Neil Gilmartin

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

Centre for English Language Education

SFHEA (Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)                                

Diploma in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

MA Modern & Contemporary German Studies - Distinction

BA Philosophy and German - First Class

HSK6 (汉语水平考试六级)

I am a University of Nottingham (UK) graduate with a deep interest in language learning. As part of my undergraduate degree, I spent two years living in Berlin, where I fell in love with the experience of speaking a foreign language on a daily basis. This is what ultimately led me to China, although Mandarin has proved to be a far greater challenge than German!  

The majority of my teaching career has been spent in China, with my first year in Xi'an working predominantly with younger learners at a private language school. This was followed by three years teaching undergraduate students in the Shanghai university district Songjiang. I then returned to my hometown, London, to teach Academic English, before heading to York University to do the same. My career then led me back to China, where I am now entering my fifth year as an EAP Tutor at UNNC.

Undergraduate

• RWAC (Reading and Writing in Academic Contexts)
• OCS (Oral Communication Skills)
• ESAC (English in Specific Academic Contexts: Economics, International Studies, Architecture, Engineering)
• IAT (Introduction to Analytical Thought)
• LSAC (Listening and Speaking in Academic Contexts)
• AOP (Academic Oral Presentations)

I am interested in the messy area of vocabulary learning and the positive impacts that regular review and extensive reading/listening can have on vocabulary retention. This interest probably stems from my own (often unsuccessful) attempts to remember vast amounts of Mandarin vocabulary!