Kent Patterson English Instructor kent@sustech.edu.cn?
Staff Bio
Kent Patterson holds an M.Ed. in TESOL from Temple University and a B.F.A in Photography from the University of Utah. Kent has been teaching English as a foreign language for over 15 years and has taught at universities in the Czech Republic, Japan, and Turkey. His research interests are in the Arts in Education: cognition, creativity and the transferability of skills.
Education
06/2003 – 01/2007?Master of Education,?Temple University Japan, Japan Campus (USA University).
09/1989 – 06/1998?Bachelor of Fine Arts,?University of Utah, USA.
Work Experience
08/2017 – present, English Lecturer, Center for Language Education, SUSTech, Shenzhen, China.
04/2013 – 08/2017?Assistant Professor,?Kansai Gaidai University, Japan.
09/2009 – 06/2012?Instructor,?University of Economics Prague,?Czech Republic.
09/2008 – 08/2009?Instructor,?Koc University,?Turkey.
04/2006?– 03/2008 English Teacher,?Konan Women’s University,?Japan.
04/2007 – 03/2008?Instructor (Adjunct),?Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.
Presentations and Publications
“Increasing Students’ Motivation Through Smartphone Presentation Apps” ? TESOL Arabia International Conference, Dubai, 2017
“The Brain, the Arts, and Writing” ? ?TESOL Arabia International Conference, Dubai, 2016
“An Introduction to Reduced Forms: A Communicative/Consciousness-Raising Approach Using?Friends,”?Studies in Applied Linguistics, Temple University Japan, 2006.
“Discussing the Past and Future: Two Tasks Aimed at Getting your Students to Use What They Know,”?Studies in Applied Linguistics, Temple University Japan, 2005.
“Teaching Vocabulary: Ways to Make an Existing Course Better,”?Studies in Applied Linguistics, Temple University Japan, 2004.