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Michael Handford  PhD

Yr Athro Michael Handford

PhD

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Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth

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HandfordM@caerdydd.ac.uk
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+44 29208 75407
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Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 3.41, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
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I am a Professor of Applied Linguistics and English Language in the Centre for Language and Communication Research, where I am currently Director of Research. The Centre is in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy. 

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  • Handford, M. 2017. Corpus linguistics. In: Vine, B. ed. The Routledge Handbook of Language in the Workplace. Abingdon: Routledge.

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My main area of interest is communication in professional and institutional contexts. In terms of methods, I am interested in the combination of quantitative and qualitative tools, especially corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. I have published on discourse in professional settings, cultural identities at work, the application of corpus tools in discourse analysis, using corpora for the analysis of intercultural communication, English as a Lingua Franca in the construction industry, and language learning. I am the author of The Language of Business Meetings, published by Cambridge University Press (2010), and co-editor with J.P. Gee of the Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2012).

Addysgu

I teach, or have taught, the following modules:

Undergraduate

  • Professional and Intercultural Communication
  • Discourse
  • Social Interaction
  • Research Methods

Postgraduate

  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Discourse and Social Interaction
  • Public and Professional Discourse

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After completing my BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the LSE, I taught English in Japan for several years, before returning to the UK to do an MA in English Language Teaching at Nottingham University. I then moved over to English Studies at Nottingham University, where I studied for my PhD, titled 'The Business Meeting Genre: A Corpus-Informed Study', supervised by Prof Michael McCarthy and Prof Svenja Adolphs. After lecturing in English Studies and the School of Education at Nottingham, I moved to Tokyo University in 2005 where I became Associate Professor In English for Specific Purposes, and then Professor in International Education in 2011, with responsibilities for internationalisation. I came to Cardiff in 2016, as Professor in Applied Linguistics. Apart from research and teaching, I see internationalisation as a central function of universities, and support relevant actions wherever possible. I am currently Director of Internationalisation for the School, and Director of Research for the Centre of Language and Communication Research.

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