Institute for Applied Language Studies
The University of Edinburgh Institute for Applied Language Studies

Postgraduate Study & Research

Research Areas


ELTC staff supervise in the following research areas:


Assessment of learning
Evaluation and testing

Classroom-focused research Second language classroom ethnography;
Task-based instruction; Focus on form

Course and materials design, evaluation and revision

Discourse analysis Language description and language teaching;
Language in the workplace and business discourse; Genre analysis and ESP

Literature and language teaching

Teaching languages for specific purposes
such as English for Business and Law; English for Academic Purposes

Teaching language skills Listening; Writing

Teacher Education/Professional Development

For other areas of language teaching and teacher education, visit the Moray House School of Education webpage.


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ELTC
University of Edinburgh
21 Hill Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9DP
Scotland

Telephone: +44 (0)131 650 6200
Fax: +44 (0)131 667 5927
Email: eltcinfo@ed.ac.uk