Dr. Carole Macdiarmid

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Carole MacDiarmid is a Senior Lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include English for Academic Purposes (EAP), Teacher Development and EAP Teacher Competencies, Spoken Academic Discourse, Text Discourse Analysis, and Corpus Linguistics. She is particularly focused on academic language use, understanding linguistic features, and applied materials design for EAP language learners. MacDiarmid has supervised numerous graduate dissertations and PhDs in the domain of EAP, emphasizing the importance of effective teaching methodologies and curricular development. With extensive experience in teacher training, she has led online courses and worked on international collaborative projects aimed at improving language education. Additionally, she has participated in various assessments and committee roles, contributing to the development of academic regulations and enhancement of teaching strategies. Her projects include developing flexible online resources for academic writing and designing curriculum for professional degrees, thereby facilitating internationalization in higher education contexts. Her academic background includes a PhD in English Language from the University of Glasgow and an MSc in Teaching English Specific Purposes from Aston University, among other qualifications in language and education fields.

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Senior Lecturer

— Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland

Lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages with responsibilities in curriculum design and teaching EAP.