Michael Bowles
Senior Instructor
- Email: Michael.Bowles@zu.ac.ae
- Telephone: +9714 402 1609
- Address: Dubai Academic City, E-L2-003
Introduction
Michael has been a teacher, teacher trainer, examiner, examiner trainer and project manager in South Korea, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates. He holds a PhD in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning from Lancaster University, UK, and an MEd in Educational Technology from the University of Manchester, also in the UK. He is currently teaching English for Academic Purposes in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University in Dubai and has a wide range of research interests.
Roles and Responsibilities
Head of Professional ELT Development (2006-2009)
Senior Teacher Adult English Courses (2002-2006)
Senior Teacher Professional Development (2000-2002)
Qualifications
PhD in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning (Thesis: An exploration of the mediating effects of a digital, mobile vocabulary learning tool and device use on Gulf Arab learners’ receptive vocabulary knowledge and capacity for self-regulated learning), University of Lancaster, UK. Awarded 2021.
MEd in Educational Technology (Thesis: The role of online tutors in supporting teaching education through asynchronous computer-mediate communication), University of Manchester, UK. Awarded 2006.
DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults), University of Cambridge, UK. Awarded 1999.
CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), University of Cambridge, UK. Awarded 1995.
BA (Hons) Geographical Studies, Coventry University, UK. Awarded 1993.
Previous Positions
2006-2009: Head of Professional ELT Development, British Council, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2002-2006: Senior Teacher Adult English Courses, British Council, Hong Kong SAR, China
2000-2002: Senior Teacher Professional Development, British Council, Seoul, Republic of Korea
1998-2000: Network Teacher, British Council, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Memberships
British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP)
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Languages
English and Korean
Informal Interests
Playing tennis
Running
Watching films
Research and Professional Activities
Corpus Linguistics:
Use of formulaic language and collocations in students’ academic writing
Creation of discipline-specific word lists and collocation lists
Technology-Enhanced Learning:
The role of digital tools in academic vocabulary learning
Digital well-being
Digital agency
Current Projects:
Book Chapter: Collocations in bilinguals’ writing: A preliminary comparison of the use of lexical collocations in undergraduate writing in Arabic and English at two different proficiency levels (Due for Publication in Early 2022).
Journal Article: Digital, mobile vocabulary learning, device use and capacity for self-regulated learning.
Journal Article: From Textbook to Vocabulary Materials: Developing Expert-guided, Course-specific Word Lists for Early Childhood Education.
Keywords:
academic vocabulary; discipline-specific vocabulary; word lists; collocational sophistication; collocational frequency; collocational exclusivity, second language academic writing; digital vocabulary learning; digital agency; digital literacies; digital well-being
Teaching Areas
Undergraduate Courses Taught :
English for Academic Purposes
ALL040 – Academic Language and Literacies
ENG140 - English Composition I
ENG145 - English Composition II
ENG240 – English Composition III
Media Writing
COM209 – Foundations in Media Writing
- Al-Sharef, A., & Bowles, M. (Forthcoming). Lexical collocations in Arabic-English bilinguals’ writing across two proficiency levels. In D. Palfreyman & N. Habash (Eds.), Bilingual Writers and Corpus Analysis. Routledge.
- Bowles, M., & Thornquist, E. (2021). From face-to-face to cyberspace to postdigital: Takeaways from emergency online teaching of professional English writing skills in higher education. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2021), Online, November 2021, 7005-7014. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2021.1583
- Eppard, J., Kaviani, A., Bowles, M., & Johnson, J. (2021). EdTech Culturation: Integrating A Culturally Relevant Pedagogy into Educational Technology. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 19(6), 516-530. https://doi.org/10.34190/ejel.19.6.2065
