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Education

Doctorate in Literature, Language and Philosophy (Department of Germanic Philology, English Linguistics Section), University of Antwerp, UIA, Belgium, 2 May 1990 [Title of the doctoral dissertation: Imperative Subtypes in Conversational British English: An Empirical Investigation, Supervisor: Louis Goossens; External Examiner: Flor Aarts, University of Nijmegen]

Master of Arts in Linguistics (Majors: Sociolinguistics and English Linguistics), University of Reading, Berkshire, UK, 2 July 1983 [Title of the MA dissertation: Imperative Structures: Form and Function in Conversational English, Supervisor: David Crystal]

Licentiate in Germanic Philology (Dutch and English, Major: Linguistics), University of Antwerp, UIA, Belgium, 22 September 1981 [Title of dissertation: The Expanded Form: A Dynamic Synchronic Approach, Supervisor: Louis Goossens]

Candidate in Germanic Philology (Dutch and English), University of Antwerp, UFSIA, Belgium, 6 July 1979

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Teacher Training

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Certificate in Teaching English for Business, Lydbury English Centre, Lydbury North, UK (LCCI Examination Centre: Business Language Center, Vienna), August 1997 [Title of the 3,000-word assignment: Designing Lexical Exercises and Discussion Activities on the Theme of Public Finance for Advanced Students of Economics]

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Academic Teaching and Research Experience

Lessius Hogeschool, departement Handelswetenschappen [Lessius Institute of Higher Education, Department of Economics and Business Administration], Antwerp, Belgium

Senior Lecturer in English for Business and Economics, 2003 to this day

Lecturer in English for Business and Economics, 2000-2003

Partner in an International Business Writing teaching project in collaboration with IUPUI, Indianapolis, USA [K. Davis] and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany [A. Walton], 2000-2004

University of Ghent, Department of English, Ghent, Belgium

Guest lecturer (English Linguistics I), second semester 2007

Guest lecturer (Pragmatics of Spoken English and Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice), January-April 2004

Handelshogeschool Antwerpen [Antwerp Business School], Belgium

Lecturer in English for Business, 1990-2000

Co-founder of and partner in an International Business Writing teaching and research project in collaboration with IUPUI, Indianapolis, USA [K. Davis, U. Connor and J. Freeman], Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland [M. Phillips], and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany [A. Walton], 1994 -1999

Researcher with CEVO, Centrum voor Economische Vorming en Onderzoek [Centre for Economic Training and Research], 1987-1996

Teaching assistant of Business English, 1987-1990

Business English tutor, 1987-1992

Co-founder of and partner in the Antwerp-Indianapolis Project (AIP), a teaching and research project on cross-cultural job applications, in collaboration with IUPUI, Indianapolis, USA [K. Davis], 1989-1994

Katholieke Vlaamse Volkshogeschool [Catholic Flemish Community College], Antwerp, Belgium

Part-time teacher of Conversational English, an advanced course of English for adult students, 1985-1987

University of Antwerp, UIA, Germanic Philology Department, Belgium

Research assistant of the National Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium (NFWO/FNRS), 1983-1987 — including a six-month study period in Binghamton, NY, USA.

Teaching assistant of Advanced English Practice, General Linguistics: Semantics and Pragmatics, and Imperatives and Requests for Action, University of Antwerp, UIA, Germanic Philology Department, 1983-1987

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Training Seminars for the PHARE Partnership and Institution Building Programme of the European Union

Train the Trainer (three-day seminar), Zachodniopomorska SzkoŁa Businessu w Szczecinie [West Pomeranian Business School of Szczecin], Poland, 25-27 January 1996.

Introduction to Business English (four-day seminar), Zachodniopomorska SzkoŁa Businessu w Szczecinie [West Pomeranian Business School of Szczecin], Poland, 1-4 February 1995.

