Staff members in the Language Program are all experienced language educators and also involved in various research projects and consultancies. Staff are engaged in the development of new strategies and educational frameworks for effective language acquisition across a broad range of areas.
The following are some key research areas of academic staff:
Susana Chaves Solis
Spanish Studies
Guosheng Chen
Chinese-Australian Studies
East Asian studies
Community development (Policy Making, Transnational Collaborations for Global Community Development
Curriculum internationalization
Higher education reform in East Asian countries
Multilingual knowledge economies
Work-integrated learning
Dr Yi Jin
Chinese language and culture
Modern Chinese performing arts
Dr Lynne Li
English Language Studies
Multilingualism and Globalism
Professional TESOL/LOTE teacher training and development
Second language Acquisition
Dr Glenda Mejia
The Representation of Women in Latin American cinema
Women’s Studies
Sociological Studies
Cross-cultural Studies
Documentary Studies
Sustainable Development.
Kerry Mullan
Cross-cultural communication
Interactional styles (French and Australian English)
Discourse analysis
Pragmatics
Barbara White
Adult second language acquisition
Social and cultural context of second language acquisition
