Ms Julia Hathaway

Assistant Professor of English for Academic Purposes

Julia Hathaway has a BA in History from Sussex University, a PGCE in EFL/ESL from London University and a MA in Applied Linguistics from Durham University. She has worked with international students all her professional life and she has extensive experience of working and living in different cultures. This experience includes: teaching in a multicultural community in London, three years in Morocco doing teacher training, materials development and teaching, three years in Mallorca, Spain working for the British Council and the University of the Balearics, two years as a ‘foreign expert’ in universities in China with the British Council and teaching EAP at London university. She joined Richmond in 1995.

At Richmond she has been director of the International Field Study Project, a unique intercultural learning experience where students study then visit a country to carry out primary field research. Past IFSPs include Morocco and China.

She is also faculty sponsor of the university Amnesty International club. This is a very lively club. Members join the activities of other London Universities and attend events and conferences all over the country.

Her teaching at Richmond and research is united by the themes of language, culture and identity.

Courses Taught

• ENG 115 Principles of Academic Writing
• ENG 215 Principles of Academic Research
• COM 203 Intercultural Communications: Theory and Practise

Courses Previously Taught

• ENG 111 Principles of Writing I
• ENG 112 Principles of Writing II
• ENGL 101 Principles of Writing I
• ENGL 102 Principles o Writing II
• IFSP 303 Area Studies for Field Research
• IFSP 304 International Field Study
• COM 321 Language in Society
• RCV 101 Rights, Choices and Values

Publications

• 'Rights, Choices and Values: voyages through intercultural spaces.' (2007) in eds. A. Pearson-Evans and A, Leahy, Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-9546-0.
• ‘From Past to Future: changing perspectives in field research in intercultural education’, in Lynch and Pilbeam, eds, ‘Heritage and Progress,’ SIETAR Europa Congress 1998 Proceedings. 2000. (with L. Lengel) ISBN 0-9537887-0-9
• ‘EAP vocabulary learning strategies in a self-access centre,’ In Peter Grundy, ed., International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Report. 1997. ISBN 1-901-09550-9
• ‘Bridging Worlds: Student Field Research in Multicultural contexts’ Vol 2, 2000, ed. with L. Lengel.
• ‘Bridging Worlds: Student Field Research in Multicultural contexts’ Vol 1, 1997, ed. with L. Lengel.
• ‘How to stop worrying and learn to love the IELTS: an experiment in self-directed learning’ in Teaching English in China, No 23, November 1991 (with Ian Cotton).

Conferences, Presentations and Proceedings

• " 'They never do the reading!' Practices to Foster a Reading Culture Among Richmond Students." RAIUL Pedagogies Conference, with Neilson, S. 2010.
• 'Language and Power: Linguisitic Imperialism Revisited'. Refereed paper given at Biennial Conference of British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes on 'EAP in a globalising World: English as an academic lingua franca', 15-17th April 2007, Durham University. (with S. Neilson) ‘Whose Space is it?’ Refereed paper given at Centre for English Language Teacher Education and Applied Linguistics (CELTEAL) International Conference on Interrogating Third Spaces in Language Teaching, Learning and Use, University of Leicester, June 2005. (with S. Neilson)
• ‘Who Owns the Space?’ Refereed paper given at British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) Professional Interest Meeting on Intercultural Communication, University of West England, February 2005. (with S. Neilson)
• ‘Rights, Choices and Values: voyage in intercultural spaces’ Refereed paper given at Conference: Intercultural Spaces: Identity, Language and Culture at Dublin City University, November, 2003.
• ‘International Education: international field research and intercultural communication’. Lecture given to faculty and students at University of Sichuan, P.R.China (with Dr John Dickerson and Dr Laura Lengel) June 2000.
• ‘Creating a Third Space : facilitating student development in intercultural awareness’. Lecture given to faculty and students of Communications Department, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Turku, Finland. July 1999.
• ‘From passive consumer to active learner: planning language learning with new technologies’. Refereed paper given at British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) biennial conference of EAP learning technologies at University of Leeds, April 1999.
• ‘Practice and theory of field research in intercultural contexts’. Lecture given to faculty and students of Communications Department, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Turku, Finland. July 1998
• ‘From the Past to the Future of Intercultural Awareness: Tracing Historical Roots of Field Research in Intercultural Education’. Refereed paper given at Society for Intercultural Education and Training and Research (SIETAR) Europa Congress, Bath, England, April, 1998. (with L. Lengel).
• ‘Cross-border links in the land of Academic Literacy: The way forward for EAP/WAC in the international university’ (with Catherine Davidson). Refereed paper given at “The International University: Local and Global Roles” conference, Richmond the American International University in London, London, April, 1998.
• ‘Directing Field Research in Multicultural Contexts’ Refereed paper presented at the International Congress on Multicultural Education, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, October 1997 (with L. Lengel).
• ‘Impact of Self-Access Learning on cultural variations in Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies’ Refereed paper given at the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Conference, Brighton, April, 1997.
• ‘Developmental Role of British lecturers in Sino-British English Language Teaching Programmes’ Panel presentation to: Third National Conference of Sino-British Programme of English Language Teaching Projects, Chengdu University of Science and Technology, Chengdu, P.R.China, March 1992.
• Regular presentations and lectures to faculty at Qingdao University, Qingdao, P.R. China, on English Language Teaching methodology, applied linguistics, syllabus design. 1991-2.
• Regular presentations and lectures to faculty at Chengdu University of Science and Technology, Chengdu, P.R.China, on English Language Teaching methodology, applied linguistics and syllabus design, 1990-1.
• Regular presentations to teachers of English as a Foreign Language on English Language Teaching methodology and to members of the general public on aspects of contemporary British culture and literature, The British Institute, Palma de Majorca, Spain, 1986-9.

Professional Activities

• June 2006, Annual Academic Literacies Conference, Westminster University. November 2006, 'Deterring, Detecting and Dealing with Plagiarism', University of Hertfordshire
• June 2002, ‘Academic Writing : cross disciplinary perspectives’ Annual Academic Literacies Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• February 2002, ‘Accuracy in EAP’, Professional Interest Meeting, British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• December 1998, ‘Advising for Language Learning’, The Language Centre, University of Hull.
• May 1998, ‘Integrating open learning into the curriculum’, University of Southampton.
• January 1998, ‘Information Technology: the pedagogical implications for language teaching and learning,’ Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, research forum, Cambridge.

Awards

• 1991 Model Worker Award (Foreign Experts division), Shandong Province, P.R.China
• 1989 British Council Award to study for an M.A. in Applied Linguistics
• 1989 Platov Award to study for an M.A. in Applied Linguistics (Centre for British Teachers)