Colin Michell

About me:

My journey into TESOL began in 1996 after completing my initial teacher training certificate. I then went on to teach EFL in England, Ukraine, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates.

My educational background consists of the DELTA, BA Honours in Applied Linguistics from the University of the Witwatersrand, and an MA in Linguistics from the University of South Africa. My MA focussed on forensic linguistics as I researched authorship attribution on social media. I am currently working on my Doctorate in Education through the University of Exeter. Apart from TESOL and forensic linguistics, my other academic interests include sociolinguistics, testing, critical theory, and artificial intelligence.

I am presently employed as a faculty member in a federal college in the UAE on the general studies programme.

January 2017 January 9999

Exeter University

Doctorate in Education

January 2008 January 2013

University of South Africa

January 2003 January 2006

University of the Witwatersrand

Professional Development:

2019-04-09

Conferences/Symposiums-Introducing the Critical Model to EFL Reading Classes, Athens, Greece

2017-05-02

Conferences/Symposiums-IV.Using Corpora to Inform Curriculum, AfricaTESOL, Kigali, Rwanda

2017-01-19

Conferences/Symposiums-III.Helping Students with Vocabulary Acquisition, QU Foundation Programme 2nd International Conference on English Language Teaching. Doha, Qatar

2015-03-13

Conferences/Symposiums-II.Using Forensic Linguistics to Detect Student Plagiarism. TESOL Arabia, Dubai, UAE

2014-12-03

Conferences/Symposiums-I.Attributing Authorship on a Social Networking Site (Facebook), Sfax, Tunisia