Moray House School of Education and Sport, ILE University of Edinburgh My first experience of teaching was as an assistant English teacher in Klagenfurt, Austria (1991-2). Since then most of my work has been with Japanese learners of English: as an assistant teacher on the JET (Japan Exchange Teaching) Program in Hokkaido (1994-6); as a teacher at Teikyo High School (UK) in Buckinghamshire (1997-9); and for over ten years as a lecturer in English Language Education at Hiroshima University (2001-11). I joined Moray House School of Education as a Lecturer in TESOL in September 2011. From 2013-15, I was the Programme Director for the MSc TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language), and since 2017 I have been working in the role of Director of Internationalisation. Qualifications MA Hons in German, The University of St Andrews MSc in Applied Linguistics, The University of Edinburgh PGCE in Modern Languages, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education PhD in Applied Linguistics, Lancaster University: "The Differential Effects of Explicit and Implicit Instruction on Japanese EFL Learners' Acquisition of Epistemic Stance"