- Associate Professor
University of Calgary
Gregory Tweedie
- +1 (403) 220-7514
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
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NEW: participants wanted for language test correlation research
WANTED: Research participants who have recently taken one or more of the following language tests: C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, Duolingo, IELTS, OET, PTE, TOEFL, and TOEIC. We are looking particularly for test-takers from the following countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.
We are surveying test-takers in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia regions on a wide variety of perspectives with respect to online testing experiences including perceptions of test security, validity, fairness, comparability, equity and access. The research team invites participation from test-takers across these regions; however, participants from Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates, currently underrepresented in the data, are particularly sought. If you have taken one or more of these tests (C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, Duolingo, IELTS, OET, PTE, TOEFL, or TOEIC ), please visit our research website at https://language-test-research.werklund.ucalgary.ca/ to participate in the study, or contact gregory.tweedie@ucalgary.ca for more information.
To thank you for your participation in our research study, we are conducting a prize draw, offering free test preparation materials, and a grand prize of a free language test of your choice.
Profile
Dr. Gregory Tweedie holds a PhD in Education (Applied Linguistics focus) from the University of Southern Queensland. His teaching and research draw heavily upon his experiences as a language teacher and language teacher trainer in East, Southeast and Central Asia, the Middle East, Canada, and his native Australia.
Research & Scholarly Activity
Dr. Gregory Tweedie’s research program, in the field of applied linguistics, focuses on the phenomena of the English language as communicative vehicle in international professional contexts, for people from differing first language (L1) backgrounds.
Current Projects
Variability in measures of English Language Proficiency: test-taker perceptions of environmental influences and cross-assessment test correlation
Tri-Council SSHRC Partnership Engage grant: Improving language assessment for internationally educated nurses in Canada: a concurrent validity study of two proficiency tests
Accelerating Language Acquisition for ELL Jr. High Students – Alberta Education Research Partnerships Program
EFL (mis)communication in the Nursing Simulation Lab – Research Across Borders
When Families Reconnect – Alberta Education Research Partnerships Program
Education
PhD
University of Southern Queensland
Professional & Community Affiliations
Dr. Gregory Tweedie holds a secondary school teaching qualification from the Queensland College of Teachers.
Selected publications
Sabbaghan, S., Peglar, M. & Tweedie, M. G. (2019). The multimodal effects of voice-based asynchronous technology-mediated communication on academic communication skills. TESL Canada Journal, 36(3), 82-109. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v36i3.1322
Tweedie, M. G. & Johnson, R. C. (2019). Research directions in medical English as a lingua franca (MELF). Language and Linguistics Compass 13(3), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12312
Tweedie, M.G. & Chu, M-W. (2019). Challenging equivalency in measures of English language proficiency for university admission: data from an undergraduate engineering program. Studies in Higher Education, 44(4), 683-695. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1395008
Amery, E., Tweedie, M. G. & Johnson, R. C. (2019). Teaching and learning guide for: Research directions in Medical English as a Lingua Franca (MELF). Language and Linguistics Compass, 13(3), e12312. https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12348
Tweedie, M. G. & Johnson, R. (2018). Listening instruction: Exploring nursing education where English is a lingua franca. In J. Siegel, & A. Burns (Eds.), International perspectives on teaching the four skills in ELT (pp. 65-77). London: Palgrave. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-63444-9_5
Tweedie, M. G. & Johnson, R. (2018) Listening instruction and patient safety: Exploring medical English as a lingua franca (MELF) for nursing education. Journal of Belonging, Identity, Language, and Diversity, 2(1),1-27.
http://bild-lida.ca/journal/volume_2_1_2018/tweedie_johnson/
Tweedie, M. G. & Dressler, R. (2018). Visual aids as response facilitators in dialogue journals. Language & Literacy, 20(2), 125-143.
https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/issue/view/1943
Boz, U., Barrantes, L., & Tweedie, M.G. (2018). Second language socialization in higher education: An exploratory case study. Journal of Educational Thought, 51(3), 361-383. https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v51i3.68274
Tweedie, M.G., Belanger, C., Rezazadeh, K., & Vogel, K. (2017) Trauma-informed teaching practice and refugee children: A hopeful reflection on welcoming our new neighbours to Canadian schools. BC TEAL Journal, 2(1), 36-45. http://ejournals.ok.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/268
Dressler, R. & Tweedie, M.G. (2016). “Today I wrote my mind”: Dialogue journals in short-term study abroad. TESOL Journal, 7(4), 939-967. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.254
Johnson, R. and Tweedie, M.G. (2010). Could phonemic awareness instruction be (part of) the answer for young ELF learners? A report on the early literacy project in Malaysia. TESOL Quarterly, 44(4), 822-829. doi: 10.5054/tq.2010.238131.
Media Work
Tweedie, M.G. & Johnson, R.C. (2018, June). Listening for patient safety: How English language use among nurses in Qatar can influence health care quality [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://werklundresearch.ucalgaryblogs.ca/listening-patient-safety/
Sabbaghan, S., Peglar, M. & Tweedie, M. G. (2018, May). Vlogging in EAP [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://werklundresearch.ucalgaryblogs.ca/vlogging-in-eap/
Tweedie, M.G. & Kim, M. (2017, May). International students’ perceptions of curriculum and social integration [Blog post]. Retrieved from werklundresearch.ucalgaryblogs.ca/international-acculturation
Additional Research Interests
Awards
- Teaching in Online Environments - Taylor Insitute of Teaching and Learning
- SSHRC Partnership Engage - Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada
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