Kimberly Anstey
Lecturer
Biography
Kimberly Anstey is senior lecturer teaching on the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) course and in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the Centre for Student Exchange & Language Development, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, the University of Chester, UK. She is the leader of the In-sessional Academic English provision (ISE) for the international students at the university. In that role, she also facilitates, designs and delivers continuing professional development for staff and liaises with subject faculty members to develop and focus the ISE provision.
Teaching and Supervision
On the MA TESOL course, Kimberly's focus is on developing the knowledge and skills of more experienced teachers and in introducing them to teaching EAP and ESP as lecturer and module leader for our SIG module. She also lectures in Research Methods and supervises a variety of dissertation topics. In her teaching on the In-sessional Academic English provision, Kimberly specialises in teaching students studying medical and scientific subjects, especially Biotechnology, Stem Cell and Biological Sciences.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Kimberly's scholarly interests include international student identity and cultural adjustment as well course and materials design for English for Specific Purposes and English for Specific Academic Purposes. The latter is with particular reference to the collaboration with subject specialists. Due to her past involvement with Aviation English, she also has a keen interest in teaching listening skills and pronunciation for international communication.