Committee
Joint Co-ordinator. ANA INÉS SALVI. Ana has completed a PhD in Applied Linguistics and previously an MA in English Language Teaching both at the University of Warwick, U. K. She has been project supervisor in the MA ELT programme at Coventry University and taught in ELT and teacher development programmes at the University of Warwick. She has also taught academic English in higher education in the UK for 7 years and in China. Previously, she did her undergraduate studies in ELT (at Universidad Nacional de La Plata) in Argentina, where she taught English at schools and language schools for 6 years, the last 2 of which at university level. Her research interests include pedagogy for autonomy, practitioner research, exploratory practice, criticality development, arts-informed research methods, and teacher development, among others. Email: a.salvi@uea.ac.uk
Joint Co-ordinator. KENAN DİKİLİTAŞ. Kenan is currently an Assistant Professor at the department of English language teaching at Bahçeşehir University, İstanbul, Turkey. He has published articles and edited books on teacher research as a professional development strategy. He has also conducted teacher research projects and has given hands-on workshops on how to do educational research across Turkey and overseas. His teacher training experience primarily includes supporting teacher research for professional development. His primary research interests are language teacher education, educational research, research into language teaching and learning, and linguistics for teaching pedagogy. Email: kenandikilitas@gmail.com
Joint Outreach Co-coordinator. ELENA ONČEVSKA AGER. Elena is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. She holds an MA in TESOL from the University of Leeds (UK) and a PhD in applied linguistics from Saints Cyril and Methodius University, where has taught since 2006. Her work involves supporting the development of pre-service EFL teachers in face-to-face and online contexts. Apart from second language teacher education and online learning, her research interests also include group dynamics, motivation, teacher wellbeing and teacher/learner autonomy. Email: elena.oncevska@flf.ukim.edu.mk
Joint Outreach Co-coordinator. LORETO ALIAGA. Loreto is a teacher of English and teacher educator from Chile. She has completed her PhD Education at the University of Leeds, U. K. where she currently works as a tutor at the MA TESOL & TESOL studies programmes. Prior to her PhD studies, she worked as a teacher educator and school teacher in Chile, and she was a TESOL Chile board member from 2009 to 2013. She is a founding member of RICELT, the Network of Chilean researchers in ELT, where she is in charge of communications. Her research interests are on language teacher education and curriculum innovation. E-mail: loreto.aliaga.salas@gmail.com
Publications Officer. MARK WYATT. Mark has co-edited ELT Research since 2015, and is presently co-editing a volume of teacher research, springing from the ReSIG's 2017 conference in Istanbul, Turkey. He is also involved in jointly planning the 2018 conference there. Aside from this, he is currently based in Abu Dhabi, supporting the development of research skills at Khalifa University, while also supervising PhD students at the University of Portsmouth. He has published in various journals including System, Language Teaching Research, Educational Action Research and ELT Journal since gaining a PhD in Education from the University of Leeds in 2008. This qualitative, longitudinal multi-case study, conducted in Oman, was focused on in-service English language teachers’ developing practical knowledge and self-efficacy beliefs. Email: wyatt_mark@yahoo.com
Newsletter Co-editor. AMOL PADWAD. Amol is currently Professor & Director, Centre for EnglishLanguage Education, Ambedkar University Delhi, India. He earlier taught English language and literature courses at secondary and tertiary levels for over 33 years. He is actively involved in teacher associations, networks and PD groups in India, besides being the Secretary of AINET, an Indian national ELT association. His current areas of interest are teacher education and development, teacher research and teacher networks/ associations. Email: amolpadwad@gmail.com
Newsletter Co-editor. DARÍO LUIS BANEGAS. Darío is a teacher educator and curriculum developer with the Ministry of Education in Chubut, Argentina. After completing his PhD at Warwick University, he became an associate fellow with Warwick. He coordinates research programmes and lectures on ELT methodology and linguistics at two initial English language teacher education programmes. He is actively involved in teacher associations in Argentina and founded the Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Darío usually publishes on CLIL, initial teacher education, and action research to socialise what he does with his colleagues and student-teachers from Argentina. He is a visiting lecturer at universities in South America and Spain. Email: D.Banegas@warwick.ac.uk
Newsletter Co-editor. EMILY EDWARDS. Emily is a Lecturer in Academic Language and Learning at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. She recently completed her PhD in Education (TESOL) at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where she is now also a Visiting Fellow. Emily has previously taught on teacher education, academic literacy and English language programs in Australia, Asia and Europe. She has also designed and coordinated courses, and she set up an action research program for English language teachers in a Sydney language school. Her research interests include teacher professional development, action research, academic language and literacy, sociocultural theory and teaching and learning in higher education. Email: emily.edwards-1@uts.edu.au
Membership Co-ordinator and Scholarships Co-ordinator. LARYSA SANOTSKA. Larysa works in Lviv University, Ukraine. She has professional and research interests in TEFL, teaching and assessing academic writing, teacher training and teacher development. Email: sanotska@yahoo.com
Membership Co-ordinator. ROB COOPER is an English language teacher who has spent the past twenty years working in Turkey, Japan, Poland and the UK. As someone who has spent much of his career working either freelance or running his own business he is particularly interested in supporting the work of teachers who work alone or with limited support. He currently teaches at the University of Surrey and St Mary’s University, Twickenham, where he is also a PhD student. His research centres on the publication and sharing of teacher research, with a particular interest in its potential impact of other teachers.
Web and Digital Media Manager. ERNESTO VARGAS GIL. Ernesto is a PhD researcher in the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, U.K. He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA). He is also a Cambridge Delta qualified teacher and as an EAP tutor has taught at different universities across the U. K. He has written extensively for various magazines and newspapers and has translated some books from English to Spanish. His main research area of interest is Language Teacher Education with a special focus on Teacher Autonomy. Email: vargasgilernesto@yahoo.com
Treasurer. SEHER BALBAY. Seher is teaching academic English courses at the Modern Languages Department at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. Since 1997, she has worked at METU as a research assistant, lecturer and course coordinator. She holds a Ph.D. degree in ELT. Her main interest areas include critical pedagogy in language teacher training, discourse analysis, integration of information and communication technologies in tertiary level language classes and exploratory teacher research. Email: seherbalbay@gmail.com
PCE Organizer. YASMIN DAR. Yasmin works as an EAP Tutor at the ELTU, University of Leicester, U. K. She is particularly interested in Teacher research and the role of ethics. Email: yd19@leicester.ac.uk
Online Discussion Board Moderator. CHRIS BANISTER. Chris is Senior Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes in the Institute of Languages and Culture at Regent’s University London. In his current role, Chris teaches business and academic English across the university and on the business foundation programme. Previously, Chris worked in wide ranging ELT contexts in both London and Istanbul, Turkey. He holds an MA in TESOL from the UCL Institute of Education, where he conducted research into vocabulary lists for academic and business English. Chris is a keen practitioner researcher and has conducted Exploratory Practice inquiry into obtaining learner feedback and peer teaching of vocabulary, areas on which he has recently published articles and chapters in edited volumes. Email: chrisbanister@gmail.com