DrAlex Runchman

I am module co-ordinator of the following modules at BDIC, CDIC, and GDIC:

English for University Studies
English for General Academic Purposes
Academic Writing and Communication Skills
English for General Academic Purposes

Across the three colleges, I oversee and support the work of c.60 international and Chinese English teachers.

I lecture on the MA TESOL and am module co-ordinator of The English Teaching Context.

To date, I have supervised ten MA dissertations in TESOL, including the following:


- 'Incorporating discourse features of Academic Writing into a syllabus for IELTS writing preparation for Chinese students (2022)
- 'Chinese EFL students’ perceptions of the teaching of English pronunciation' (2022)
- ‘An analysis of motivational strategies used by English teachers at secondary schools in China’ (2021)
- Improving English teaching in the Vietnamese private sector by applying a Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach’ (2021)
- ‘Adult ESL Student Perspectives on Online Learning’ (2020)
- ‘The Effects of Large Classes on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Writing in Saudi Arabia’ (2017)


I am programme director of the Professional Certificate in TESOL and module co-ordinator of the Issues in Assessment module.