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Other Professional Experience

Member of the Advisory Board of the internationally refereed journal BELL: Belgian Journal of English Language and Literatures, 2003 to this day

Linguistic collaborator of the International Institute for Advanced Health Studies, Antwerp, Belgium, 1990-2000

Free-lance translator, corrector, business English trainer and language training consultant for dhaxley/CALL&T, Grobbendonk/Antwerp, Belgium, 1989-2000

Free-lance translator and co-scriptwriter for the animated cartoon studio Stupid Studio, Brussels, Belgium, 1983-1999

Associate of KOMEI, Inc., a global communication consultancy, Indianapolis, USA, 1994-1998

Contributor to Het Bericht: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Lingua-Cursisten in Duitsland [The News: Dutch-Language Magazine for Lingua Students in Germany], 1992-1993

Part-time co-editor of Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Nederlands-Engels (bilingual dictionary), 1985-1986

Free-lance translator for the therapeutic community De Sleutel, Ghent, Belgium and Language Service, Antwerp, Belgium, 1983-1988

Part-time lexicographer for Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels-Nederlands (bilingual dictionary), 1981-1982

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Professional Societies

Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (since 1990)

European Society for the Study of English (since 1991)

Association for Business Communication (since 1994)

Business English Special Interest Group [International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language] (since 1996)

International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (since 1996)

International Pragmatics Association (1986-1997)

Linguistics Association of Great Britain (1983-1992)

Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis [Royal Southern Dutch Society for the Study of Language, Literature and History] (1989-1992)

VVLE: Flemish Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (1990-1992)

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Research

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Grants and Fellowships

National Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium (NFWO/FNRS), doctoral research grant, 1983-1987

British Council scholarship, 1982-1983

ITT International Fellowship for postgraduate study in the USA, Fall 1982

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Professional Service

Teacher Training & Development Seminar, Didactische werkgroep Engels DiNAC, Limburgse Universitaire Campus, Diepenbeek, Belgium, 18 February 2006. Title: "Increasing Learners’ Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge: Tips and Techniques". [by invitation]

De Rycker, T. (2003): "A Handbook of Commercial and Economic Terms / English-Dutch by R. Lister and L. van der Deijl (2000)". [Book Review] English Teaching 14:24-25.

Teacher Training & Development Seminar, Didactische werkgroep Engels DiNAC, Limburgse Universitaire Campus, Diepenbeek, Belgium, 23 November 2002. Title: "Grammar Teaching and the Lexical Approach". [by invitation]

Language Day [Taaldag], Centrum voor Didactiek, University of Antwerp, UFSIA, Belgium, 26 January 2002. Title: “Beyond Gap-Fills and Transformations: A Critical Appraisal of the Lexical Approach to Grammar Teaching”. [by invitation]  

Language Day [Taaldag], Centrum voor Didactiek, University of Antwerp, UFSIA, Belgium, 27 January 2001. Title: "The Lexical Approach: Key Principles and Basic Exercise Types". [by invitation]

Fourth Flemish Week of Science [Vierde Vlaamse Wetenschapsweek], Department of Economics and Business Administration, Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp, Belgium, 24 October 2000. Title: "Meetkundige Figuren en Lichamen: Over Cirkelzagen, Dennenappels en Kubisme" [Geometric Figures and Solids: On Circular Saws, Fir Cones and Cubism].

Teacher Training & Development Seminar, Didactische werkgroep Engels DiNAC, Limburgse Universitaire Campus, Diepenbeek, Belgium, 18 March 2000. Title: "The Lexical Approach: An Experience". [by invitation]

1999-2000 Teacher Training & Development Programme, Centrum voor Didactiek, University of Antwerp, UFSIA, Belgium, 2 October 1999. Title: "The Lexical Approach: An Introduction".

Davis, K., T. De Rycker and J. P. Verckens (1997): "The Case of the Belgian French Fries: Four Paradigms of International Communication". Global Workforce (October Issue)

Davis, K., T. De Rycker and J. P. Verckens (1996a): "Handel drijven met Maleisië" [Doing Business with Malaysia]. The World Trade Center Chronicles 54:30-31.

Davis, K., T. De Rycker and J. P. Verckens (1996b): "Becoming a Global Communicator". Global Connection 3:8.7-8.

De Rycker, T. (1995a): "Requests in Professional Discourse by H. Yli-Jokipii (1994)". [Book Notice] Pragmatics 5:1.62-63.

De Rycker, T. (1995b): "Global and Multinational Advertising by B. G. Englis (Ed.) (1994)". [Book Notice] Pragmatics 5:2.287.

De Rycker, T. and J. P. Verckens (1995): "International Business Writing: Samenwerking met Finland en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika" [International Business Writing: Collaboration with Finland and the United States of America]. In: Jaarboek Groep Handelshogeschool 1995/Elfde Leerstoel A. Van Melkebeke. Antwerp: Handelshogeschool Antwerpen, 92-96.

