Michaela Seserman

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

Centre for English Language Education

SFHEA (Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK)

MA in Linguistics and English Language Teaching (University of Leeds, UK)

Cambridge Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)

PG Certificate in English Language Teaching and Professional Practice (Leeds Beckett University, UK)

DTLLS (Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector)

BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature (with ELT)

I have been teaching since 2005, in India, Turkey, the UK and China. I started teaching English for Academic Purposes in 2010. Prior to joining CELE in October 2019, I worked at the University of Liverpool, UK, where I taught on the in-sessional and pre-sessional provisions.

Undergraduate EAP

Summer Pre-sessional

Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), using technology in pronunciation practice, grammar for academic purposes.

• ‘EAP without borders: A joint China-UK syllabus for discipline-specific in-sessional support’ at the BALEAP Conference: Innovation, Exploration and Transformation, 2019 April 12-14, University of Leeds, UK.
• ‘Practical ideas for teaching pronunciation with the help of mobile applications’ at the English UK North Academic Conference 2017, Oct 7, University of Liverpool, UK.
• ‘Technology Enhanced Learning’ (SIG presentation) at the English UK North Academic Conference 2010, Oct 9, York St John University, UK.

Symposiums:

• ‘Integrating mobile phone applications into classroom activities’ at the Centre of Teaching Excellence for Language Learning Symposium, 2017 Sep 27, University of Liverpool, UK.

Workshops:

• ‘Using Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) with in-sessional students’ at the BALEAP Conference: Innovation, Exploration and Transformation, 2019 April 12-14, University of Leeds, UK.
• ‘Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) and the EAP classroom’ at the 53rd Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, 2019 April 1-5, Liverpool, UK.

Webinars:

• ‘Peer dictation and missing sounds’ - BALEAP Webinar: Ten practical ideas for teaching pronunciation in EAP contexts, 2017 July 27.
• ‘Tips on using Interactive Whiteboards’ - English UK North, Learning Technologies SIG, 2011 June 25.