Lily Lewis

Department of English Language and Linguistics
Doctoral researcher

Contact details

Email: lkl032@student.bham.ac.uk

PhD title: Exploring verb tense and aspect in successful student writing to inform EAP instruction
Supervisors: Dr Garry Plappert and Dr Paul Thompson
PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics

Qualifications

MA in Linguistics (Syracuse University)
BA in Psychology & Italian (University of Delaware)

Biography

Lily has worked with a wide range of English language learners over the last 10+ years, including university students, diplomat spouses, and professional athletes. Her research seeks to align writing instruction in English for Academic Purposes with the findings of corpus linguistics.

Teaching

Lecturer in Linguistics & TESL (California State University, Dominguez Hills)

Other activities

Assistant Coordinator of Corpus-Informed Research & Teaching Interest Group, CATESOL

Recent presentations:

Verb Tenses in EAP: What to Teach, What to Skip TESOL International Convention, Virtual (March 2022)
Corpus Tools to Support Vocabulary Development in Academic Writing CATESOL Annual Conference, Virtual (November 2021)