Personnel Information

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STONES, Thomas Patrick

Organization
School of Economics
Research Fields, Keywords
Interactional Competence, Learner Autonomy, Listening Skills Development, Rasch Measurement
Teaching and Research Fields
I have a range of research interests relating to language teaching that reflects the broad nature of skills effective language teachers need to best meet the learners' needs. Primarily though, I am interested in how task repetition can be manipulated to make gains in the complexity, accuracy and fluency of spoken English. I am also interested in approaches to fostering learner autonomy and independent learning through effective goal-setting and self-directed learning. Currently, I am also conducting projects using Rasch analysis to investigate the effectiveness of rubrics for interactional competence and presentation skills in order to develop more reliable and valid rubrics that best serve the learners.

Degree 【 display / non-display

  • Degree name:TESOL
    Classified degree field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Education
    Conferring institution:Aston University
    Acquisition way:Coursework
    Date of acquisition:2013.02

Career 【 display / non-display

  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Department:School of Economics
    Title:Instructor of English as a Foreign Language
    Date:2022.04 -

  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Department:School of Policy Studies
    Title:Associate Lecturer of English
    Date:2017.04 - 2022.03

Research Areas 【 display / non-display

  • Research field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Education

  • Research field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education