Stephen Blowers

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

Centre for English Language Education

Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA)

MSc Education Research

MA TESOL

MA Fine Art

Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)

Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education)

BSc Combined Science (Physics and Computer Science)

After completing my teacher training I taught English as a foreign language in the UK post compulsory sector for several years. I worked in London Adult Education and Further Education colleges teaching EFL, ESOL, numeracy and literacy. Beyond Britain I have also enjoyed living in Cyprus and Egypt. I came to China for the first time in 2015 and I joined the UNNC in 2021.

Beyond work, I have a strong interest in visual art and have exhibited sculpture in group and solo shows.  In recent years I have continued my practice by painting and drawing whenever possible.

I currently teach EAP to Preliminary Year students on RWAC, ESAC and OCS courses. 

During my postgraduate studies I conducted research on collaborative learning in second language classrooms. In the area of EAP I instigated a research project with the aim of assisting repeating students through the use of learning plans.  Recently, I have been interested in classroom approaches to the collaborative teaching of argumentative essays.

Blowers, S. (2023) Argument mapping in planning and drafting argumentative essays in EAP. Reflection on using argument mapping in the EAP classroom to develop students’ initial ideas for argumentation, body paragraph development and full draft feedback, EAP / ESP Transformations in Context, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo May 19-21.

Blowers, S. (2014) The collaborative use of visual techniques to develop vocabulary understanding in the EFL classroom, Cutting Edges Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, July 1.