunderland.

This list was generated on Wed Mar 29 07:14:37 2023 BST.

Academic writing
Sociocultural theory
Discourse analysis
Curriculum development
Literacy-based instruction

Last updated 08 March 2023