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Dr Dylan Glyn Williams

Dylan

Lecturer

Email: d.glynwilliams@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Room Number: Bancroft Building 1.29

Profile

Dylan is a Lecturer in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary University of London. He also serves as the research lead on the Pre-Master’s Program. He has a wealth of international experience having spent over 20 years in Asia teaching English. He began this sojourn by teaching young learners and then progressed to the Higher Education sector. In this sector he worked at various universities including working for more than 10 years as a Teaching Professor at Seoul National University.

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8995-1579

 

Teaching

At Queen Mary University of London, Dr. Dylan Glyn Williams teaches on the Master’s in ELT, Pre-Master’s programme, and offers workshops on research writing and presentation skills.

He supervises MA and PhD students and is interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of Higher Education, Language Education, EMI (English Medium Instruction), Multilingualism in Higher Education, Internationalisation in Higher Education, Social Justice in Higher Education and Language Policy in Higher Education.

 

Research

Research Interests:

Dylan is a Higher Education researcher with a special interest in multilingualism and language education. He uses critical sociological perspectives to explore the effect that the interplay between agency and structure has on language use in education. From this, his research interests straddle EMI (English-Medium Instruction), TESOL, Internationalization in Higher Education, Multilingualism in Higher Education, and Social Justice in Higher Education.

 

Publications

Thesis:

Research Contributions:

  • Williams, D.G. (2023). South Korean Higher Education English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Policy: From ‘Resentment’ to ‘Remedy'. English Today. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078423000019
  • Williams, D.G. (2023). Problematising Students’ Agency in the Internationalisation of Higher Education. Critical Studies in Education https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2023.2171451
  • Williams, D.G. (2022). Cyfeiriad Polisi Dwyieithog Addysg Uwch De Corea yn y Dyfodol: Dysgu o gyd-destun y Gymraeg [Future Direction for South Korean Higher Education Bilingual Policy: Learning from the Welsh Language Context]. Gwerddon https://www.gwerddon.cymru/en/media/main/gwerddon/rhifynnau/erthyglau/Gwerddon-34_E3.pdf
  • Williams, D.G. (2022). Trust and Translanguaging in English-Medium Instruction (EMI). ELT Journal. DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccac016
  • Williams, D.G., & Stelma, J. (2022). Epistemic Outcomes of English Medium Instruction in a South Korean Higher Education Institution. Teaching in Higher Education, Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Multilingual University. DOI:10.1080/13562517.2022.2049227
  • Williams, D.G. (2016). Understanding the Interplay between Context and Agency in a South Korean High School English Classroom. TESOL International Journal. 11(1). p. 15-32.
  • Williams, D.G. (2015). A Systematic Review of English Medium Instruction (EMI) and Implications for the South Korean Higher Education Context. ELT World Online. Special Issue on CLIL. National University of Singapore.
  • Williams, D.G. (2011). Evaluating the L1 Use of Adult Intermediate Korean English Language Learners during Collaborative Oral Tasks. Asian EFL Journal. Master's Thesis.

Scholarship Contributions:

Current Projects:

  • Williams, D.G. (2023, to appear). Languaging as Research Method in Constructivist Grounded Theory. In Constructivist Grounded Theory in Educational Research edited by E. Keane & R. Thornberg. Routledge.
  • Williams, D.G. (forthcoming in 2024). ‘Equitable’ Medium Instruction: Responding to the Reality of South Korean ‘English’ Medium Instruction Translanguaging Practices. Special Issues: ELF and Multilingualism in EMI: Working Towards Linguistic Justice in International Higher Education, Journal of English as a Lingua Franca.
  • Williams, D.G. (forthcoming in 2024). The Dynamics of Trust in English Medium Instruction: Applying Situated Linguistic Capital Theory. Monograph. Routledge Focus Series on English-medium Instruction in Higher Education.