Davis, K., T. De Rycker and J. P. Verckens (1995a): "Paradigms of International Communication". Global Connection 3:2.10-11.

Davis, K., T. De Rycker and J. P. Verckens (1995b): "Paradigma’s voor Internationale Communicatie" [Paradigms of International Communication]. The World Trade Center Chronicles 53:31-33.

De Rycker, T. (1994a): "Varieties of Questions in English Conversation by E. G. Weber (1993)". [Book Notice] Pragmatics 4:3.437-438.

De Rycker, T. (1994b): "Writing: Process, Product and Power by K. Davis and K. B. Lovejoy (1993)". [Book Notice] Pragmatics 4:3.436-437.

De Rycker, T. (1994c): "English Linguistic Stylistics by J. Esser (1993)". [Book Notice] Pragmatics 4:2.270.

1993-1994 Antwerp Business School Senior Citizens Programme, Antwerp, Belgium, 2 December 1993. Title: "Geen Syntaxis, maar Praxis: Gespreksanalyse en de Studie van Taal in haar Socioculturele Context" [No Syntax, but Praxis: Conversation Analysis and the Study of Language in its Socio-Cultural Context]. [by invitation]

External examiner: Burzynska, Ewa (1993): Stress Management for Managers: A Translation from the Original Dutch". Antwerpen: Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken [Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Windross].

External examiner (1991 to this day): English Language Skills & Presentation Techniques, Grade 12 Students, Sint-Lodewijk High School, Antwerp, Belgium.

Wonen in Taal (adult education course in the philosophy of language), Katholieke Vlaamse Volkshogeschool [Catholic Flemish Community College], Antwerp, Belgium, 12 March 1991. Title: "De Boom die Terugklimt: De Conversatie-Analytische Beschrijving van Gesprekken" [The Tree that Climbs Back: The Conversation-Analytical Description of Conversational Interaction]. [by invitation]

De Rycker, T. (1990): "Imperative Subtypes in Conversational British English: An Empirical Investigation". In: W. Mariën and I. Goedgezelschap (Eds.), Gedenkboek Zesde Leerstoel A. Van Melkebeke. Antwerp: Handelshogeschool Antwerpen, 80-90.

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Institutional and Departmental Service

Lessius Hogeschool, departement Handelswetenschappen [Lessius Institute of Higher Education, Department of Economics and Business Administration], Antwerp, Belgium

Self-Evaluation Report Committee (editing board), 2007 to this day

Teaching Staff Member of the Departmental Council, 2007 to this day

"English for Business" Section, co-ordinator, 2002 to this day

"Academic English Language Service" (AELS), together with Dirk Vanmassenhove, 2006 to this day

Member of the Section Co-Ordinators' Working Committee, 2004-2005

"Language and Communication" Section (TNC@HW), co-ordinator, 2004-2005

Library Advisory Committee, 2002-2006

Curriculum Reform Committee (Bachelor/Master), 2002-2005

Self-Evaluation Report Committee, 2002-2003

Report on Foreign Language Instructors' Research Potential, 2002

Interdepartmental Quality Assurance Committee, 2002

Student Workload Measurement Committee, 2001

Writing, translating, editing, layouting, proofreading, etc. for various institutional and departmental offices, colleagues, students, alumni and alumnae, 2000 to this day

Student Contract (Degree Programme Organisation & Examination Rules and Regulations) Committee, 2000-2001

Mission Statement Committee, 2000-2001

Academic, Administrative & Technical Staff Negotiating Committee, departmental representative, 2000-2001

Handelshogeschool Antwerpen [Antwerp Business School], Belgium

"English for Business" Section, co-coordinator, 1992-2000

Self-Appraisal Report: Core Business Processes Team, 1999-2000 — including a two-day EFQM seminar (with Deloitte & Touche), 20-21 December 1999

Mission Statement Committee, 1999-2000

Mission Statement (Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary), 1999

Student Contract (Degree Programme Organisation & Examination Rules and Regulations) Committee, secretary and editor, 1995-2000

Course and Instructor Appraisal Committee, 1996-1997

Quality Assurance Coordinator, 1995-1996

Academic Council Electoral Committee, 1995-1996

Antwerp Business School Organizing Committee (ABSOC), Advisory Board, 1995-1996

Writing, translating, editing, layouting, proofreading, etc. for various institutional offices, colleagues, students, and alumni and alumnae, 1987-2000

