Congratulations
- The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that the University Council recently appointed Pam Peters to a Personal Chair in Linguistics recognition of her exceptional distinction in research and scholarship. This is very much deserved, particularly for Pam's prestigious work on English style and on lexicography. Congratulations to Professor Peters from colleagues and students!
- Congratulations also to Dr. Peter Roger who was presented with an Outstanding Teacher award at our recent April Graduation Ceremony.
Welcome to new staff
The Linguistics Department has a number of new staff. We wish to extend a warm welcome to Trevor Johnston, Adam Schembri, Shiho Nakamura, Deborah Miyashita, Jieun Lee, Qian Yan, Guoqing Ge, Elizabeth Ramirez, and Lynne Mortensen.
From the Linguistics Postgraduate Office
- Enrolment
Students who were enrolled in first semester units don't receive enrolment paperwork for the second half of the year. Your enrolment which occurred at the beginning of 2005 is for the whole year. To add a unit/s to your second semester program all students use a Change of Program form available as a download from the web http://www.mq.edu.au/postgrad/forms.htm OR distance students you can send an email with selection of units for second semester to coecop@reg.mq.edu.au
- Congratulations on Sun Yat-sen Book award in China
The Department wishes to offer its congratulations to Linguistics research student Harry J. Huang who has just advised us that his last book of translation, An Anthology of Chinese Short Short Stories (121 stories, 463 pages, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2005), has won the Sun Yat-sen Book Award in China. Harry advises us that the award committee consisted of six organizations including the Hong Kong Literary Paper, the Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Literature and Culture, The Short Short Story Writers' Association of China, the Sun Yat-sen Academy (for Professional Writers), and others. Harry also advises that this anthology is also going be published by another prestigious publisher in a bilingual (Chinese-English) format for university students in China and other readers who are interested in translation anywhere in the world.
Macquarie Linguistics represented at conference in Cardiff
Members of the Open University (UK) and Macquarie University shared an exhibition stand at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Teachers as a Foreign Language, held in Cardiff in April this year. L-to-R: David Hall, Anne Burns, Cora Lindsay (OU), Chris Candlin, Paul Knight (OU)
Linguistics Department Research Seminars
Professor Srikant Sarangi, Director of the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University will present a seminar on Wednesday June 15 at 11 am in the Linguistics Seminar Room W5C 221. The title for the seminar will be "Twin-tracking risk and uncertainty in counselling discourse".
Srikant Sarangi is Professor and Director of the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University. He is visiting Sydney partly to speak at the COMET-VELIM conference (see details LINGLINE below) and as a reciprocal visit to Professor Chris Candlin's Leverhulme Trust Visiting Research Professorship at the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University.
Professor Sarangi's research interests are in discourse analysis and applied linguistics; language and identity in public life and institutional/professional discourse studies (e.g.,healthcare, social welfare, bureaucracy, education etc.). He currently holds several project grants (Funding bodies include The Wellcome Trust, The Leverhulme Trust, ESRC) to study various aspects of health communication, e.g., genetic counselling, Quality of Life in HIV/AIDS and Telemedicine. His recent book-length publications include Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control (1996, with S. Slembrouck); Talk, Work and Institutional Order: Discourse in Medical, Mediation and Management Settings (1999, with C. Roberts); Discourse and Social Life (2000, with M. Coulthard); and Sociolinguistics and Social Theory (2001, with N.Coupland and C. N. Candlin); Applied Linguistics & Communities of Practice (2003, with T. van Leeuwen) and The Language of Social Work (forthcoming, with C. Hall and S. Slembrouck). In addition, he has guest-edited five journal special issues and has published over one hundred journal articles and book chapters. He is currently editor of TEXT: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse; founding editor of Communication & Medicine; and (with C. N. Candlin) of Journal of Applied Linguistics. He is also general editor (with C. N. Candlin) of two book series[es]: Studies in Applied Linguistics and Studies in Language and Communication.
Upcoming seminars
- Aug 15 - Dr. Annabelle Lukin
- Aug 22 - A/Prof. Geoff Brindley
- Oct 05 - Bonny Norton
- Oct 10 - Dr Jemina Napier
- Oct 31 - John Knox
- Nov 07 - Research student presentations
For more information about the 2005 Linguistics Research Seminar Series please refer to the Seminar web page http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/research/researchseminars.htm
From the Centre for Language in Social Life
Additional visiting scholars in CLSL in May-June-July
- Professor Manabu Kuroda from Japan. He is an Academic Writing specialist; Associate Professor in the Foreign language Centre, Tokai University. Manabu will be with the Centre for 12 months, conducting research on Theme and Rheme in English Text.
