Timothy Groombridge
Senior Instructor
- Email: Timothy.Groombridge@zu.ac.ae
- Telephone: +971 2 599 3417
- Address: Abu Dhabi - Khalifa City, MF3-2-031
Introduction
- MA in Applied Linguistics (2000 University of Surrey, UK)
- Pre-MA, I worked in EFL / ESL mainly in UK; Asia; South / Central America. Post MA in tertiary education in Fujairah, Muscat, and now Abu Dhabi. Instruction of credit-bearing courses ENG-140, ENG-145 and EWS-240. Focus on a variety of rhetorical modes, paragraph structure and essay writing, paraphrase and summary skills; reading strategies; exposition, persuasion and argumentation; oral presentations.
- Membership: BALEAP
- Languages: English, Spanish
Research and Professional Activities
Research interests:
Use of English in other subject areas; Summary writing strategies; Vocabulary retention
Current Projects:
Summary writing strategies
Keywords:
Summary; strategies; hybrid tasks; L2 reading; L2 Writing
Teaching Areas
UG: ENG 145; ENG 140
(previous: Col 240)
