• English for specific purposes
• Discourse analysis: cohesion and coherence; pragmatics and genre analysis
• Feedback on written discourse

Current research projects include an investigation into cohesion and connectivity in student writing and a study of language-related strategies of subject lecturers. 

Dr Helen Basturkmen's Research

I am currently supervising students who are researching:

• Teachers’ provision of feedback on discourse features in students’ writing
• Comparative genre study for pedagogical purposes 
• Team teaching in Japan 

Dr Helen Basturkmen's Postgraduate Supervision

Books

Basturkmen, H. Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes (2006). New York: Routledge. 200 pp.

Basturkmen, H. Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes (2010). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. 176 pp.

Selected articles

Forthcoming

Minh Thuy & Basturkmen, H. Requesting in Vietnamese as a Second Language in Roever, C. & Nguyen, H. T. (Eds.). Pragmatics of Vietnamese as a native and target language. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, National Foreign Language Resource Center.

Basturkmen, H. Replication research in comparative genre analysis in English for Academic Purposes. Language Teaching: Surveys and Studies. Cambridge University Press.

 2013

Basturkmen, H. Language for Specific Purposes. Review Article. In Michael Byram, and Adelheid Hu (eds.) Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 391-395). Oxford: Routledge.

Basturkmen, H. English for Specific Purposes. In Michael Byram, and Adelheid Hu (eds.) Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 223-225). Oxford: Routledge.

Basturkmen, H., East, M. & Bitchener, J. Supervisors' on-scrtip feedback comments on drafts of dissertations: socialising students into the academic discourse community. Teaching in Higher Education DOI:10.1080/13562517.2012.752728 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/cdW9RU2tsuhV77ASxfHd/full

2012

Basturkmen, H. “Metalanguage” In C. A. Chapelle (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.

Basturkmen, H. “Needs analysis and syllabus design for language for specific purposes.” In C. A. Chapelle (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.

Reprint: Nesi, H. & Basturkmen, H. 2012. Lexical bundles and discourse signalling in academic lectures. Reprinted in Biber, D. & Reppen, R. (Eds.) Corpus Linguistics: Volume 1: Lexical Studies. Sage Benchmarks in Language and Linguistics (pp. 287-306). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. 

East, M., Bitchener, J. & Basturkmen, H. What constitutes effective feedback to postgraduate research students? The students' perspective. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 9 (2), 2012.  

Basturkmen, H. 2012. Languages for specific purposes curriculum creation and implementation in Australasia and Europe. Modern Language Journal, 96, S1: 59-70.

Basturkmen, H. 2012. Review of research into the correspondence between language teachers' stated beliefs and practices. System, 40, 2: 282-295.   

Basturkmen, H. 2012. A genre-based investigation of discussion sections in research articles in dentistry and disciplinary variation. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 11, 2: 134-144.

2010

Nguyen, T. T. M. and Basturkmen, H. “Chapter 9, Teaching Constructive Critical Feedback". In Tatsuki, D. and Houck, N. (eds.) Pragmatics from research to practice: Teaching speech acts. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

Philp, J., Walter, S. And Basturkmen, H. “Peer interaction in the foreign language classroom: what factors foster a focus on form?" Language Awareness, 19, 4. 261-279.

Bitchener, J, Basturkmen, H. and East, M. “The focus of supervisor written feedback to thesis/dissertation students", International Journal of English Studies, 10, 2. 79-98.

2009

Basturkmen, H. “Commenting on results in published research articles and masters dissertations in language teaching", Journal of English for Academic Purposes 8: 241-251.

Basturkmen, H. “Chapter 4. Back cover blurbs: Puff pieces and windows on cultural values.”, In Hyland, K. and Diani, G. (ed.), Academic evaluation: review genres in university settings, Basingstoke, UK, Palgrave MacMillan, pp 68-86.

Nesi, H. and Basturkmen, H. “Lexical bundles and discourse signalling in academic lectures", In Flowerdew, J. and Mahlberg, M. (ed.), Lexical cohesion and corpus linguistics, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp 23-43.
 

Dr Helen Basturkmen's Recent Publications

I have been a lecturer in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics for over ten years. Prior to this, I worked as a lecturer and in the Office of Consultation and Training at the University of Kuwait and as a lecturer and teacher educator (Diploma in Language Teaching) in Turkey. Currently I am on the editorial review board of two journals: Journal of English for Academic Purposes and New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics.

 

Dr Helen Basturkmen's Teaching