Richard J. Fay, PhD (Education), MEd TESOL, Dip.TEFLA, BA (Hons)
Lecturer in Education (TESOL)
Main Research Interests
- Narrative Research Methods in Educational Research
- Intercultural Aspects of Distance Education (Appropriate Distance Learning Methodology)
- Language Education as Intercultural Practice
Main Teaching Interests
- Programme Director for the MEd in English Language Teaching programme (to be renamed the MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from September 2005)
- ERASMUS Co-ordinator for the BA in Language, Literacy and Communication Programme
- Masters-level: Intercultural Aspects of Language Education; Course Design; Research Competence for Language Teachers
- BA-level: Communication; Intercultural Communication; Preparation for Overseas Research Project Sojourns
International Experience
Argentina , Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay
Selected Recent Publications / Papers
BYRAM, M., BOTSMANOVA, M., GAGAROVA, S., GEORGIEVA, I., GEORGIEVA, V., DAVCHEVA, L., ZAREVA, D., KARASTATEVA, V., KATSARSKA, M., MADJAROVA, T., MARKOVA, D., STEFANOVA, D., FAY, R., FILIPOVA, F., HARAKCHIISKA, T., TSVETKOVA, N., & YAKIMOVA, T. (2006). Ramki za Analiz na Uchebni Materiali ot Gledna Tochka na Marginalizatsionni Praktitki i Diskriminativni Naglasi. Model za Otsenka na Potentsiala na Uchebnite Materiali v Bulgariya daRealizirat Tselite na Mezhdukulturnoto Obrazovanie. [Frameworks for analysis of marginalisation practices and discriminatory attitudes in learning materials. Evaluation model for the potential of learning materials in Bulgaria to fulfill the objectives of intercultural education.] Sofia: Zebra Publishing House. [ISBN 954-91834-1-6]
FAY, R. & L. DAVCHEVA (forthcoming, January 2005) "Developing Professional Intercultural Competence: Reflections on DL Programmes for Language Educators, and Translators/Interpreters in Bulgaria", in Holmberg, B., M. Shelley & C. White (Eds.) Languages and Distance Education: Evolution and Change, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters.
FAY, R. & C. MCGOUN (2004) "Issues of positioning in narrative research in educational settings", paper given at the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), held at UMIST, Manchester, UK 15th -18th September, 2004.
FAY, R. (2004) Stories of Emergent Cultures of Distance Learning and Collaboration: Understanding the CELSE-Hellenic Open University Project [doctoral thesis, June 2004]
FAY, R. & M. HILL (2003) "Educating language teachers through distance learning: The need for culturally-appropriate distance learning methodology", Open Learning, Vol.18, No.1, pp. 9-27.
FAY, R., & N. SIFAKIS (2003) "Developing appropriate distance learning methodology: Researching the understandings of tutors to inform courseware development", paper given at the 2003 EDEN (European Distance Education Network) Conference entitled 'The Quality Dialogue: Integrating Quality Cultures in Flexible, Distance and eLearning', June 2003, The University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece. (published in the Proceedings).
FAY, R., M. HILL & L. DAVCHEVA (2002) "The transfer of distance learning practice across contexts: Developing language teacher education programmes in Britain, Greece, and Bulgaria" in Filho, W. Leal (Ed.) Prospects of Integration and Development of R&D and the Innovation Potential of Black Sea Economic Co-operation Countries, Amsterdam, Netherlands, IOS Press / Kluwer Academic Press (NATO Science Series). pp. 159-174.