Ph.D. Education, University of Exeter, 2013 

Research Title: The Impact of a Visual Approach Used in the Teaching of Grammar When Embedded into Writing Instruction: A Study on the Writing Development of Chinese First Year University Students in a British University in China 

MSc. Educational Research, University of Exeter, 2011 

M.A. English, Mysore University, 1997 

M.A. Journalism, Symbiosis Institute of Journalism and Communication, 1991 

PGC Teaching English for Academic Purposes, University of Nottingham, 2011

Dr. Vinita Jacob has been teaching in China for the last 16 years. She has taught EAP at the University of Nottingham Ningbo for 6 years, at WKU for 6 years, at Bryant-BIT Zhuhai for 3 years, and is now back at WKU. Along with teaching, Dr. Jacob has served in various admin capacities such as Assistant director of the School of English Studies, Research Ethics Officer and Module Convenor for Writing program for doctoral students, and the head of Department of English, Writing TESOL, and Cultural Studies. Dr. Jacob loves to travel and has participated in international conferences in many countries around the world. She is an active educator and an enthusiastic researcher.

• Teaching Writing to English language learners 

• Using Literature in the Language Classroom 

• Developing Syntactic Complexity to enhance writing 

• Analyzing teaching methodology using Legitimation Code Theory 

• Giving written feedback to students on their writing 

• Embedding explicit grammar instruction into writing instruction 

Book Chapter 

Gaikwad, Vinita (2022). “Visually Friendly Grammar Pedagogy in P. Knight & R. Smith (Eds.), EAP for the 21st Century: The UNNC Impact (pp. 247-269). Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press. 

Journal Articles (most recent) 

Jacob, Vinita (2023). “Paraphrasing Techniques Employed by Undergraduate Thesis L2 Writers: the case of a Sino-Foreign collaborative institution.” LangLit: An International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal. 10 (2): 1-17. ISSN: 2349-5189. Volume 10 Issue 2 | Langlit 

Gaikwad, Vinita (2021). “English Language Learners’ Response to Written Corrective Feedback.” International Journal of English Language, Literature, and Translation Studies (IJELR) 8 (1):64-79. KY Publications. ISSN: :2395-2628 (P):2349-9451 (E). www.ijelr.in 

Gaikwad, Vinita (2016). “ESP in China – Successes, Challenges, and Emerging Trends.” US-China Education Review A 6 (7): 433-437. David Publishing Company. http://www.davidpublisher.org/Public/uploads/Contribute/57ce1d901713b.pdf 

International Conferences (most recent) 

“Paraphrasing Techniques Employed by Undergraduate Thesis L2 Writers: the case of a Sino-foreign collaborative institution” – A paper presentation at the 7th International Conference on Research in Teaching and Education Wadham College, Oxford, UK, August 25, 2023  

“Using Semantic Waves to Teach and Assess Academic Writing Effectively” – An online paper presentation at the 1st International Conference on ESP, EAP, and AL at the University of Thessaly, Greece, September 26, 2020 

Guest Lecture. “One Stop Service with Microsoft Teams” for Human Resource Development Initiative sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, Gujarat University, India, May 29, 2020 

“Feedback as Knowledge Practice: Code clashes in teacher practice and student expectations” – A paper presented at the Third International Legitimation Code Theory Conference (LCT3) held at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, July 1–5, 2019. 

English Composition 

Business and Professional Writing 

Technical Writing