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Freek Olaf de Groot

Assistant Professor

Overview

I am an assistant professor in Applied Linguistics and TESOL with a specific interest in multimodal communication, digital literacy development and teacher training  at the intersection of language, literacy and technology. I have over fifteen years of international experience working in higher education in  various capacities including teaching, teacher education, research and educational management. I have worked in various countries in Asia, Europe and now also the Middle East. This experience has allowed me to adopt a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning in a 21st century context.

Education

  • - PhD Applied Linguistics University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom 2017
  • - MA Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition - University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands 2006
  • - BA English Language and Culture - University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands 2005

Publications

de Groot, F. O. (2021). A multimodal analysis of digitally mediated service encounters using ‘super-sticky’ applications: Implications from the micro to the macro, Multimodal Communication, 10(1), pp 5-18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/mc-2020-0013
de Groot, F.O. (2021) Dariush Izadi, The spatial and temporal dimensions of interactions: A case study of an ethnic grocery shop. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. xv, 261. Pb. £55
de Groot, F.O. (2019). Language choice as a technology of talk: A case study of Thai teacher trainees. Manusya, 21(3), 321-334.
de Groot, F.O. (2019). Katie Drager, Experimental research methods in sociolinguistics. London: Bloomsbury, 2016. Pp. x, 199. Pb. 25. Language in Society, 48(3), 471-472.
de Groot, F. O. (2018). Using wearable technology to collectmultimodal data in the study of learners’ digital literacy practices. In D.A. Kwary, T. Petru and N.W. Sartini Eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Phenomena in Multimodal Communication (KLUA 2018). Atlantis Press.
de Groot, F. O. (2017). Tracing the potential of out-of-class digitally mediated languagelearning practice back to the classroom: A nexus of practice perspective. In M. Carrier, R. M. Damerow, and K. M. Bailey (Eds.), Digital language learning and teaching. New York, NY: Routledge.
de Groot, F.O. (2012). Intra-individual learner variation in L2 writing from a dynamic systems theory perspective.FLLT Journal, 1(1), 46- 66.
de Groot, F.O.(2011). Variation in Writing from a Dynamic Systems Perspective. Paper presented at the 2nd FLLT conference Thammasat University Bangkok, Thailand 11-12 March 2011.
Phairee, Sanitchon, Suphananghthong, Graham, Prompruang, de Groot and Hopkins (2008). Teaching Issues: The Teaching Practicum in Thailand: Three Perspectives. TESOL Quarterly, 42, 4, 655-659.

Professional Qualification

  • - 2011 iPADs in Learning and Teaching. Nanyang University Singapore
  • - 2007 TESOL Certificate, TEFL International, Thailand

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