Professor Gillian Wigglesworth
Contact details
Phone +61 3 8344 4215
Email: gillianw@ unimelb.edu.au
Office: Arts Centre 535
Biography
Gillian Wigglesworth received her PhD in 1993 from La Trobe University with a thesis entitled "Investigating children's cognitive and linguistic development through narrative". From 1992 to 1994 she worked at the University of Melbourne in the Department of Applied Linguistics and the Language Testing Research Centre, where she focused particularly on the development of oral language assessments. She worked in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University from 1995-2001 where she was coordinator of the applied linguistics postgraduate programs. From 2000-2001 she was also a member of the Adult Migrant English Program Research Centre research staff. She returned to the University of Melbourne in 2001. Her research interests include first and second language acquisition, language testing and evaluation and bilingualism, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis.
Publications (2005 - present)
Books
Ng, B. C. & G. Wigglesworth. 2007. Bilingualism: An advanced resource book. London, Routledge.
Edited books
Simpson, J. & G. Wigglesworth (Eds). In press. Children and language in multilingual communities. UK, Continuum International
Murray, D. & Wigglesworth, G. (Eds.) (2005) First language support in adult ESL in Australia, Sydney, NCELTR: pp. i-xiii + 1-167
Chapters in books
Wigglesworth, G. & J. Simpson. In press. The language learning environments of preschool children in Indigenous communities. In Simpson, J. & G. Wigglesworth (Eds). In press. Children and language in multilingual communities. UK, Continuum International
Moses, K. & Wigglesworth, G. In press. Dysfunctional discourse in the English only classroom. In Simpson, J. & G. Wigglesworth. Language issues for Indigenous children: Problems and resolutions. UK, Continuum International
Wigglesworth, G. 2008. Task and performance based assessment. In E. Shohamy (ed), The Encyclopaedia of Language Education, Volume 7; Language testing and assessment. Kluwer Press
Storch, N. & G. Wigglesworth. 2007. Writing tasks: Comparing individual and collaborative writing. In María del Pilar Garcia-Mayo (ed) Investigating tasks in formal language learning. Multilingual matters.
O’Loughlin, K. & G. Wigglesworth. 2007. Investigating task design in academic writing prompts. In Taylor, L. & P. Frawley (eds.) IELTS collected papers: research in speaking and writing assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Wigglesworth, G. (2005) Use of L1 in adult language learning settings: What we know from the research. In First language support in adult ESL in Australia, D. Murray & G. Wigglesworth (Eds.), Sydney, NCELTR: pp. 2-23
Murray, D. & Wigglesworth, G. 2005. Introduction. In First language support in adult ESL in Australia, D. Murray & G. Wigglesworth (Eds.),Sydney, NCELTR: pp. viii-xiii
Wigglesworth, G. (2005) BEST Test Review. In ESOL tests and testing: A resource for ESOL teachers and administrators, Stoynoff, S. & Chapelle, C. (Eds.),Alexandria, Virginia,TESOL: pp. 35-37
Yates, L. & Wigglesworth, G. (2005) Pragmatics in teaching: professional development through research. In Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education, Bartels, N. (Ed.), New York: Springer: pp. 261-279
Refereed journal articles
Wigglesworth, G. & L. Yates. In press. Mitigating difficult requests: what teachers and learners need to know. TESOL Quarterly
Burns, A., Paltridge, B. & G. Wigglesworth. In press. Review of recent doctoral research in Australia. Language Teaching
Elder, C. & Wigglesworth, G. (2006) An investigation of the effectiveness and validity of planning time in Part 2 of the IELTS speaking test. IELTS Research Reports, volume 6. London, British Council: pp. 13-40
Wigglesworth, G. & Murray, D. 2007. Opening doors: Teachers learning through collaborative research. Prospect, 22, 1, 19-36
Harding, L. & Wigglesworth, G. (2005) Issues in language and settlement for young people in the AMEP. Prospect, 20, 3: pp. 6-23
Jeon-Ellis, G., Debski, R. & Wigglesworth, G. (2005) Oral interaction in the project-oriented CALL classroom, Language, Learning and Technology, 9, 3, 121-145
Wigglesworth, G. (2005) Current approaches to researching second language learner processes. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 25, 98-111
Nott, P., M. Brown, R. Cowan & G. Wigglesworth. (2005) What’s in a diary? Di-EL First Words. Deafness and Education International, 7, 2, pp. 98-116
Chalhoub-Deville, M. & Wigglesworth, G. (2005) International English speaking and rater judgment of the L2 oral construct. World Englishes, 23, 3: 383-391