STRINGER THOMAS JAMES

Thomas Stringer has been involved with English language teaching in Japan for 16 years. He is a doctoral candidate in TESOL at the University of St Andrews, UK, a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and a full-time Instructor of English as a Foreign Language at the Language Center of Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. He is Administrative Intern at Professional Development in Education journal, co-editor of the Annual Research Report of the Language Center (ARR), and co-editor-in-chief of the St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE). Thomas is also incoming Social Media Manager for the IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG. His research interests are broadly on language learner and teacher development, focusing on autonomy, and his work has appeared in peer-reviewed international journals such as Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Educational Action Research, and Learning: Research and Practice