Dr Edit Willcox-Ficzere

PhD, MA in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, DELTA, BEd

Pathways Senior Lecturer and Subject Coordinator

Oxford Brookes Business School

e.ficzere@brookes.ac.uk

Role

My main responsibility is the management of the University English Department. I also teach language skills on pre-sessional courses and an UG module in Language Teaching.

Teaching and supervision

Modules taught

Academic Reading;
Academic Writing;
Core Language Skills;
Language Teaching:
Learning and Creativity
Language and Identity

Research

My main research interest is L2 pragmatics and the assessment of ESL learners’ pragmatic competence. My PhD research focused on assessing ESL learners’ pragmatic competence at B2-C2 levels.

Publications

Other

Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2023). How Might the Analysis of the Social Context Influence B2-C2 Level Learners’ Linguistic Choices in Oral Discourse?. Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, 13, 142–161.
Nakatsuhara, F., May, L., Inoue, C., Willcox-Ficzere, E., Westbrook, C., & Spiby, R. (2021). Exploring the Potential for Assessing Interactional and Pragmatic Competence in Semi-Direct Speaking Tests. British Council Validation Series. British Council, London, UK.
Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2018). An Investigation into How B2-C2 Level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners Display Their Pragmatic Competence in Speaking. Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture 8, 147–163.
Book review: (Edit Ficzere Willcox). Book Review: Assessing Second Language Pragmatics Language Testing Online First. Language Testing 0265532216649269, first published on June 8, 2016 as doi:10.1177/0265532216649269
Ficzere, E. (2014). Usefulness of Teaching Politeness Strategies in English Language Classrooms. Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture 4, 30–43.

Professional information

Conferences

Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2023) How might B2-C2 students’ pragmatic performance be affected by their examination of the social context? CRELLA Seminar series, University of Bedfordshire
Willcox-Ficzere, E. et.al (2020) Exploring semi-direct speaking tasks: Can we tap into pragmatic and interactional competence, New Directions Conference, online.
Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2019) An investigation into assessing the pragmatic competence of ESL learners at B2-C2 levels. EALTA conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2018) Assessing the pragmatic competence of ESL learners in speaking at B2-C2 levels. INPRA conference, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2017) Assessing the pragmatic competence of EFL learners in speaking at B2-C2 levels. EALTA conference, Paris, France.
Willcox-Ficzere, E. (2017) Assessing the pragmatic competence of EFL learners in speaking at B2-C2 levels. ALTE conference, Bologna, Italy.
Ficzere, E. (2016) Assessing EFL learners’ pragmatic competence in speaking: some pragmatic features CEFR B2 level learners display in speech. BAELc5 conference, University of Bonn, Germany.
Ficzere, E. (2015) What different task types elicit with regard to pragmatic competence. BAELc3 conference, University of Bonn, Germany.
Ficzere, E. (2014) How well do different task formats elicit L2 learners’ pragmatic competence? (Poster presentation), Language Testing Forum, University of Southampton, UK
Ficzere, E. (2014) A comparison of politeness strategies used in a letter of complaint by English, Hungarian and Thai writers. BAELc2 conference, University of Bonn, Germany.
Ficzere, E. (2013) Usefulness of Teaching Politeness Strategies in English Language Classrooms, “Language for International Communication” conference, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia