Senior Lecturer - Centre for Language and Linguistics
Mr Sarn Rich
Academic Sessional
Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Education Faculty Office
Senior Lecturer - Centre for Language and Linguistics
Main current teaching responsibilities: Language Acquisition (MA Applied Linguistics); Roots & Routes of English, and Language Acquisition & Literacy (BA English Language and Linguistics); Certificate in English Language Teaching for Adults (CELTA); Supervision of Dissertations and Individual Studies / Previous positions include academic management, course direction, teacher training and teaching at CCCU and at private language schools (Churchill House, Pilgrims, Bell, Hilderstone College and others) in the UK, International House in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Georgia, and other language teaching institutions in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea
Research interests:
Cognitive Linguistics; Indo-European Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Children's Language; ELT Classroom Practice and Teacher Development; Philosophy of Language; Interdisciplinary Approaches
Conference papers:
IATEFL Glasgow 2017, Liverpool 2019, Harrogate 2023
International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Lancaster 2014
International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, London 2012
Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture, Rome 2011
'Childhood in its Time', Canterbury Christ Church 2009
'Cutting Edges', Canterbury Christ Church 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018
Articles:
English Teaching professional on exploiting spelling mistakes and interactive whiteboards;
Journal of the Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture (Volume 2, Number 1 Winter 2010 ISSN: 1949-2774) on exploring cultures and experiences through fairy tales;
http://www.developingteachers.com on voice-setting phonology, using songs in ELT and strategic competence;
Humanising Language Teaching on what EFL teachers can learn from young children
MA External Examiner: University of Brighton and University of Nottingham
- The battle of the boards Rich, S., (01 Jan 2012). [Journal article]
- Multi-modality and magic: once upon a time in a classroom... Rich, S., Fullagar, A., Cutting Edges: Creativity in Language Teaching and Teacher Training. [Conference paper]
- Once upon a time in a classroom... Exploring cultures and experiences through fairytales Rich, S., IX Annual Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture. [Conference paper]
- Things that infants can teach us Rich, S., (01 Jan 2009). [Journal article]
- Sounds difficult Rich, S., (2007): Pavilion Publishing Ltd. [Journal article]