Research PhD and MA Students
PhD students
Student names marked with an * link to profile page, otherwise names link to email.
| Student | Thesis topic | Primary Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Gahtani, Saad Mohammed | Requests in Aus English and Saudi Arabic as native and target languages | Dr Carsten Roever |
| Allen, Wendy * | Discourse analysis of an Australian federal election campaign | Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling |
| Bartlett, Meredith * | Code switching in bilingual adults using Auslan and Australian English | Prof Michael Clyne |
| Bickerdike, Isabel | Grammar, dictionary and texts of Wayilwan Ngiyambaa | Dr Rachel Nordlinger |
| Brotchie, Amanda | Analysis of Tirax Narratives | Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling |
| Cardenas Claros, Monica | Help options in web-based listening materials: A framework to maximise the benefits of their use | Dr Paul Gruba |
| Carr, Therese | Topics on the effects of schooling on children’s language development in a remote multilingual indigenous community | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Cross, Jeremy | Collaboration in second language listening comprehension: investigating strategy use and development | Prof Tim McNamara |
| Davidson, Simon | Pragmatics, politeness and request strategies by Indian migrants in an Australian ESL context | Dr Carsten Roever |
| Delves, Kerrie | Repair in the conversation of high functioning children with autism and typically developing children | Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling |
| Disbray, Samantha | Space and motion in children's language: acquisition in a contact variety | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Do, Thi Thanh Ha | Agreeing and disagreeing in academic discussions of Vietnamese learners of English | Dr Carsten Roever |
| Ducasse, Ana María | Interaction in paired oral proficiency assessment in Spanish | Prof Tim McNamara |
| Enright, Helen | The role of intercultural clinical communication in Australian medical settings | Assoc Prof Catherine Elder |
| Fraser, Catriona | An evaluation of intercultural communication practices among the Victorian Police | Dr Carsten Roever |
| Graetzer, Simone | An acoustical study of coarticulation | Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher |
| Green, Jennifer | Polysemy and the social construction of meaning in Arandic discourse | Dr Barbara Kelly |
| Grey, Felicity | Benevolent Othering | Prof Alison Young / Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling |
| Grieve, Averil * | "That was probably heaps big movie actually": The acquisition of pragmatic markers in a study abroad context | Dr Carsten Roever |
| Harding, Luke | The use of speakers with L2 accents in academic English listening assessment: A validation study | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Hashimoto, Yoji | Language proficiency, identities and social backgrounds of Japanese-Australians in Victoria | Prof Tim McNamara |
| Hill, Kathryn | The role of classroom-based assessment in promoting continuity in foreign language learning | Prof Tim McNamara |
| Hinkelman, Don | Blended environments for second language learning | Dr Paul Gruba |
| Holt, Colleen | Perception and production of prosodic features in young people with cochlear implants and hearing aids | Richard Dowell / Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher |
| Hurst, Peter | A theoretical typology of reciprocal constructions | Dr Rachel Nordlinger |
| Hyejeong, Kim | Assessing English for aviation purposes | Assoc Prof Catherine Elder |
| Ike, Saya | Japanese English as a variety | Dr Jean Mulder |
| Krech, Uwe | A grammar of Batek Deq | Dr Nicole Kruspe / Dr Jean Mulder |
| Macqueen, Susan * | An investigation of locational development in L2 writing | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Maxwell, Olga | Prosody of Indian English: Investigating potential barriers in doctor-patient interaction in the Australian Psychiatric Context | Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher / Dr Celia Thompson |
| Miyao, Masae | Strategies for reading hypertext by ESL learners | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Moore, Erin | A study of the syntax of discourse markers in English | Dr Jean Mulder |
| Morton, Janne | Becoming architectual: socialisation into disciplinary discourse through the design studio presentation | Prof Tim McNamara |
| Moses, Karin | How mixed language input affects child language development: an Alywarr case study | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Namiki, Kazumi | Instructed Learning of Japanese requests in a foreign language setting | Dr Carsten Roever / Dr Celia Thompson |
| Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Quynh | Interactive practices in paired and small group classroom conversation and the development of L2 International Competence. A case study of an English Language classroom in Vietnam | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth / Dr Carsten Roever |
| Nguyen, Thi Nhan Hoa | Investigation of validity of IELTS and TOEFL listening test | Prof Tim McNamara |
| O'Hagan, Sally | Assessment of assignments written by NNS students: A study of marker decision-making | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Pan, Yi-Ching | Consequences and Evaluation of Test Use: The washback of English proficiency tests utilized as graduation thresholds on college education in Taiwan | Dr Carsten Roever |
| Parton, Katherine | Interaction in the Orchestra: Verbal & non-verbal communication | Prof Tim McNamara / Dr Barbara Kelly |
| Penry-Williams, Cara | Constructing Identities in Australian English | Dr Jean Mulder |
| Rixon, Sascha | Humour & Facilitator Talk-in-Interaction: An Australasian Case Study | Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling |
| Ross, Belinda | Pause in Australian Aboriginal Languages | Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher / Prof Nick Evans / Dr Rachel Nordlinger |
| Ryumon, Akiko | Washback Processes in the secondary school foreign language classroom: a case study of 2 Japanese classrooms | Assoc Prof Catherine Elder / Dr Neomy Storch |
| Saclot, Maureen | Semantic decomposition of predicates in some Austronesian languages: Implication to the syntax-semantics interface | Assoc Prof Lesley Stirling |
| Stoakes, Hywel | An acoustic and articulatory investigation of stop contrasts and consonant sequences in Bininj Gun-Wok | Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher |
| Tanaka, Nobue | Language and cultural exchange through project-oriented CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) | Assoc Prof Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Teo, Amos Benjamin | Tone in Sumi – A Phonetic & Phonemic Description | Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher |
| Vaughan, Jill | Music and the Maintenance of a Minority Language | Dr Jean Mulder |
| Yeldham, Michael | A critical investigation of approaches to second language listening instruction | Dr Paul Gruba |
Research Masters Students
| Student | Thesis topic |
|---|---|
| Edwards, Guy * | Stance and meaning-making in interaction |
| Nibun, Yukari | Early language development of a trilingual child and his learning strategies |