Gemma Peacock

Email:
g.peacock@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
0118 378 7669
Job title:
Lecturer

Responsibilities:

EAP Lecturer (foundation, undergraduate, and post-graduate)
Academic Language and Literacy Liaison for the Institute of Education
Module convenor for Academic Skills and Language for Education (UG) on the Academic English Programme (IL1AEDN)
Module convenor for Academic Skills and Language for Agriculture, Policy and Development (UG) on the Academic English Programme (IL1APDN)
Module convenor on the summer Pre-Sessional Programme

Areas of interest

My professional interests include technology enhanced learning (TEL), teacher-student rapport, and life history research particularly in the area of career trajectories and professional identity.

Background

I have been teaching English for over a decade in a variety of contexts to include English as a Foreign Language to adult learners, young learners in India, and English for Academic Purposes at Higher Education institutions.

I have also previously worked in the secondary school sector, teaching English Language, Humanities and Citizenship at a private boarding school where I was also the residential house parent. I have taught EAP at Durham University (social sciences/humanities) as well as BPP University (accounting/finance), where I also worked as an online assessor.

I am the External Examiner for Foundation and pre-master’s programmes in Academic English Skills at both the University of Surrey and the University of Sussex. I am also studying for my Doctorate in Education (EdD) here at the University of Reading, which I will complete alongside my teaching work and management duties in ISLI.

Academic qualifications

BA (Hons) English Literature and Language from King's College London (University of London)
MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Portsmouth (distinction)
Cambridge Celta and DELTA
TEAP (Teaching EAP) certificate from SOAS University

Professional bodies/affiliations

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Associate Fellow of BALEAP (The Global Forum for EAP Professionals)
CMALT (Association for Learning Technologies: Certified and Accredited Member)
Winner of the 2021 Reading Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award for ISLI and nominee in 2022
Reviewer for Education and Information Technologies journal (Springer)
Microsoft Certified Educator (Technology Literacy for Educators)

Selected publications

Peacock, G. (2022). A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of UK higher education teacher experiences when building rapport with international students online. SN Social Sciences, 2(214). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00533-2

Drake, N., Peacock, G., and Rushton, R. (2021). Using OneDrive to address the challenges of online groupwork. T&L Exchange: Centre for Quality Support and Development, University of Reading. Available: https://sites.reading.ac.uk/t-and-l-exchange/2021/10/28/using-onedrive-to-address-the-challenges-of-online-groupwork/
Peacock, G. (2021). Using more high-tech hybrid/hyflex teaching methods in language and academic skills learning contexts - benefits and limitations. T&L Exchange: Centre for Quality Support and Development, University of Reading. Available: https://sites.reading.ac.uk/t-and-l-exchange/2022/07/01/using-more-high-tech-hybrid-hyflex-teaching-methods-in-language-and-academic-skills-learning-contexts-benefits-and-limitations/

Conference papers and presentations:

Becker, C., & Peacock, G. (2022, May 11-13). Nurturing the tiniest building block of learning communities: hybrid teaching as friend or foe. [Conference workshop]. The 9^th JISC Change Agents Network Conference, Sustaining Partnerships in Transformative Times, University College London, UK.
Peacock, G.(2022, Oct 7).Hybrid teaching and learning methods: sharing experiences at UoR. [People Development Session]. University of Reading Library, UK
Peacock, G. (2021). ‘Using OneDrive to address the challenges of online groupwork’ Language Teaching Research Forum (LTRF) meeting. University of Reading, June 2021.
Peacock, G. (2021). ‘Exploring teacher experiences of building rapport online with international EAP students’ Language Teaching Research Forum (LTRF) meeting. University of Reading. October 2021.
Peacock, G., and Adachi, T. (2021). ‘Reflections on the Microsoft Certified Educator certification’ Language Teaching Research Forum (LTRF) meeting. University of Reading, March 2022.
Peacock, G. (2021). ‘Experiences of delivering hybrid classes: Instructing remote and in-person students in the same synchronous session’. IATEFL LTSIG Pre-Conference Event. Belfast. May 2022.