Anastasiya Bezborodova

I joined the University of Westminster (LAS, School of Humanities) in 2019 to work on my PhD. In the final year of my studies, I started working as a PTVL in the MA TESOL department and CETI. I currently teach Academic English for Postgraduate Study, Materials Development, and Language and Learning: Description and Analysis modules for postgraduate students. I also teach Academic English for Disciplinary Study for first-year undergraduates.

I hold a BA degree in English Language Teaching (2010) and an MA in Linguistics (2015) from the Uzbek State World Language University in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and an MA in TESOL (2014) from the Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, USA). I also obtained a University of Westminster-accredited PGCert (2016) from the Westminster International University in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), where I worked as a lecturer and teacher trainer for over five years prior to moving to London to do my PhD in Linguistics (University of Westminster, 2023).  

My research interests primarily focus on the areas of English Medium Education and English Medium of Instruction in Central Asia, sociolinguistics, and teaching. 

I have undertaken primary research on English-medium Education in Central Asia.

 My publications include:

 ·       Tolerance and Control. Developing a language policy for an EMI university in Uzbekistan (2020, with Andrew Linn and Saida Radjabzade)

·       English in higher education in the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (2021, with Saida Radjabzade)

·      Current practice in English-medium education in higher education: Case studies from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Nepal (2021, with Andrew Linn, Prithvi Shrestha, and Kristina Hultgren)

·       British Council (Uzbekistan) English Medium Instruction Project Impact Evaluation (2022, with Andrew Linn)

For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.