John Shaun No­lan

Presentation and academic fields
PhD in sociolinguistics with an interest in sociolinguistics in education contexts, language policy, especially language education policy, language attitudes and identity.

Professional and/or academic experience
Primary research areas:
Language attitudes, planning and policy; language and identity; language education policy; the impact of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) in teacher education.

Pedagogical experience/method skills/supervision
I have over two decades of content teaching experience in topics related to sociolinguistics in both French and English (and occasionally in Danish). I have also specialised in teaching both French and English as language subjects at high school and university levels.

I supervise in the general field of sociolinguistics at BA, MA and at PhD levels.

I have in excess of 12 years supervision experience and have specific training in thesis supervision.

Other teaching activities
MA in French, University of Copenhagen

• French in the world from a sociolinguistic and glottopolitical perspective, MA in French
• French Language and Language Awareness Today, MA in French
• Interpersonal Discourse - French, MA in Intercultural Market Studies CBS/Uni. of Copenhagen
• Language and Cultural Diversity - French, MA in Intercultural Market Studies CBS/Uni. of Copenhagen
• Translation Danish-French, Open University BA in French (3rd year)
• Translation Danish-French, Open University MA in French
• Written Proficiency in French, Open University BA in French (3rd year)
• Written Proficiency in French, Open University MA in French
• Academic supervisor in MA student internship reports-French
• MA thesis supervision
• French - Language and Language Production in a Contrastive Perspective. MA in French