Dr Samaneh Zandian
Lecturer in Language Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, ILE
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6424
- Email: s.zandian@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, CH 5.09A
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Qualifications
MA in English Translation Studies. Allameh Tabataba’i University
MA in English Language Teaching. University of Warwick
PhD in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. University of Warwick
Postgraduate teaching
Language and the Learner ( MSc Language Education)
Teaching Languages to Young Learners (MSc Language Education)
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in these areas:
Young language learners
Social psychology and cross-cultural adaptation processes in children
Inclusive, participatory research with children which includes working with children
Intercultural Education
Intercultural Communication
Current PhD students supervised
- Xuande Wu (Year 3)
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Fumika Koshiba (Year 3)
Past PhD students supervised
Dr Giulia Pinton
Research summary
- Second/ foreign language acquisition and learning for children of all ages
- Innovative participatory research methodologies with children
- Intercultural communication, social psychology and cross-cultural adaptation processes
Current research interests
I am currently interested in exploring international students’ educational, social and linguistic experiences in the UK higher education.Past project grants
2018: Seedcorn fund (£1240)
Invited speaker
‘Pushing boundaries in research with young learners’. Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 27-29/6/2017
‘Children’s perceptions of cross-cultural encounters: an exploration into an Iranian context’. Department of Education, University of Bath, Bath Spa, UK, 10/2/2016