Yupaporn Piriyasilpa

(joint supervisor: David Hall)

Analysis of students' interaction in online discussions

Refereed publications:

Piriyasilpa, Y. (2007). Identifying generic features of EFL students' online discussion postings. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Genre Studies, Tubarão, Brazil. download pdf

Piriyasilpa, Y. (2005). Researching the role of online discussion on language development. Paper presented at the 2nd International Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Literary Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Miranda Legg

(joint supervisor: David Hall)

Language curriculum development in a university setting

Brie Willoughby-Knox

Indian English - Out of its element

Yongja Kwon

Implementing a genre-based reading curriculum in South Korea

Jonathon Adams

Teaching multimodal analysis in the TESOL classroom

Mary Jane Hogan

(March, 2008)

Cohesion in writing: An exploration of correlations between a theory of cohesion and the assessment of Coherence and Cohesion in the IELTS Writing Module

Susan Clarke

(August, 2007)

Evaluating the ‘usefulness’ of the IELTS spoken module

from a Systemic Functional perspective

William Kay

(August, 2007)

Blended learning in the Japanese English language learning environment: An investigation into the effects of blended learning amongst first-year Japanese university non-English majors

Donald Fraser

(February, 2007)

An investigation of a genre-based approach to the teaching of responses to verbal complaints to Japanese tertiary students studying for the airline industry

Richard McGeough

(July, 2006)

Rater perceptions of the LPATE Speaking Test scoring criteria: What can they tell us?

Fumiko Ishinuki

(February, 2006)

An exploration of a genre-based approach to Japanese Dokushokansōbun writing to the Year 8 class at the Sydney Saturday School of Japanese

Miranda Legg

(May, 2005)

Student and tutor roles in problem-based learning medical tutorials at Hong Kong University

Refereed publication:

Legg, M. (2007). From question to answer: The genre of the problem-based learning tutorial at Hong Kong University. English for Specific Purposes, 26(3), 344-367.

Esther Mary Raikes

(August, 2003)

co-supervised with

Rhondda Fahey

Putting the grammar back into language teaching: A study of the linguistic strengths and problems of Japanese learners of English in producing short letters requesting advice

Kelly Martin

(August, 2001)

co-supervised with

David Hall

Implementing a new curriculum: An ethnographic study of teacher and student relations