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<p>My main research expertise is in writing, and in researching this area I draw on
almost two decades of experience in teaching English language, English for Academic
Purposes (EAP) and teacher training. I research student writing through a descriptive,
non-deficit approach rather than the more usual deficit stance often adopted, and
thus foreground the alternative linguistic and visual means frequently used by L2
English students in producing successful university assignments. I use the methodology
of corpus linguistics supported by teacher and student interviews and questionnaires,
and classroom observations.</p><p>My work on academic writing took, as its point of
departure, issues arising from my PhD thesis (<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/29228/">A
corpus-driven study of features of Chinese students' undergraduate writing in
UK universities</a><u>)</u>and includes a<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/40581">monograph</a>,
book chapters and journal articles on student writing at undergraduate and Masters
level in the UK (see publications list).</p><p>I have recently expanded this interest
in academic writing to consider writing produced by professional social workers. I
am Co-Investigator on the ESRC-funded<a href="http://www.writinginsocialwork.com/"
rel="nofollow">Writing in professional social work practice in a changing communicative
landscape (WiSP)</a>project with Theresa Lillis (PI) and Alison Twiner. This work
has been designed to provide a detailed description and analysis of the texts and
writing practices in professional social work, to develop an innovative way of researching
the‘written record’ in institutions, using different methodologies (ethnography,
corpus linguistic and process approaches), and to involve stakeholders (social workers,
social work agencies, service users, inspection bodies etc) to ensure that research
findings will have an impact on education, training and policy initiatives.</p><p>A
further recent interest is the investigation of students' online learning through
eye-tracking combined with stimulated recall interviews. I am currently conducting
a scholarship project into students' use of online grammar activities on E304<em>Exploring
English grammar.</em></p><h2> </h2><h2>Funded Research Projects </h2><p>2019-2020</p><p><em>Overarching
Project Title:</em>Investigating cognitive processing of task completion with eye-tracking</p><p><em>Individual
Project Title</em>: How can employability be integrated into assessment on E304?</p><p><em>Role:</em>Lead
(on one project of four)</p><p><em>Funder:</em>Praxis - Open University Scholarship
Fund</p><p><em>Grant awarded:</em>£3,900</p><p><em>Collaborators:</em>
Sam Austen, Nathaniel Owen, Irina Rets</p><p> </p><p>2015-2018 </p><p><em>Project
Title:</em>Writing in professional social work practice in a changing communicative
landscape (WiSP).<a href="http://www.writinginsocialwork.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.writinginsocialwork.com/</a></p><p><em>Role:</em>Co-investigator</p><p><em>Funder:</em>ESRC
(ES/MOO803/1).</p><p><em>Grant awarded:</em>£270,000</p><p><em>Collaborators:</em>Theresa
Lillis (PI) and Alison Twiner (researcher)</p><p>This work is designed to provide
a detailed description and analysis of the texts and writing practices in professional
social work, to develop an innovative way of researching the‘written record’
in institutions, using different methodologies (ethnography, corpus linguistic and
process approaches), and to involve stakeholders (social workers, social work agencies,
service users, inspection bodies etc) to ensure that research findings will have an
impact on education, training and policy initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>2014-2015 </p><p><em>Project
Title:</em>How can employability be integrated into assessment on E304?</p><p><em>Role:</em>Lead</p><p><em>Funder:</em>Open
University New Models of Assessment and Tuition Project</p><p><em>Grant awarded:</em>£1,990</p><p><em>Collaborators:</em>Ann
Hewings and Kristina Hultgren</p><p>This study surveyed student views on aspects of
employability, and fed into the production of the module<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/e304">E304,<em>Exploring
English grammar</em></a>. Findings from this study plus an ongoing, follow-up study
in 2017 will help English Language students to understand and articulate how their
study has equipped them with relevant, up-to-date skills and knowledge.</p><p><em>Report</em>:
Leedham, M., Hewings, A. and Hultgren, K. 2014.‘How can employability be integrated
into assessment on E304?’ (OU internal report).</p><p> </p><p>2012-2013 </p><p><em>Project
Title:</em>Exploratory interview investigation of students’ experience of online
study on E852 Language, literacy and learning in the contemporary world</p><p><em>Role:</em>Lead</p><p><em>Funder:</em>OU
Scholarship Fund</p><p><em>Grant awarded:</em>£650</p><p><em>Collaborators</em>:
Janet Maybin and Frank Monaghan</p><p>This study investigated postgraduate students’
views towards the move to online-only teaching on the OU MA in Education. A representative
sample of 13 students were interviewed in-depth about their initial and changing use
of print and online materials.</p><p><em>Report:</em>Leedham, M., Maybin, J. and Monaghan,
F. 2013,‘Exploratory interview investigation of students’ experience of
online study on E852 Language, literacy and learning in the contemporary world’.
(OU internal report).</p><p> </p><h2>Doctoral student Supervision</h2><p>From
2020 I would welcome applications from potential doctoral students in the areas of
student writing, English for academic purposes, academic writing across different
disciplines, Chinese students’ writing or social work writing.</p><p>I currently
supervise one doctoral student:</p><p>Dana Therova:<em>Linguistic complexity
in international foundation students' assessed writing at a UK university</em></p><p><strong>Previous
doctoral students</strong></p><p>Jenny McMullan:<em>Gender in a Study of Academic
Writing? An Exploration into the Writing Practices and Experiences of Sixteen Women
Enrolled in Research Courses in a UK University</em>(PhD, 2018)</p><p>Subhi Ashour: <em>Understanding
Teachers' Engagement in Inquiry-Based Professional Development </em>(PhD,
2016)</p><p>Mat Terrett:<em>Investigating how academic literacies practices and values
have evolved on a foundation year EAP programme in China</em>(EdD, 2015)</p><p>David
Hann:<em>Playful language in a mixed business class of English language learners</em>(PhD,
2014)</p><p> </p> |
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in professional social work practice in a changing communicative landscape (WiSP)</a>.
I hold a BA in Linguistics (Lancaster University), MSc TESOL (Aston University, distance
learning) and a PhD (The Open University) and am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy. I have also qualified as a teacher trainer on Cambridge ESOL CELTA courses
and hold the RSA/UCLES Diploma in TEFLA (Edinburgh University). Prior to starting
work at The Open University in 2009, I taught EAP (English for Academic Purposes)
and was a teacher trainer at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. I have
also taught EAP and English language at Gyosei College for Japanese Students (Reading,
UK), language schools in Oxford, UK and at a secondary school in Iwate, Japan. From
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<div>@marialeedham
@OUWISP</div><div> </div><div>I am a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and
am Co-I on the ESRC-funded<a href="http://www.writinginsocialwork.com/" rel="nofollow">Writing
in professional social work practice in a changing communicative landscape (WiSP)</a>.
I hold a BA in Linguistics (Lancaster University), MSc TESOL (Aston University, distance
learning) and a PhD (The Open University) and am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy. I have also qualified as a teacher trainer on Cambridge ESOL CELTA courses
and hold the RSA/UCLES Diploma in TEFLA (Edinburgh University). Prior to starting
work at The Open University in 2009, I taught EAP (English for Academic Purposes)
and was a teacher trainer at Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. I have
also taught EAP and English language at Gyosei College for Japanese Students (Reading,
UK), language schools in Oxford, UK and at a secondary school in Iwate, Japan. From
2005-07 I was a Research Assistant at Oxford Brookes on a project resulting in<a href="http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/current-projects/2015/british-academic-written-english-corpus-bawe/"
rel="nofollow">the British English Written English corpus (BAWE).</a></div><div> </div><div> </div> |
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