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Jane Nolan

Senior Lecturer

Jane is Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching, Course Co-ordinator for Academic English and Study Skills and Pre-Sessional.

She has been working in English Language Teaching since 1983 when she started teaching at the British Council in Lisbon, Portugal. Since 1989 Jane has also taught at universities in Moscow (when it was the USSR), Hungary and the Czech Republic, mostly involved in Teacher Development, before coming to our University in 2003.

Jane has been involved in EAP (English for Academic Purposes) since the early 1990s and has taught it at all levels of the university curriculum, including to Phd students. Jane also enjoys teaching research methods at a range of levels and have supported many students and teachers in developing their own research projects over the years including on the MA ELT course.

Jane is fully qualified to teach English as a Foreign Language in accordance with the British Council's TEFLQ standard.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Member, Association for Research into Higher Education.

Current Teaching

Module Leader: Language Awareness, MA ELT
Module Leader: Second Language Acquisition and Methodology, MA ELT
Module Leader: Methodology in Context, MA ELT
Other Teaching: Research, MA ELT, International Foundation Year, Pre-Sessionals and Academic English and Study Skills

Research Interests

One of Jane's major areas of interest, in her own research, is the actual teaching and learning process. She has recently been involved in extended research projects at the university on 'formative' assessment; one collaborative research project around academics' understanding of such practices and the other assessing our own processes for improving students' take up of feedback, on the courses I run and teach on. Jane is currently involved in research on sociocultural approaches to teaching second language writing.

0113 81 23626
J.Nolan@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Macaulay Hall, 205, Headingley Campus

Selected Outputs

Nolan J; Poynter E (2010) Student-centred feedback.
Nolan J; Poynter E (2009) Teacher: How can I improve my writing?.
Nolan J; Mayfield W (2008) A Collaborative Enquiry into Academic Practice: an exploration of the meanings of formative assessment - A Preliminary Critical Discourse Analysis of the Institutional Context.