Claire Rowcroft

Claire has worked at the University of Surrey for over ten years. Since 2014 she has managed various summer Pre-sessional courses (PS12, PS8, PS5). She is the course leader for the online course in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (TEAP) and she teaches on this course in addition to Courses in Language And Skills for Study (CLASS, formerly known as ELSP). She has designed and delivered a successful post-graduate module in Computer-Assisted Language Learning on the MA TESOL, and has delivered an under-graduate module in English for International Communication (EIC). Prior to joining the university she worked as an English language teacher for over ten years in Thailand, Australia, Poland and the UK. She has a qualification in directing language courses, an MA with distinction in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and a first class honours degree in English and History from the University of Newcastle. She also has two years' experience as an IELTS examiner.