Dr Claudia Saraceni
- Research Centre Member, Centre for Research in English Language Learning & Assessment (CRELLA)
- Research Institute Member, Institute for Humanities, Education and Arts Research (IHEAR)
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. PhD in Reader Response Analysis
Membership of professional bodies
1996 – to date – MATSDA (The Materials Development Association) - Member
2015 – to date – HEA (The Higher Education Academy) –Fellow Status
2016 – to date – ALA (Association for Language Awareness) – Member
2015 – to date – BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguists) – Member
2018 – to date – IRED (Institute for Research in Education) – Associate Member
2026 – to date – CRELLA (Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment) – Associate Member
2026 – to date - NATECLA - National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults
2026 – to date-IATEFL and MaWSIG (Materials Writing Special Interest Group)
Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- PhD, Leeds Beckett University01/10/2001 – 13/10/2010Project: Readings, An Investigation of the Role of Aesthetic Response in the Reading of Narrative Literary TextsAward date: 13/10/2010
External Positions
External Positions
- External examiner - MA TESOL with Applied Linguistics, University of Central Lancashire09/2017 – 09/2022
Research Interests
My research interests lie in the areas of language acquisition, multilingualism, materials development for language teaching and learning, critical awareness development and world Englishes.
Current Postgraduate Research Students
DoS of PhD project on the role of gestures and movement in the development of pragmatic awareness of intonation