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Reflections on the 2017 Rio AILA (Applied Linguistic) Conference through an Antipodean Lens: practical Implications for advisors
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ), 2017)This article will offer some feedback and subsequent reflection on the week long Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee (AILA) Congress 2017 held in Rio during July, and in particular, on the full day ... -
Self-access centre and autonomous learning management : where are we now and where are we going?
(Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), 2017-06)As mentioned in the foreword to this journal special issue, in 2016, the editors helped organise the 7th Independent Learning Association Conference which was held in Wuhan in November, with lectures from keynotes and other ... -
Son et lumière : re-enchantment and environmental obligation in Michael Symmons Roberts' 'Drysalter'
(2018-09-28)A particular Western secularisation and disenchantment narrative proposes that the post Enlightenment promotion of rationalism, science and technology entails the abandonment of “the great enchanted garden” (Weber, The ... -
Talk it up? Do language and learning advisors have a role in the development of spoken ‘literacy’?
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand, 2008)To judge from recent collections of conference proceedings, language and learning advisors focus primarily on development of student writing and study skills. This paper considers the need for a greater emphasis on spoken ... -
Te Mātārere o te reo : a foresight report on the future state of Te Reo Māori in the Waikato-Tainui Rohe to 2038. Report to Te Mātāwai.
(Te Mata Punenga o Te Kotahi, University of Waikato, 2019)Kōrero whakataki = Introduction -- Research methodology = Ngā tukunga rangahau -- Taupori o te reo Māori = Demographic impacts on te reo Māori in the Waikato-Tainui rohe -- Te aukaha o te iwi = Waikato-Tainui tribal ... -
Teaching and learning academic writing: Narratives of future destinations.
(2014)Focus: Qualitative project relating content and form of AW portfolios to: Student ‘destinations’, ‘disciplinary communities’ and ‘imagined communities’ The need of more specificity in creating ‘disciplinary identities’ ... -
Teaching grammar creatively
(English Australia, 2016-09)Creativity - what? why? how? Why encourage creativity in grammar teaching? Three ways we can help -
Tertiary students’ numeracy skills requirements
(Unitec E-Press, 2014-06-24)The following paper arises from the author being invited to be part of a discussion panel of NZ tertiary learning advisors, at a regional hui. The main topic was the numeracy skills required for our current students to be ... -
Undergraduate research : a source for faculty publications?
(Unitec ePress, 2014-04-14)Over the last two decades undergraduate students have been encouraged to problem solve in ‘the real world’ in order to construct their own subject knowledge. This generally means that students are required to carry out ... -
Understanding English teaching and learning context in China
(Longbridge Publishing Company, 2012-09)The recent economic boom has seen the number of English language learners escalating in China. The Chinese enthusiasm for learning English has generated a growing interest from the West to teach in China. There is a need ... -
What metaphors tell us about the market: reconciling linguistics, cognition and pragmatics in order to understand the impact of metaphor use on society
(2018-06-27)In the last 25 years, traditional approaches to the treatment of metaphor have been increasingly questioned on both theoretical and experimental grounds and, as a result, Metaphorology has become a flourishing academic ... -
Work realities: Migrants preparing for the experience of work
(New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education, 2006)Migrants entering cooperative work placements face layers of challenges that become apparent in scrutinizing workplace data. Drawing on authentic voice recordings of two worksites in Auckland, this paper traces three themes ...