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Dr Assia Rolls

PhD (Lancaster), MPhil (Columbia), BA (Algiers)

Principal Lecturer & Head of Learning Teaching and Pedagogic Research
Associate Director of Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies
Faculty of Business and Management

Tel +44 (0)20 7487 7458
Fax +44 (0)20 7487 7465
Email rollsa@regents.ac.uk

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

Current teaching: Business in its Linguistic and Cultural Environment

Current research and consultancy interests: Internationalisation of higher education, transnational higher education, adult second language acquisition

Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS:

SLIMANI-ROLLS, A. (2009) ‘Complexity and Idiosyncracy of Classroom Life’. In Yoshida et al (eds.) Researching Language Teaching and Learning. An Integration of Practice and Theory. Peter Langs. Oxford, pp 55-73.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia (2011) 'Understanding as a prerequisite to intelligent decision-making'. Contribution to a workshop and a symposium in the 16th AILA World Congress. Harmony in Diversity: language, culture and society. Aug 23-28, Beijing Foreign Studies University. China.

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia (2011) ‘Collaborative practitioner research as a form of mutual development’. 7^th International Conference on language Teacher Education. ‘Expanding Our Horizons’. 19-21 May. University of Minnesota .Radisson University Hotel. Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA.

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia (2010) 'Taking action to understand'. 3rd International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Research in Action, Research for Action, 26-27 November. Universidad Nova De Lisboa, Portugal.

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia(2010) 'Developing a better understanding of classroom practices through elucidation of teaching puzzles'. HEA Annual Conference. Shaping up the Future. 22-23 June. Havilland Campus. University of Hertfordshire. UK.

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia (2010) ‘Bringing theory in line with practice in the classroom ’. The Canada International Conference on Education (CICE), 25-28 May. Toronto, Canada.

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia, Asif Ali KHAN, Eric CHAN (2009). ‘International Perspectives at Regent’s College’. HEA/BMAF National Workshop. 11 March, Regent’s College.

SLIMANI-ROLLS, Assia (2007) Keynote speaker. "Sustainability of Research in the Classroom". Presented at the International Conference on English Language Education: Understanding the Language Classroom and New Directions for Language Teaching Research. 15-17 March. Oxford University, St Catherine College and Kobe Institute. Japan.

Biography

Dr Assia Slimani-Rolls has studied in Algiers University (B.A), Teachers’ College in Columbia University, USA (M.ED) and Lancaster University, UK (Ph.D).

Assia has, for many years, researched the relationship between language learning and teaching and what learners get out of the classroom. Her interest in traditional academic classroom-centred research has more recently shifted towards teacher and learner development via the notion of ‘Exploratory Practice’, a form of practitioner research involving teachers and learners working together to foster a better understanding of their learning and teaching environment. Her recent work on teachers’ systematic analysis of their teaching aims to extend understanding of teacher learning, particularly in the area of engagement with student perspectives on learning. She has widely written and reported on her work in national and international fora.

Her research interests lie in second language acquisition, teacher education and teacher development in higher education. Working in the multicultural environment of Regent’s College, she has also developed an interest in intercultural communication, internationalisation of the curriculum and transnational studies. She is the Associate Director of the newly established Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies based at Regent’s College and editor of the journal Border Crossing, a transnational working papers series in higher education. Assia has been external examiner and adviser at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various UK universities amongst them Goldsmith College, The Open University, Liverpool University and Bristol University

She is currently responsible for co-ordinating the learning and teaching agenda across the Faculty of Business and Management in Regent’s College and facilitating staff development and enhancement.