Dr. Daniel Bell

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

英语语言教学中心

• PhD Linguistics
• MA Linguistics (distinction)
• PGCE PCET (Professional Graduate Certificate in Education - Post-compulsory Education and Training)
• BA (Hons) English Language and Literature
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PG CAP)
• Trinity Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL) 

I began teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in 2013, having previously taught general English skills since 2007. I have worked as an EAP tutor at several institutions in the UK, including Newcastle University (alongside completing my doctoral studies), the University of Edinburgh, the University of Strathclyde as well as for Kaplan International Pathways at the University of Glasgow. During this time, I also had the privilege of acting as Module Coordinator for research-based writing courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as designing courses to equip learners with the employability skills needed to succeed in the UK job market.

EAP modules

• Pedagogies in the EAP classroom
• Intercultural writing
• Technology-enhanced learning
• Language change

Bell, D. 2020. Chinese Fort Creolization: on the Origin of Xining Mandarin. Journal of Language Contact. 13(2), 289-326. https://doi.org/10.1163/19552629-bja10022

Bell, D. 2019. Chinese possesses Japanese style scrambling: the case of Xining Mandarin. Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 28(2), pp.1-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09192-6

Bell, D. 2018. 'Complementizers from verba dicendi in Chinese dialects: a view from Qinghai Mandarin'. In Liu, Danqing and Bing, Yuyan leixingxue jikan [Bulletin of Linguistic Typology]. Zhongguo yuwen congshu [Chinese language series]. Beijing Shijie Tushu chuban gongsi [Beijing world books publishing company].  

Bell, D. 2017. 'Tense and mood marking in Qinghai Mandarin: an aspectual account of the particle lia'. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 4 (1), 62-93. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijchl.4.1.03bel  

Bell, D. & Wright, C. 2015. 'Perfective marking in L2 Mandarin: agreement with inherent lexical aspect or the derived sentential aspectual class?' Newcastle and Northumbria Working Papers in Linguistics, 21 (2). 1-24.  

Edited works:

Chen, D & Bell, D. 2020. Explorations in Chinese Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.  

Alsamdani, H., Bell, D., Chen, D. & Hamid, T. 2015. Newcastle and Northumbria Working Papers in Linguistics, 21 (2).

Bell, D. 2024. Redesigning research project courses to develop critical AI literacy skills. Global Festival of Active Learning. 11th March, Online.

Bell, D. 2022. Chinese students’ transition to undergraduate degree courses: an intercultural perspective on source-based writing development. Friday Elective Research Papers. Glasgow International College.