John Dourneen

Senior Tutor in English Academic Purposes

英语语言教学中心

PhD Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement (Lancaster University, in progress)

MA English (University of the West of England)

BA (Hons) English Literature and Drama (University of the West of England)

I have taught English for academic purposes for eleven years in China, Turkey, and South Korea, designing and delivering courses on general academic writing, creative writing, and technical report writing. I was a literature and rhetoric student while at university, and this has helped develop my focus on teaching writing. I’m interested in both ‘writing across the curriculum’ and ‘writing in the disciplines’ approaches to teaching writing, as well as genre in academic discourse. 

My research foci are higher educational policy, writing centre histories, teaching and learning regimes, and evaluation in higher educational contexts.