Blair Matthews

I have been a TESOL teacher for over twenty years in South Korea, Bulgaria, Spain, Hungary, Scotland and England. Since 2008, I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in English for Academic Purposes, linguistics, intercultural communication, TESOL and research methods at the universities of Liverpool, Bristol and St Andrews.

I have training in social research, qualitative research and data analytics. My current research and writing interests are broadly in the areas of social theory, particularly in student and teacher agency in language education. I supervise doctoral students in intercultural education and learning technology.

I am a committee member of the IATEFL English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group (ESPSIG). I am a committee member of the TEFL Workers Union. I am a member of Language in the Human-Machine Era Education Working Group. I am convenor of the International Education Institute ethics committee and I am a member of the University of St Andrews teaching and research ethics committee (UTREC).

I am module convenor of the English for Academic Purposes module on the MSc TESOL. I convene the China Scholarship Council (CSC) doctoral induction module. I supervise Masters dissertations for the MSc TESOL and MSc International Education. I am a doctoral supervisor on the DProf TESOL programme.

I am interested in:

• International education
• Student and teacher agency
• Technology and human agency
• TESOL
• English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
• Social theory and social ontology
• Technology and language education