- Dr Betty Samraj is currently visiting from University of San Diego for 3 months. She is a specialist in English Academic Purposes, Student Writing, Functional & Generative Linguistics.
- In early June, we'll be welcoming Prof Srikant Sarangi, Director of the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University for approximately 1 month. His interests include applied linguistics, language and social theory, and health communication. He will present a seminar on Wednesday 22 June from 12 pm - 2pm: "Reflections on discourse/communication analysis as discriminatory expertise". Venue: CLSL Macquarie (Floor 4 C5A 447).
- In July, Dr Inger Lassen will be visiting from Aarhus in Denmark for approximately 3 months. Inger is a discourse analysis specialist, interested in making contact with scholars interested in discourses of biotechnology.
COMET-VELIM 05 News
We would like to remind you that the COMET-VELIM 05 will be happening in a few weeks time - June 30th to 2nd July. Registrations are strictly limited, in particular for the workshops, so we would encourage you to register very soon if you are interested in this event. The conference theme is Diversity of discourse communities in health: Power, politics and risk. Highlights will include:
Pre-Conference Workshops (30th June)
- Professor Nancy Dubler from the Montefiore Medical Centre/ Columbia University, New York on Clinical Ethics (sponsored by NSW Health)
- Professor Cindy Gallois, University of Queensland, on social psychological approaches to studying health communication
- Professor Srikant Sarangi, Director of Cardiff University's Health Communication Research Centre, on tensions in coding and interpretive understanding in analysing professional discourse. These workshops will be of great value to practitioners, academics and research students.
Day 1 (evening 30th June) - An initial plenary address from Professor David Henry of the University of Newcastle
- An opening address and a reception hosted by Professor Di Yerbury, Vice Chancellor of Macquarie University
Days 2 and 3
- Plenaries by Professor Nancy Dubler (Montefiore Medical Centre, New York), Professor Rob Barrett (University of Adelaide), and Professor Ian Anderson (University of Melbourne) on clinical ethics, mental health and Aboriginal health respectively
- Invited colloquium led by members of the Macquarie University Linguistics Department's Sign Linguistics Research Group, including Dr Jemina Napier and the recently appointed Associate Professor in Sign Linguistics, Trevor Johnston, who will discuss issues in access to healthcare for sign language users
- Invited colloqium led by Professor Sarangi on a communication ethics perspective on warrants of responsibility in healthcare
- Invited colloqium led by DR Rachel Ankeny (University of Sydney) exploring public perceptions and representation in the biomedical sciences
- Day 2 of the conference will also feature VELIM's annual seminar, with invited presentations from Professors Jim Martin (University of Sydney), Paul Komesaroff (Monash) and Miles Little (University of Sydney)
For information about other colloqiua, papers and posters, registration and other details please the conference website at www.comet-velim.org . Please also note that two pre-conference workshops being offered by Professor Srikant Sarangi and Professor Cindy Gallois are filling up FAST! There are only 25 places in each in toto, so if you are interested now would be the time to register for them.
Srikant Sarangi seminars
Srikant Sarangi is Professor in the Centre for Language & Communication and Director of the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University. He edits TEXT: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse; is founding editor of Communication & Medicine, and co-edits Journal of Applied Linguistics. Professor Sarangi is one of the most prominent scholars in the field of Applied Linguistics (see LINGLINE above).
Seminar for MA Applied Linguistics students and staff associated with the Applied Linguistics and Languge in Education Research Group. Professor Sarangi will present this seminar: "Reflections on discourse/communication analsysis as discriminatory expertise" on Tuesday, 21st June from 6- 7.30 pm in W5AT2.
Seminar for MA in Communication in Professions & Organisations students and staff . Professor Sarangi will present this seminar: "Professional-client interaction as an expert communicative system" on Tuesday, 14th June from 6 pm - 8 pm in W5C221.
For details of other seminars, see "Linguistics Department Research Seminars" ( LINGLINE above) and "From the Centre for Language in Social Life" ( LINGLINE above).
This is an exciting opportunity for our Applied Linguistics students, MACPO students and staff and we hope that many of you will take the opportunity to attend.
From SHLRC
SHLRC is hosting the Australian Language and Speech Conference later this year (15/16 December) and further details to be announced. This conference generally draws people from the fields of linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech pathology, and speech science.
A/Prof. Linda Cupples has submitted a symposium offer to a conference to be held in September this year in Portsmouth England on the topic of Educating children with Down syndrome. The symposium, which will focus on reading instruction, contains three papers, by Linda and two of her postgraduate students.
Congratulations to Maryanne Golding, who has recently submitted her PhD.
