International House Istanbul English School

Position:English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Lecturer
School/institute(s): Regent's Institute of Languages and Heritage

Expert Biography

Chris Banister is an English for educational Purposes (EAP) Lecturer with over fifteen years’ experience. He's got taught both in the UK (London) plus chicken, in which he worked in-house at numerous exclusive companies plus the British Council, Overseas House plus in the exclusive high school and language college areas.

Chris worked at Regent’s since 2008, at first at English Language class and because 2012 as a Module Leader for EAP courses and company English Modules.

Skills

2015 MA TESOL, UCL Institute of Education, London.
2002 Diploma in English Language Teaching of Adults, International Training Institute, Istanbul, Turkey.
1997 Trinity university Certificate in English Language Teaching to grownups, Colchester Institute, The united kingdomt.
1996 BA (Hons.), Politics and Modern Background, University of Salford, England

Relevant Past Work

2006-2008 Visiting Lecturer, Ealing, Hammersmith and Western London University, London,
2006-2008 Company English Trainer, Communicaid, London.
2002-2006 English Language Teacher, British Council, Istanbul, Chicken.
2002-2006 Global home, Istanbul, Turkey.
1998-2002 English Language Teacher, The English Centre, Istanbul, Chicken.

Expert Affiliation(s)/Accreditation

2015 Fellow regarding the advanced schooling Academy

Training & Course Development

Mixed up in planning and teaching of: company English Modules; English Skills (both for undergraduates and postgraduates) and extra abilities courses (foundational amount); pre-sessional classes; general, business and academic English; IELTS planning Courses and one-to-one English classes. Chris in addition has added to your improvement the syllabus when it comes to Kanto International High School summer program, designed an Executive English syllabus for shut sets of Turkish auditors and a fresh Business researching and Vocabulary module when it comes to BAIB programme.

Examining

Chris features created and developed two significant tests in use at Regent’s. The Regents University London Entry Test (RULET) is a customised regional option which facilitates enrolment. The Regent’s Post-Enrolment English Language Assessment (RPELA) is a cutting-edge tool built to recognize students who would take advantage of the RILC in-sessional EAP courses.

Research Passions

Included in their MA study, Chris investigated the part of English as a global scholastic language in the World Englishes paradigm. Their dissertation task surveyed instructors of academic English about their particular practice, opinions and attitudes with reference to Coxhead’s 2000 educational term checklist. As a participant in the RILC Exploratory application project, Chris is targeting obtaining top-quality comments and evaluations of the classroom knowledge from students and provided with this motif on Association of University Language Centres (AULC) 2016 Annual Conference in Cardiff.