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Alastair Douglas

Alistair Douglas
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Senior Lecturer

Alastair is an applied linguist who is interested in the areas of pedagogy and sociolinguistics.

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Faculty:
Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
School:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Language and linguistics
Research Supervision:
Yes
Background

Before joining Anglia Ruskin, Alastair taught English as a Foreign Language and trained teachers at International House London and in various schools around the world. He has extensive first-hand experience of the processes involved in teaching and acquiring a foreign language as well as in training teachers in language teaching.

Alastair is interested in second language acquisition, the influence of beliefs in the second language acquisition process as well as teacher training.

Areas of research supervision
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Pedagogy
  • Sociolinguistics
Teaching

Alastair currently teaches on our TEFL provision and the following degree modules:

  • Materials and Course Design
  • Language Teaching in Context
  • Post-graduate Research Methods
Qualifications
  • MA Applied Linguistics and ELT, King’s College, London
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional Research, Anglia Ruskin University
  • CELTA Teacher Trainer
  • DELTA Teacher Trainer
  • DELTA, International House, London
  • CELTA, International House, London
Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange
  • Delta module 2 assessor
  • Delta module 3 examiner
  • CELTA assessor
Selected recent publications

Douglas, A. 2024 ‘Finished CELTA, Ready to Teach?’ In Bullock (ed.) IATEFL 2023 Harrogate Conference Selections

Douglas, A and Bailey, A. 2020. 'A TESOL Practicum in England'. In Cirocki, Madyarov & Baecher, (Eds.) Current Perspectives on the TESOL Practicum Cases from Around the Globe

Douglas, A. 2020. 'Here we go again: Time to update your CELTA course?' In Pattison (ed.) IATEFL 2019 Liverpool Conference Selections

Douglas, A. 2019. 'I can see clearly now: rethinking teacher training observation tasks'. In Pattison (ed.) IATEFL 2018 Brighton Conference Selections

Douglas A. 2018. 'Applying Differentiation in Teacher Training'. In Pattison (ed.) IATEFL 2017 Glasgow Conference Selections

Douglas A., and Douglas J. 2015 'A CELTA of two halves'. Modern English Teacher 24/3

Recent presentations and conferences

Sowing seeds: fostering a growth mindset in English language teachers. IATEFL, Brighton 2026

True to yourself: helping teachers develop their professional identity through reflective practice. International House Future of Training, London 2026

How CELTA tutors innovate and stay on course. IATEFL, Edinburgh 2025

International students on MA TESOL programmes what do they think? IATEFL Brighton 2024

Finished CELTA – Ready to Teach? IATEFL, Harrogate 2023

A year on: a review of Delta module 2 fully online. CETA Symposium, 2021

How to go forward with Delta module 2 during Covid 19. CETA Symposium, 2020

Here we go again: Time to update your CELTA course? IATEFL, Liverpool 2019

Reinvent the wheel? Making action research on Delta more effective. International House Future of Training, London 2019