SIBA Higher Education Fair, 1990-1992

Student Registration Office, 1987-1990

Germanic Philology Department, University of Antwerp, UIA, Belgium

"Linguistics" Section, secretary, 1984-1987

Library Contact Committee, bibliographer for Linguistics, 1984-1987

Departmental Council, 1984-1987

University of Reading

Staff/Student Committee, MA representative, 1982-1983

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Continuous Professional Development

14 June 2005
Perception [Fréderic Cordier]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

15 March 2005
Teaching and Researching Writing (by Ken Hyland) [Kris Buyse and J. Piet Verckens]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

11 March 2005 [8 hrs]
Phrase-Learning: Effective and Feasible? [various speakers]. Erasmus Hogeschool, Brussels.

8 March 2005 [2 hrs]
Two workshops: Lexical Approach Exercises & Getting Students to Write [Seth Lindstromberg]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.
 

1 December 2004 [8 hrs]
De-Mystifying the English Language Portfolio [various speakers]. British Council, Brussels.

26 October 2004 [2 hrs]
British Dialects and Accents [Russell Clark, Keele University, UK]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

18 November 2004 (2.5hrs)
Toledo [Fréderic Cordier]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

23 September 2004 (1.5hrs)
Toledo [Mia De Wilde]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

4 June 2004 (6hrs)
Stock Exchange Terminology [TeamWork]. Beursclub, Amsterdam.

17 May 2004 (3hrs)
Bel-First [Bureau Van Dijk].
Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

10 May 2004
Electronic Databases [Guy Hanegreefs]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

10 February 2004 (2hrs)
Assessment [Paul Pauwels]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

22 October 2003 (1hr)
Blackboard: Discussion Board [Koen Fierens]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

13 November 2002 (3hrs)
Looking at Text through Lexical Eyes [Michael Lewis]. Centrum voor Beroepsvervolmaking Leraren, University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk.

23 May 2002 (2hrs)
Blackboard [Mia De Wilde]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

7 November 2001 (3hrs)
Conversation and Voice [Peter Maingay]. Centrum voor Beroepsvervolmaking Leraren, University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk.

29 May 2001 (6hrs)
E-Learning Symposium [papers by Frieda Steurs, Nico Poppes, Hans Bril, Pieter de Vries, Hugo Schouppe, and Koen Fierens]. Lessius Hogeschool, Antwerp.

18 April 2001 (3hrs)
A Basketful of Well-Tried Learning Activities [Ray Janssens]. Centrum voor Beroepsvervolmaking Leraren, University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk.

4 December 2000 (3hrs)
Beschrijvende Statistiek met Excel [Dirk Janssens]. Centrum voor Beroepsvervolmaking Leraren, University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk.

7 June 2000 (4hrs)
Microsoft Access [Mia De Wilde] Handelshogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp.

5 June 2000 (4hrs)
Microsoft Outlook [Bart Pecceu]. Handelshogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp.

30 May 2000 (4hrs)
Microsoft PowerPoint [Mia De Wilde]. Handelshogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp

12 October 2000 (2hrs)
Getting the Best of Both Worlds: Creative Approaches to Translation and Interlingual Activity for the Communicative Language Classroom [Dave Allan]. Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool, Antwerp.

26 November 1998 (2hrs)
Vocabulary Strategies for Business English [Tim Bowen]. INSET In-Service Teacher Training (British Council), University of Antwerp (UFSIA), Antwerp.

9-15 August 1997 (49hrs)
Certificate in Teaching English for Business (CertTEB – validated by the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry) [Mark Powell]. Lydbury English Centre, Lydbury North, UK

6, 13, 20 and 27 October and 10 November 1993 (15hrs)
Windows 3.1 [Kris Van Cauwenberg]. ACEBE (Antwerps Centrum voor Beroepsopleiding en Beroepsvervolmaking), Antwerp, Belgium.

7, 14, 21 and 28 October and 4 November 1992 (15hrs)
Typografie [Erik De Meyer]. ACEBE Antwerps Centrum voor Beroepsopleiding en Beroepsvervolmaking, Antwerp, Belgium
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9-10 September 1992 (15hrs)
Teaching Business English: Recent Developments in Teaching Speaking Skills [Alistair Maclean]. The British Council, Brussels.

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