Alan Kean
Teaching Fellow in English for Academic Purposes
Address
- Street
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Paterson's Land
Holyrood Road - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
I teach across a range of provision within English Language Education and COL. This includes COL's International Foundation Programme (IFP) and various in-sessional courses in collaboration with Schools and programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Furthermore, I am the In-sessional Course Collection Coordinator for ELE’s provision within the College of Science & Engineering and the Course Organiser for Preparing for Undergraduate Studies CSE.
I have previously taught at other UK universities, as well as at universities in Japan and China. I am dedicated to my classroom practice and the development of student academic language and literacies, with a particular focus on provision for STEM students.
Qualifications
Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (2014)
Masters degree in Education & Applied Linguistics (2015)
Certificate of Higher Education in Digital Education (2022)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2024)
Responsibilities & affiliations
External Examiner for the English as a Foreign Language & Business English undergraduate credit-bearing courses at Nottingham Trent University
Research summary
I am interested in how students use AI-powered tools to aid their writing.
Kean, A. (2023) “An ‘open secret’: Is it time to engage more with our students regarding their use of machine translation?”. InForm, 22, pp. 32-33.
Burrows, J., Emmerson, J., Kean, A., and Hainsworth, H. (2021) “PowerPoint design in presentation skills”. Modern English Teacher. Jan/Feb Issue
Kean, A. (2018) “Positive Feedback Within a Positive Atmosphere to Promote L2 Use”. New Directions in Teaching and Learning English Discussion. Vol 6.
Conference details
Kean, A. (2023) “An ‘open secret’: Is it time to engage more with our international students regarding their use of machine translation?” Presented at The University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference: Investigate, inquire, innovate. 28 June 2023.
Kean, A. and Davies, P. (2023) ‘AI machine translation - Students’ thoughts and how we can begin to engage’. Presented at InForm Conference, University of Bristol. 3 June 2023.
Kean, A. (2017) ‘Authentic Task-Based Learning’. Presented at EFL Teacher Journeys Conference. Konan University, Kobe. 10 June.