Prof. Dr Carol Griffiths has been a teacher, manager, and teacher trainer of
ELT for many years. She has taught in many places around the world, including
New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea, Turkey, and UK. She is
currently working as a professor for Girne American University in North Cyprus, as
a research fellow for the University of Leeds (UK), and also as research professor
at Auckland Institute of Studies in New Zealand. She has presented at numerous
conferences and published widely, including her books Lessons from Good
Language Learners, The Keys to Highly Effective English Learning, Developing
Teacher Autonomy through Action Research, The Strategy Factor in Successful
Language Learning, Lessons from Good Language Teachers and Individual
Differences in Successful Language Learning. Language learning strategies,
individual differences, teacher educationand support, English as a medium of
instruction, English as a lingua franca, action research, and using literature to teach
language are her major areas of research interest.
Specifically in the area of EMI, her teaching experience has always been in
English, so she is well aware of the problems faced by non-native English speaking
students. In addition, she had an article published in ELT Journal on the subject
with co-author Adem Soruc:
1. Soruç, A. & Griffiths, C. (2018). English as a medium of instruction: students’
strategies. ELTJ, 72/1, 38-48. (SSCI).