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Hilary Nesi’s research primarily concerns the discourse of English for academic purposes, and the design and use of dictionaries and reference tools. She was principal investigator for the AHRB-funded project to create the BASE corpus of British Academic Spoken English (2001-2005), and for the ESRC-funded project to create the BAWE corpus of British Academic Written English (2004-2007). Hilary has also collected and analysed the business correspondence component of the JISC-funded BT e-Archive, and was principal investigator for the AHRC Research Networking project ‘Digitising experiences of migration: the development of interconnected letter collections’.
Hilary has developed materials for the study of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) as principal investigator for the project to produce academic writing materials for the British Council ‘Learn English’ website, and as Chief Academic Advisor for the EASE EAP speaking and listening series. Her research monographs and articles include The Use and Abuse of EFL Dictionaries and Genres across the Disciplines: Student writing in higher education, co-authored with Sheena Gardner.
Vision Statement:
Although communication is at the heart of academic endeavour, there are still huge gaps in our knowledge of how this communication is achieved in different academic contexts. Through my research I want to contribute to our knowledge of the nature of academic discourse, and how it varies across genres, disciplines, levels of study and geographical regions. I also want to find good ways of presenting and explaining this information to scholars and fellow-teachers, so that it can be applied most effectively, at a time when the use of English as an academic lingua franca is rapidly on the rise.
Research Interests
Vision Statement
Although communication is at the heart of academic endeavour, there are still huge gaps in our knowledge of how this communication is achieved in different academic contexts. Through my research I want to contribute to our knowledge of the nature of academic discourse, and how it varies across genres, disciplines, levels of study and geographical regions. I also want to find good ways of presenting and explaining this information to scholars and fellow-teachers, so that it can be applied most effectively, at a time when the use of English as an academic lingua franca is rapidly on the rise.
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Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate, University of London
Award Date: 31 Jul 1995
Doctorate, Swansea University
Award Date: 1 Jul 1994
MSc, Aston University
Award Date: 30 Sep 1984
Postgraduate Certificate, University of Hull
Award Date: 30 Sep 1976
Degree, University of Leicester
Award Date: 30 Jun 1975
External positions
Member of the British Council Academic Writing for Publication freelance trainer team
1 Jul 2019 → …
Member of the expert panel, A.S.Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (British Council and Hornby Trust)
1 Sep 2018 → …
External examiner, the ESP component of the English language programme, University of Hong Kong
1 Sep 2013 → 1 Sep 2017
External Assessor for the Open University course ‘Exploring English grammar in the real world
1 Jan 2013 → 1 Aug 2013
External Examiner English Grammar in Context, the Open University
1 Sep 2012 → 1 Sep 2017
BAAL representative to the HEA LLAS Subject Centre Advisory Board
12 Sep 2010 → 12 Sep 2012
Senior member of the ESRC Peer Review College
1 Sep 2010 → …
BAAL Executive Committee, ordinary member
1 Sep 2009 → 1 Sep 2014
External Assessor for the Open University course in English for Academic Purposes
1 Sep 2009 → 1 Sep 2010
External examiner, MA in English Language Teaching, University of Limerick
1 Sep 2009 → 1 Sep 2013
External examiner, MA in Applied Linguistics; Critical Discourse, Culture and Communication, Applied Corpus Linguistics; Special Applications of Linguistics; Language and Lexicography, and MPhilB Corpus Linguistics. University of Birmingham
1 Sep 2008 → 1 Sep 2012
MA TESOL Institute of Education, University of London
1 Sep 2007 → 1 Sep 2011
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Meetings Secretary
1 Sep 2006 → 1 Sep 2018
Member of the BALEAP Publications committee
1 Mar 2003 → 1 Mar 2007
Strand Co-ordinator, AILA Scientific Commission on Lexicology and Lexicography
1 Apr 2002 → 1 Apr 2005
Member of the advisory panel for Macmillan Dictionaries
1 Sep 2000 → 12 Sep 2010
External examiner, MA in Language Teaching and Learning, University of Liverpool
1 Sep 2000 → 1 Sep 2006
External examiner, MA in Language Teaching and Learning, University of Liverpool
1 Sep 1998 → 1 Sep 2002
BALEAP Accreditation Scheme Assessor
30 Mar 1993 → 30 Mar 2005
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Research output
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Corpora and feedback in EAP
Nesi, H. & Vincent, B., 29 Jul 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning. Jablonkai, R. & Csomay, E. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 264-277 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Researching Users and Uses of Dictionaries
Nesi, H., 24 Mar 2022, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography. Jackson, H. (ed.). 2nd ed. Bloomsbury Academic, p. 116-148 33 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Warning notes in a learners’ dictionary: a study of the effectiveness of different formats
Nural, Ş., Nesi, H. & Çakar, T., 25 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Lexicography. (In-Press), p. (In-Press) 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploiting corpora to provide guidance for academic writing: the BAWE Quicklinks project
Vincent, B. & Nesi, H., 30 Mar 2021, Corpora in ESP/EAP Writing Instruction: Preparation, Exploitation, Analysis. Charles, M. & Frankenberg-Garcia, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 13-31 19 p. (Advances in Corpus Linguistics; vol. SE0593).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Sources for courses: metadiscourse and the role of citation in student writing
Nesi, H., Apr 2021, In: Lingua. 253, p. (In-press) 17 p., 103040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Didactics Workshop: Insights from computer-assisted language learning in language for specific purposes (LSP)
Hilary Nesi (Keynote speaker)
22 Jun 2022 → 24 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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55th IATEFL Annual Conference & Exhibition – Belfast 2022
Hilary Nesi (Speaker)
17 May 2022 → 20 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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6th Learner Corpus Research Conference
Hilary Nesi (Keynote speaker)
22 Sep 2022 → 24 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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BAAL Vocabulary SIG Annual Conference 2022
Hilary Nesi (Invited speaker)
18 Aug 2022 → 19 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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