English Language Teaching in Pakistan

Christine Coombe has a Ph.D. in Foreign/Second Language Education from The Ohio State University. She is currently Associate Professor of General Studies at Dubai Men's College, Former Testing and Measurements Supervisor at UAE University, and Assessment Coordinator at Zayed University. She is Co-author of A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners (2007, University of Michigan Press) and Co-editor of Assessment Practices (2003, TESOL Publications); Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in EF/SL Contexts (2007, UMP); Language Teacher Research in the Middle East (2007, TESOL Publications); Leadership in English Language Teaching and Learning (2008, UMP); Applications of Task-based Learning in TESOL (2010, TESOL Publications); The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment (2012, Cambridge University Press); Reigniting, Retooling and Retiring in English Language Teaching (2012, University of Michigan Press); The Cambridge Guide to Research in Language Teaching and Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2015); and Volume 8 of the TESOL Encyclopedia of ELT (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018). Her forthcoming books are on innovation in the MENA, international perspectives on language teaching associations and professionalism in education.