Dr Robert Stroud

Robert Stroud has a Ph.D. (English Language and Applied Linguistics) from the University of Birmingham. He also has an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (Distinction) from the University of Nottingham. His research focuses upon the combination of technology and specific teaching methodologies (such as task-based learning) to improve the communicative competence of students in language learning. He has most recently undertaken detailed classroom studies related to the effects of computer-assisted language learning and learning task design features upon student participation, engagement and communicative competence.