Arts & Sciences Program

Faculty & Staff

David Dalton Senior Lecturer, Communication Email: ddalton@pi.ac.ae Phone:+971 2 607 5238 Office: 4113 (Umm Shaif)

Academic Qualifications

• M.A. Applied Linguistics, Sheffield University, England, 1994
• Dip Ed, Sheffield University, England, 1994
• Dip TESOL, Sheffielld Hallam Universtiy/Trinity College, London, 1991
• Cert TESOL, Sheffielld Hallam Universtiy/Trinity College, London, 1988
• Dip YCW, Manchester University, England, 1981
• B Soc Sc, Birmingham University, England, 1978

Experience

David was born in Glasgow, Scotland and has lived and worked in England, Greece, Spain, Mexico and the UAE. His first career highlight was working for four years at the ITESM in Guadalajara, a business and technical institute which he has yet to see the comparison of. He managed the language programs for six of the universities in the Northern zone of this national system. His second career hightlight was being involved in the start-up of Zayed University in Dubai, UAE. He is married with one child and his major accomplishment outside of work is his daughter Yunuen. His interests are trying to be a good father, Tai Chi, music and reading extensively.

Research Interests

L1 interference in L2 orthography. The relationship between phonologocal factors of the mother tongue and their impact on second language pronunciation is well researched. Not so well investigated however, is how these are transferred into writen text and in what way. From his current work in communications, he is interested in exploring the idea of core concepts in learning in the context of engineering and The Petroleum Institute. He has been working with his students on the notion of ‘crossover’ concepts i.e. transferable base concepts which we find in different learning (subject) environments.