A Senior Lecturer with extensive international teaching experience in countries including Malaysia, Nigeria, and Algeria. Their research focuses on second language academic skills, particularly writing and listening, with a strong interest in IELTS/TOEFL testing, corpus linguistics, and the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in writing pedagogy. They have led funded research projects investigating language teaching methodologies in cross-cultural contexts, such as comparing IELTS preparation courses in the UK and India. Their work bridges theoretical applied linguistics with practical language teaching and assessment.