Biography
Richard Chinn is a teacher educator based between International House London and King’s College London.
Richard has taught English and worked with teachers in a number of contexts around the world in Asia, Central and South America, Europe and Africa. He is an experienced tutor on CELTA and Delta courses and has worked on PGCE courses as well in the past.
Research interests
His academic interests are in language teaching methodology, classroom interaction, reflective practice and language teacher development.
Teaching
Richard works mostly on MA TESOL modules, both lecturing and preparing students for the embedded CELTA course in conjunction with International House London.
In the spring and summer terms, he lectures on the Materials Development and Teacher Education optional modules. He also teaches on the BA Language and Linguistics.
Publications
- Chinn, R. & Lamb, M. (2024). Repositioning the role of supervisors on short initial preparation courses. TESOL Journal, 00, e826. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.826 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesj.826
- Chinn, R. & Norrington-Davies, D. (2023) Working with emergent language. Hove: Pavilion publishing
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King’s academics make the case for language teachers to work with emergent language in a new book.
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Working with emergent language: a new practical book that could revolutionise language teaching and learning
King’s academics make the case for language teachers to work with emergent language in a new book.