Dr Paul Booth

Contact

Email: p.booth@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Penrhyn Road
Faculty: Kingston School of Art
School: School of Creative and Cultural Industries
Department: Department of Creative Industries, Department of Humanities

About

I researched second language vocabulary and language aptitude (memory and language analysis) for my PhD. Through collaboration with other researchers I have also conducted studies which compare different first language backgrounds in relation to their processing of second language semantics and syntax, and have researched situated learning in an online environment.

I've worked in different institutions: advertising agencies in London and Brussels; language schools in Brussels and London; universities in Nancy, Lyon, and Kingston. I have gained from working with people from different language and cultural backgrounds because it has helped me to understand how people learn, how to work with others and how to be open to new ideas.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

2015: Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2003-2010: PhD Thesis entitled: The interplay between lexis and learning: a study of second language vocabulary profiles and learning style, 重口味SM.
2001: Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (postgraduate master's research degree) Université de Nancy II, UFR Sciences du langage
1997-98: MA Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Institute of Education, University of London.
1996: Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults, International House.
1989: RSA/UCLES Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults, Skola Teacher Training, London
1978-1981: HND in Communication Design, Epsom School of Art and Design, Surrey.
B1 CILS: Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Project Management for Creative Practitioners MSc

Research

With funding from Erasmus I undertook a project with Lyon 2 University, France to develop a module, Educational Technologies in Language Teaching, to enhance novice teachers understanding and use of language learning technology. Masters students create English language learning materials and receive feedback from students in other countries about the materials they produce. This project has since grown to include universities in Indonesia and Lithuania and has been disseminated through two peer-reviewed publications and the National Association for the Teaching of English conference 2019.

A visit and collaboration with Grand Valley State University has led to a research project on applied linguistics curriculum design in the USA, China and the UK. The results have informed masters level curricula and were disseminated through a conference presentation at The European Conference on Language Learning 2019 in London.

Research student supervision

Mrs Tanja Bloss

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

Article

and (2019) Changing English, 26(1), pp. 30-47. ISSN (print) 1358-684X

, Clenton, Jon and (2018) System, 78, pp. 54-64. ISSN (print) 0346-251X

, Guinmard, Isabelle and (2017) The EUROCALL Review, 25(1), pp. 76-91. ISSN (online) 1695-2618

(2014) International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 52(4), pp. 357-375. ISSN (print) 0019-042X

(2013) Language Teaching, 46(3), pp. 335-354. ISSN (print) 0261-4448

(2010) Malaysian Journal of ELT Research, 6, pp. 46-85. ISSN (online) 1511-8002

Boulton, Alex and (2001) A Sp: la revue du G E R A S (Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche en Anglais de Specialite), 31-33, pp. 89-102. ISSN (print) 1246-8185

Book

Clenton, Jon and Booth, Paul, eds. (2021) Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 236p. (Routledge studies in applied linguistics) ISBN 9780367249977

Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, eds. (2020) Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 212p. ISBN 9780367143497

Book Section

and Clenton, Jon (2021) In: Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, (eds.) Vocabulary and the four skills : pedagogy, practice, and implications for teaching vocabulary. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 223-229. (Routledge studies in applied linguistics) ISBN 9780367249977

(2021) In: Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, (eds.) Vocabulary and the four skills : pedagogy, practice, and implications for teaching vocabulary. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 196-215. (Routledge studies in applied linguistics) ISBN 9780367249977

(2021) In: Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, (eds.) Vocabulary and the four skills : pedagogy, practice, and implications for teaching vocabulary. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 173-177. (Routledge studies in applied linguistics) ISBN 9780367249977

and Clenton, Jon (2020) In: Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, (eds.) First language influences on multilingual lexicons. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 191-195. ISBN 9780367143497

Clenton, Jon and (2020) In: Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, (eds.) First language influences on multilingual lexicons. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780367143497

, Clenton, Jon and (2020) In: Booth, Paul and Clenton, Jon, (eds.) First language influences on multilingual lexicons. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 35-52. ISBN 9780367143497

(2009) In: Benati, Alessandro G., (ed.) Issues in second language proficiency. London, U.K. : Continuum. pp. 95-115. ISBN 9780826435156

Conference or Workshop Item

Wu, Shinian and (2019) In: The European Conference on Language Learning; 19 - 21 Jul 2019, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2018) In: London Second Language Acquisition Research Forum : Colloquium 2018; 02 Jun 2018, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Clenton, Jon, and (2016) In: EuroSLA 26 : Looking back, looking forward: Language learning research at the crossroads; 24 - 27 Aug 2016, Jyvaskyla, Finland. (Unpublished)

, and (2015) In: Annual Festival of Learning 2015; 12-16 Jan 2015, Kingston, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2014) In: BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Annual Conference; 03-04 Jul 2014, Leeds, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: Multilingual Theory and Practice in Applied Linguistics; 6-8 Sep 2012, University of Southampton. (Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics) ISBN 9780955953354

(2008) In: BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Conference; 01 - 02 Jul 2008, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2003) In: CamLing: Cambridge Postgraduate Conference in Language Research; 26 Apr 2003, Cambridge, U.K.. ISSN (print) 1741-6655

Boulton, Alex and (2001) In: 22nd GERAS conference: M茅diation(s); 29-31 March 2001, Bordeaux, France.

Thesis

(2011) (PhD thesis), 重口味SM, .

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Gallery of work

I am a member of London-Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (L-SLARF) a community of interest in research on language learning informs postgrad education across London. Each year since 2014 L-SLARF has held annual conferences to showcase PhD students' work and colloquiums on current research (https://contactuslslarf.wixsite.com/mysite).

I was First Editor for a book on "First Language Backgrounds and Multilingual Lexicons" (Routledge 2020). The book brings together respected authors from around the world to contribute chapters from a variety of different language backgrounds including European languages, Arabic, and Japanese. As an example of how the vocabulary research has informed postgraduate teaching worldwide, I was co-editor for a 2020 book on "Vocabulary and the four skills: Pedagogy, practice, and implications for teaching vocabulary" (Routledge 2020) and wrote two chapters. Each lead author contributor is an internationally recognised vocabulary expert in their respective field.

Art director: Sean Hayes, copywriter: Paul Booth, creative director: Geoff Phillips

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