From the Dictionary Research Centre and Style Council
Current International visitors which we welcome to the Dictionary Research Centre are Berit Loken (University of Oslo, Norway), Trinidad Fernandez (Universidad Politecnica, Madrid) and Stephan Hauser (University of Zurich).
The DRC is organising two conferences later this year, both to be held in Melbourne. Australex, on Dictionaries and Community will be held on 27 September 2005 at the University of Melbourne. Style Council, with the theme Style in Context: Australian and International will be held on 16 October 2005 at "Eden on the Park" in South Melbourne, and will dovetail with the National Editors conference there.
Publications
The next issue of Australian Style will be available in June, with a lead article by Robert Eagleson on the conventions for writing numbers in discursive texts. The 4th edition of Macquarie Dictionary will be published at the end of September, with a launch at the Style Council conference.
From the NCELTR Resource Centre
Electronic Access to Theses
Macquarie University PhD and Masters by research theses are held in the University Library and may be found in the catalogue at: http://www.lib.mq.edu.au
The NCELTR Resource Centre maintains a list of theses and special topics submitted to the Linguistics Department. These may be accessed by author and subject at:
http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/resources/thesislist.html Most of these are stored in the Resource Centre and are indexed in the DELTAA database.
The Australian Digital Theses Program maintains a database of digitized PhD and Masters by research theses produced at participating Australian universities (MU will be joining). It is available at: http://adt.caul.edu.au
The Australian Council for Educational Research maintains the database Education Research Theses. This is a subscription database containing 12,000 theses accepted at Australian universities and colleges from 1919 to date. It is available via the Macquarie University Library database menu and the link: http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/textbase/thesesIP/thesesIP.htm
The Victoria University of Wellington maintains a Register of Theses in Applied Linguistics in New Zealand dating from 1990 to date. http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/about/alanz/register.html
Proquest Digital Dissertations provides online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts Database. These are mainly from North America and Europe. Titles published since 1997 are available in pdf format and have 24 page previews. The database may be accessed via the Macquarie University Library database menu and at: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations
The Theses Canada Portal is a central access point for Canadian theses and information about the Theses Canada Program. Many of the theses are free online. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html
The Index to Theses is a comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted to higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. http://www.theses.com
The NUS Theses Collection (THESES) is a database available from the National University of Singapore. It provides citations and abstracts for theses submitted to the University and its predecessors. It is available via the Macquarie University Library database menu. http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/library/era
Information about resources may be found at our website http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/resources Our email address is rescentr@nceltr.mq.edu.au and phone number 9850 9653.
NCELTR research workshops and seminars
- Wednesday 15 June 5.30 7.00 E3B Room 315/6- Meeri Hellsten School of Education, International student transition revisited: Implications for effective teaching and learning.
- Wednesday 13 July 5.30 7.00 E3B Room 315/6 - Stephen Moore NCELTR, Unrealistic objectives? Using genre and scaffolding in low-level EAP.
Those of you conducting research in the TESOL and Applied Linguistics areas may be interested in these research workshops run by NCELTR. For details, please contact Julian Edge on (61 2) 9850 9979 or email: Julian.Edge@mq.edu.au
ELDP Grants Application Announcement
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme is a component of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project, administered by the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. It offers up to £1million in grants each year for the documentation of endangered languages in any location around the world. There are two main types of grants:
1. Large grants - major documentation projects and post-doctoral fellowships. Closing date 5th August 2005.
2. Small grants - pilot projects, PhD studentships, and fieldtrips. Closing date 9th January 2006. For further information and application forms visit www.hrelp.org/grants/
Call for Papers - Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP)
JEAP is now soliciting manuscript proposals for a special issue entitled Academic English in the Secondary Schools.
- The vast majority of research and publication in academic English has focused upon post-secondary teaching and learning. However, there is a growing interest in academic English in the secondary schools, particularly as it relates to cross-curricular collaborations and English as a second/foreign language support for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Because of this interest, the Journal of English for Academic Purposes is devoting one of its issues to research, theory, and teaching at the secondary level, edited by Ann M. Johns (San Diego State University, CA/USA; ajohns@cox.net ) and Marguerite Ann Snow (California State University, Los Angeles, USA; asnow@calstatela.edu ). For purposes of this special issue, academic language is characterized as "language that stands in contrast to the everyday informal speech that students use outside the classroom environment" (Bailey & Butler, 2002, p. 7). Proposals may address issues of academic language in variety of secondary English-medium contexts, including (but not limited to):
- Identifying and working with diverse learners in the classroom
- Approaches to teaching diverse learners
- Integrating language and content instruction
- Designing and implementing content-based curricula
- Cross-curricular collaborations (especially between ESL and content teachers)
- Applications of standards in secondary settings
- Strategies for assessment and evaluation of academic language
- Approaches designed to bridge secondary and post-secondary academic experiences
Expected time line for the special issue: 500-word proposals for articles to be submitted by September 30, 2005 via email to the guest editors listed above. Responses to prospective authors to be provided by November 15, 2005. Completed articles should be submitted to guest editors by February 28, 2006. Decisions for acceptance by guest editors to be determined by May 15, 2006. Final manuscript preparations/revisions to take place between May-June 2006. Submission guidelines are available for JEAP at: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jeap
References: Bailey, A. L., & Butler, F. A. (2002). An evidentiary framework for operationalizing academic language for broad application to K-12 education: A design document.
