Ms Lesley Hay

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I have fifteen years of editorial experience in educational assessment contexts, where accuracy and consistency are paramount. I enjoy helping authors who use English as an additional language to make their texts clear and accessible.

I'm proficient in Latin, Ancient Greek, NT Greek, and French, and an Advanced Professional Member of the SfEP.

Experience

My recent freelance assignments include books on

• phonological tone
• Byzantium's northern frontier
• Nero and his court
• Eusebius of Caesarea
• the elegies of Brahms 
• sociolinguistic variation in children's speech
• polis histories and collective memory
• the population and economy of classical Athens
• the metaphysics of ordinary objects
• professional development for obstetricians
• speech acts and politeness.

My in-house experience includes the role of Senior Assessment Manager at Cambridge English Language Assessment (2010 to 2018), where I edited and project managed university admissions tests, tests of English for health professionals and teacher training tests.

Subjects

Education: teacher training, distance learning, exam preparation, assessment

English language: EFL, ESL, ELT, applied linguistics, language testing, medical English, English for health professionals

Classical studies: Greek and Latin language and literature, ancient history, ancient philosophy

Qualifications

MA (First Class Honours) in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
BPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
MA (Distinction) in Applied Linguistics, Lancaster University
PG Certificate (Distinction) in Greek and Latin
​PG Certificate (Merit) in Classical Studies
DELTA Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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