I joined Bangor University in 1994. I am a Lecturer in English in Education at the School of Education and Course Director for the part-time MA in Education in Singapore and the MA TEFL. I was educated in Bangor and Cardiff University, where I gained a BA in English Literature and an MA in Applied Linguistics. I have taught in Sudan and China and provided consultancy and literacy training in Jamaica, Lesotho, and Pakistan. I am currently lecturing on postgraduate MA programmes, Research Projects in PGCE Primary and Secondary Language, and I also teach an MA module in TESOL/ TEFL and contribute to the MA module in Research Methods. The MA in TEFL is a new venture for 2015 onwards in collaboration with the School of Linguistics.

My doctoral research focused on teachers' use of Code-switching in bilingual classrooms in Wales, with a view to examining in what ways teachers are aware of the positive benefits of Code-switching and to raise awareness of the relationship between code choice, bilingual identity and wider social factors. I am particularly interested in how far teachers employ code-switching as a teaching strategy and how teachers' identities undergo a process of transformation as a result of their experiences of the research process. Other research interests include metalinguistic awareness (LLAWEN Mentoring Project) with Dr Lise Fontaine, language awareness, bilingual teaching methodology and Narrative Inquiry. I am a member of BAAL,NA TESOL and NALDIC and have several years experience of working with minority ethnic achievement in Wales. I am an external examiner for the MA programme in UHI, Outer Hebrides and St. Mark and St. John University, Plymouth. I was instrumental in setting up the Wales-Jamaica Project with Sheila Bennell and Lorna Egan and I have co-written articles for English in Education and Education Transactions, and I have also written a chapter on Bilingualism with Professor. Colin Baker. I regularly contribute reviews on educational matters and I am an associate member of the ESRC Centre for Bilingualism.