Mrs Sarah Harford
- 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.