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Mrs Sarah Harford

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  • Lecturer in EAP
  • Assistant Programme Director for the Summer Pre-Sessional English Programme
  • ISLI PSE Admissions Tutor

Areas of interest

I enjoy teaching all the skills of English, but I am particularly interested in helping students to improve their speaking and their writing in academic contexts.

Background

Since joining the University of Reading in 2007, I have worked on both the Pre-sessional PSE summer and year-round courses, the International Foundation Programme, and the Academic English Programme.  Before this, I taught general English in Dublin, ESOL at various colleges in Reading, and Pre-sessional English at Thames Valley University.

Academic qualifications

  • BA Fine Art, Rhodes University South Africa
  • Introductory Certificate in TEFL
  • Higher Diploma in Education, University of South Africa
  • MA English Language Teaching, University of Reading
  • Certificate in Education (PCET), Thames Valley University
  • Cambridge DELTA

Selected publications

Fava-Verde, A. & Pachonick, S. (2015). TASK 2 Group Work and Projects in Transferable Academic Skills Kit. Reading: Garnet.

Publications

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