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Dr Zoe Handley

Biography

I obtained a first degree in French Language Technology BSc from the Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, Manchester in 2001 and a PhD in Informatics from the University of Manchester in 2006. Since completing my doctoral studies which investigated the use of speech synthesis in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), I have worked as a language specialist in the Speech Technology Group at Toshiba, Cambridge (2006-2007), as a Research Fellow in the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Nottingham (2007-2009) investigating pronunciation training, and as an Oxford University Press Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford (2009-2011) studying the use of technology in primary and secondary English as a foreign language classes.

I joined the Department of Education at the University of York in September 2011 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2017. Since joining the Department, I have taught across the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. My main teaching responsibilities lie in the areas of research methods. I have also taught a range of modules in TESOL and applied linguistics, including Teaching and Assessing Speaking Skills and Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching. I have played a lead role in a number of teaching innovations in the Department and received a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching in recognition of these contributions in 2014.

I am also Programme Leader for the interdisciplinary MA in Social Research in the Research Centre for Social Sciences and Director of the Pedagogical Innovation in Virtual and Online Teaching and Learning (PIVOTAL) Group.

Contact details

D/M/204
Department of Education
University of York
York
YO10 5DD

Tel: +44 (0)1904 324501