Prescott, Frank

 

Prescott, Frank

 

Title: PhD
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1965
Place of Birth (Country): UK
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Doctoral Studies
Year of Doctoral Defence (PhD / CSc): 2014
Discipline: Language Pedagogy
Title of Thesis: Adapting to the requirements of written academic discourse on entering university
Issuing Institution: Eötvös Loránd University

MA Studies
Year of Obtaining the MA Degree: 1988
Discipline(s): English Language and Literature
Issuing Institution: University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland

Further Studies and Qualifications

Institution Qualification Year of Obtaining the Qualification
 Moray House College of Education, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh  PGCE Secondary English  1993
     
     

Employment
Current Employer: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Institute: English
Department: English Linguistics
Current Position(s): Associate Professor

Previous Employer: Eötvös Loránd University
Previous Position Held: Lektor

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Areas of Research and Teaching

Academic writing, English for Special Purposes, Media Studies, English Language Pedagogy


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Language Skills

Language Level and Kind of Proficiency
 Hungarian  Intermediate reading/listening; Lower intermediate speaking/writing
 French  Lower intermediate
 German  Elementary
   
   

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Membership in Academic Societies

Name of Organization Function (if any)
 IATEFL-Hungary  Committee member
   
   
   

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Chapters in Books

Prescott, F. J. (2010). Entering an academic discourse community: First-year students adapting to the requirements of university. In T. Frank & K. Károly (Eds.), Gateways to English: Current Hungarian doctoral research (pp. 311-327). Budapest, Hungary: Eötvös University Press.

Prescott, F. J. (2012). Questioning autonomy in language learning: A literature review. In É. Illés & T. Eitler (Eds.), Studies in applied linguistics in honour of Edit H. Kontra (pp. 191-198). Budapest, Hungary: ELTE BTK.

 

Articles in Academic Reviews (Printed and Electronic)

Prescott, F. J. (2007). Organisational strategies in the writing of entry-level university students. WoPalP (Working Papers in Language Pedagogy) 1, 17-37. Availablehttp://langped.elte.hu/WoPaLP1-2007.htm

Prescott, F. J. (2011). Validating a long qualitative interview schedule. WoPalP (Working Papers in Language Pedagogy) 5, 16-38. Available http://langped.elte.hu/WoPaLP5-2011.htm


Conference Proceedings (Printed and Electronic)

Prescott, F. J. (2006). The importance of the group: A case study of a university first-year academic skills class.In M. Nikolov & J. Horváth (Eds.), University of Pécs Roundtable 2006: Empirical studies in English applied linguistics. Pécs, Hungary: Lingua Franca Csoport. Availablehttp://mek.oszk.hu/04900/04902/04902.pdf

Prescott, F. (2008). The ‘problem’ of student writing in Hungarian higher education. Paper presented at II. Alkalmazott Nyelvézeti Doktorandusz Konferencia, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet, 2008, Budapest. Availablehttp://www.nytud.hu/alknyelvdok08/proceedings08.pdf.

Prescott, F. J. (2011). Using social networks to create parallel digital classrooms and teach digital literacy. In K. B. Bérces, K. Földváry, & R. M. Kóris (Eds.), Proceedings of the HUSSE10 Conference, 27-29 January 2011 Linguistics Volume(pp. 66-73). Debrecen, Hungary: Hungarian Society for the Study of English. Availablehttp://mek.oszk.hu/10100/10172/10172.pdf

Prescott, F. J. (2014). A grounded theory of student enculturation into written academic discourse. In M. Ladányi, Zs. Vladár, & É. Hrenek (Eds.), MANYE XXIII. Nyelv - társadalom – kultúra: Interkulturális és multikulturális perspektívák I-II(pp. 377-383). Budapest, Hungary: Tinta Könyvkiadó.

Prescott, F. J. (2014) Using a virtual learning environment to augment classroom learning at university. In V. Ruttkay & B. Gárdos (Eds.), HUSSE 11 Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English (pp. 66-73). Budapest, Hungary: L’Harmattan. Availablehttp://www.eltereader.hu/media/2014/12/HUSSE_Proceedings_of_the_Hungarian_Society_for_the_Study_of_English_2013_Conference.pdf

 Prescott, F. J. (in press). In at the deep end: the struggles of first-year university students adapting to the requirements of written academic discourse in an EFL context. Paper delivered at theFirst Conference on Academic Writing in Eastern Europe, West University, Timisoara, Romania, April 3-6, 2014.

Prescott, F. J. (in press). Observations from the language classroom: the importance of the group. Paper delivered at theIATEFL-Hungary 24th Annual Conference, Pannon University Veszprém, Hungary, October 3-5, 2014.


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