I enjoy collaborating with MA and PhD students and staff in order to help develop research projects. My specific areas of interest include:

• The role of technology in learning and teaching
• Learner autonomy
• Self-access
• Task-based language teaching
• Language processing (attention and noticing)
• Mobile learning

I currently have five PhD students (one in Malaysia at Universiti Putra Malaysia, one in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury, one in Korea recently graduated from Korea University (who has recently been accepted into the Second Language Studies Department at the University of Hawai’i with a full scholarship - congratulations!), one from Japan currently working on his proposal, and one from Gazi University in Turkey) who are investigating topics such as the (mis)match between teachers’ perceptions of learner’s difficulties and learners’ perceptions of their own difficulties, input enhancement, the role of computer games in EFL, teacher autonomy, and out-of-class learning. I sometimes take on new students, depending on my workload, the degree of overlap between the student’s research and my own, and the level of the student’s previous work. I supervise by using Skype, Google Docs and by meeting (sometimes) in Second Life. I have limited time and can only take on students who meet a number of requirements, and whose research interests overlap with my own. Feel free to contact me for more information.

Here is a reference from a former student, Junaiday Bte Januin, from Malaysia:

I found working with Hayo not only enjoyable but also very fruitful and academically stimulating. As an advocate of ‘Learner Autonomy’, he really puts what he’s been writing into practice; he has coached me to be an autonomous learner myself to realise the fruits of learner autonomy. Hayo has always been generous with his knowledge and expertise; he has meticulously guided and facilitated me in preparing a sound PhD proposal. In brief, working with Hayo is an invaluable experience.

And here another one from a Thai student, Sorada, studying in New Zealand:

Thank you again for everything you have done for my proposal. Although we have talked to each other only for about 3 months, I feel that it is almost 3 years since I have learned a lot from you. Thank you for being supportive and always available when needed.

In addition to the areas above, I am able to supervise in the following areas:

• Psycholinguistics
• Task-based language teaching
• Language policy
• Language and development
• Computer-mediated communication

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” - Dorothy Parker.