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Wendy Smeets, Writing Specialist

Liverpool Hope University
Tel. 0151 291 3935
Email: smeetsw@hope.ac.uk

 

 

My background is mainly in teaching and teacher training. I have experience teaching English for Academic Purposes and Business English in Higher Education as well as in the private sector both in the UK and overseas. Recently, I have been working with postgraduate students aiming to help them become better writers.

My research interests are the use of hybrid reading and writing tasks, the influence of epistemological beliefs, writing assessment and writing for publications.

My role at the Write Now Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is to support the work of the CETL here at Liverpool Hope University. I am involved in the development of both student and of staff writing, in the peer tutoring system, in liaising with the other CETL institutions, and in research and evaluation.

Publications

Conference papers:

  • Smeets, Wendy (2008) ‘Task representation: its impact on postgraduate students’ approach to text production- a qualitative study.’ EARLI SIG Writing Conference Lund, Sweden June 11-13, 2008
  • Smeets, Wendy (2007) ‘Appropriate source usage: How adequate task representation can help students avoid plagiarism.’ EATAW Conference Bochum, Germany Jun 30-July 2, 2007

Journal articles:

  • Smeets, Wendy & Sole, Isabel ‘How adequate task representation can help students write a successful synthesis’ Zeitschrift Schreiben September 8, 2008. Available online at www.zeitschrift-schreiben.eu/eataw.