Dr Farah Akbar
Deputy Head of Institute for Language Education (ILE) / Lecturer in Language Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, ILE
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6445
- Email: farah.akbar@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, CH 5.18
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
I joined the Language Education team in January 2015. Previously, I taught at University of Southampton after having completed my PhD in Linguistics from University of Essex. My research interests are in the areas of language learning and teaching, decolonising curriculum, teacher identity, assessment literacy, evaluation and design of instructional materials and community building at higher institution. I am also passionate about issues on race equality, diversity and inclusion.
Postgraduate teaching
Language and the Learner
TESOL Methodology
Evaluation and Design of TESOL Materials
Investigating Individual Learner Differences
Professional Practice
Research Methods
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Current PhD students supervised
Ban Xueting
Jun Chen
Afidatul Husniyah
Past PhD students supervised
Qianqian Zhou
Xiaomei Sun
Sepideh Daghbandan
Research summary
My research is within the areas of decolonising curriculum, teacher identity, assessment literacy, evaluation and design of instructional materials and community building at higher institution.
Project activity
PGR-PGT Community Project
Current project grants
PTAS
Student Experience Grant