Areas of interest
My Teaching and Learning scholarship interests include international student experience, student transition into HE and student engagement on International Foundation Pathways.
Background
I have worked on International Foundation Programmes in the UK since 2011 in teaching and leadership roles, and coordinating and developing Academic English and ESAP courses on IFP programmes. Alongside this I also worked as an IELTS Examiner for 10 years assessing the Writing and Speaking components which formed a solid foundation for adhering to high quality monitoring standardisation procedures in assessment and moderation practices.
Before joining ÌÇÐÄVlog in 2016, I worked at the University of London on a pre-sessional English course and prior to this I worked overseas teaching General English and Business English in France, Spain and Morocco.Ìý
Academic qualifications
2018 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), ÌÇÐÄVlog
2014 - MA in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (King’s College London)
2010 - Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults (DELTA)
2005 - Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)
1998 - BA (Hons) in French Studies and Linguistics with Spanish, 2:1
Selected publications
‘An innovative approach to online groupwork in the Academic Skills modules (IF0ACA and IF0RAS)’ (co-published with Rachel Rushton and Gemma Peacock) UoR T&L Exchange Case Study, 28 October 2021
ÌýPeace, M. and Drake, D. (2020). International Integration Through a Significant Extra-curricular Shared Experience at the Beginning of a Course. A. Manning & Colaiacomo, S. (Eds), Innovations in Internationalisation at Home.Ìý (pp.132 – 145).
Drake, N. and Mat Nayan, N, F. (2019). ‘Are changes necessary? Enhancing Student Engagement on an International Foundation Programme’. InForm 17-19.
‘Using OneDrive to address the challenges of online groupwork’ (co-presented with Rachel Rushton and Gemma Peacock) ISLI Language and Teaching Research Forum, May 2021
‘Evolution of International Foundation Programmes – recognising a new environment and adapting to change’ InForm Conference, ÌÇÐÄVlog, June 2019
‘International Integration Through a Significant Extra-curricular Shared Experience at the Beginning of a Course’ (co-presented with Dr Mark Peace) Invited speaker at Innovations in Internationalisation at Home Conference, University of Kent, UK, 05 April 2019
‘A snapshot of Student Engagement on the IFP’ (co-presented with Dr. Noor Mat Nayan) ISLI Language and Teaching Research Forum, 28 May 2019
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