Conference Presentations:

  • Stelma, J. & Williams, D.G. (2022). Theorising Epistemic Outcomes of English-Medium Instruction in a South Korean Multilingual University Context. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), Annual Research Conference 2022, UK, 5-9 December. Invited to contribute to the symposium: Higher Education’s Language Problem: Critical perspectives on teaching in the multilingual university
  • Williams, D.G. (2022). ‘Equitable’ Medium Instruction: Responding to the Reality of South Korean ‘English’ Medium Instruction Translanguaging Practices. The 13th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF 13), Taiwan, 18-20 November. Invited to contribute to the colloquium: ELF and translanguaging: dismantling ideologies and promoting linguistic justice
  • Williams, D.G., & Stelma, J. (2022). Understanding Epistemic Outcomes of English-Medium Instruction in a South Korean Higher Education Institution. Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) Maastricht University, Netherlands, 18-21 October
  • Williams, D.G. (2022). The Risk of ‘Epistemicide’ in a South Korean Higher Education English Medium Instruction Context, Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference and Exhibition (ALLT), Zayed University, Dubai. 3-5 March
  • Williams, D.G. (2021). South Korean University Students’ Perceptions of English-Medium Instruction Policy. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), Annual Research Conference 2021, UK, 6-10 December
  • Williams, D.G. (2021). Problematising Students’ Agency in the Internationalisation of Higher Education. British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Northumbria University, Newcastle, 9-11 September.*
  • Williams, D.G. (2021). English Proficiency as a Challenge for English-Medium Instruction in South Korean Higher Education. International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning (ILTAL), The Education University of Hong Kong, 19-20 June
  • Williams, D.G. (2021). The Role of Trust in South Korean English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Translanguaging Practices. British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP), University of Glasgow, 6-10 April
  • Williams, D.G. (2019). Situated Linguistic Capital in English Medium Instruction. Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts [LIEMC19]. York, 14-16 February
  • Williams, D.G. (2019). Exploring the Feasibility of a Parallel Language Use (PLU) Approach for South Korean Higher Education. (Poster presentation). Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE), CastelloĢ, Spain. 15-18 October
  • Williams, D.G. (2018). The Language(s) of English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Classes in South Korean Higher Education. Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts International Conference [LIEMC18]. Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland. 1-3 February
  • Williams, D.G. (2017). Trust in English-Medium Instruction. Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. 17-21 November
  • Williams, D.G. (2017). The Pedagogic Reality of English-Medium Classes in the EFL Higher-Education Context. International Conference on Educational Research [ICER]. Seoul National University, South Korea. 18-20 October
  • Williams, D.G. (2017). Understanding the Preparedness of South Korean High School Students for English-Medium Instruction (EMI) in Higher Education. The Applied Linguistics Association of Korea [ALAK]. Seoul, South Korea. 9 September
  • Williams, D.G. (2017). Understanding the Challenges of Making English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Classes Interactive in South Korean Higher Education. The Korea Association of Teachers of English [KATE]. Seoul, South Korea. 30 June – 1 July
  • Williams, D.G. (2015). Understanding the Interplay between Context and Agency in a South Korean High School English Classroom. KOTESOL International Conference, Seoul, South Korea. 10-11 October

Funded Invited Speaker Contributions:

  • Williams, D.G. (2019). An Ecological Perspective for Parallel Language Use in the Welsh Language. Rhaglen Seminar Ymchwil / Research Seminar Programme 2019, Ysgol Addysg a Datblygiad Dynol / School of Education and Human Development, Bangor University, North Wales, U.K. February
  • Williams, D.G. (2018). Oct. The Role of the Korean Language in the English-Medium Classroom. The 20th SNU Korean Language Education Research Institute International Conference: Identity, Literacy and Education in Multilingual Context, Seoul National University, Korea. October

Editorial Work:

Peer Reviewer for Academic Journals

  • Journal of Language and Education
  • Teaching in Higher Education, Special Issue

Peer Reviewer for Book Proposals

  • Routledge Focus Series: English-medium Instruction in Higher Education
  • Palgrave Macmillan: Promises and Realities of Internationalization of Higher Education in South Korea: Language Ideologies, English-Medium-Instruction, and Emergent Translanguaging Practices

Peer Reviewer for Conference Abstracts

  • 2022 Research into Higher Education (SRHE) International Research Conference
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