(Final deliverable to OERI, Contract No. R305B960002-02). University of California, Los Angeles: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).
Call for papers: Linguistics and media discourse - extended deadline and broadened scope
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses (RAEI) is an international well-known Journal on English Studies published annually since 1988 by the University of Alicante (Spain). The abstracts of all the articles published so far can be accessed at the following Internet address: http://www.ua.es/dpto/dfing/publicaciones/indexvol.html RAEI is currently is preparing a Special Issue on linguistic analyses of media discourse(s). We would like to invite any contributors who are doing research on this field to participate in this volume which will appear in July 2006. Papers dealing with any contribution that linguistics can make to the analysis of media discourses will be welcome, either theoretical of practical applications.
Any area of linguistics is welcome (systemic linguistics, semantics, general pragmatics, relevance theory, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, politeness theory, speech act theory, interactional sociolinguistics, nonverbal communication, etc.) and they can be applied to a wide range of media discourses (the press, TV discourse, film discourse, Internet discourse, advertising, cartoons, comics, radio discourse, etc.). Preferably, contribution should deal with media discourses in English, but applications to other languages will also be welcome, provided that the articles are written in English. We think that this area of linguistic research is underdeveloped and that a special volume like this one will no doubt contribute to a better understanding of how it can be applied to these media discourses. Contributions, which should not be longer than 12.000 words, should be submitted before February 28th 2006, complying with the general RAEI guidelines for the submission of manuscripts which are accessible at the following Internet address: http://www.ua.es/dpto/dfing/publicaciones/instructions.html Manuscripts (2 hard copies) should be sent to the following address: Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, University of Alicante Filolog*a Inglesa, Apartado de Correos 99. E-03080 Alicante (Spain) Any queries concerning this Special Issue should be sent to this e-mail address: RAEI@ua.es Dr. Jos* Mateo ( jose.mateo@ua.es ) Dr. Francisco Yus ( francisco.yus@ua.es ). Editors Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses.
Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
- "Resourcing Researchers and Tooling Teachers" - a 5 day institute (July 11th-15th). Held at the International College of Tourism and Hotel Management, Manly, Sydney,
This July (11th - 15th), the week before the International Systemic Functional Congress in Sydney, Professor Matthiessen and Associate Professor David Butt are convening a 5 day Institute in "Resourcing Researchers and Tooling Teachers", including Discourse Analysis, Multi-Modal Textuality, Intonation, Computational Tools in discourse Analysis, and Language Description (Typological Perspectives). The institute is organized as a means for preparing researchers (including new researchers) for the analysis, interpretation, and argumentation surrounding discourse. A special emphasis will be given to obtaining and managing linguistic evidence (with those developing research projects in mind).
The website ( http://www.asfla.org.au/isfc2005/institute/home.html ) will allow you to review the plans for the week, including the choices which participants might wish to make on a day to day basis (N.B. Language Description is an all week workshop, focused on participants building on a description of 'their' language by week's end). The Discourse Analysis strand will start from first principles and move briskly to explaining the various dimensions of Halliday's theory, and the role of such dimensions in descriptions of Lexicogrammar and Semantics, as well as Intonation and Context (to fill out 4 levels of registerial profiles). All fields of text are welcome in the discussion; so if you know of any colleagues who are coming to terms with a body of text(s), this Institute may be ideal for them to achieve more control over their analysis, and more structure in the argument of their enquiry.
Professor Emeritus from Macquarie, Ruqaiya Hasan, will address the Institute in mid-week on ways of tackling semantics. Professor Emeritus from Murdoch, Michael O'Toole, will lead a number of sessions on Multi-Modal meaning (encompassing ideas from narratology, as well as from "Displayed Art" and Architecture).
Contact: Assoc. Professor David G. Butt, Director, Centre for Language in Social Life, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. email: dbutt@ling.mq.edu.au Fax: 61+2+9850 9199.
- Seventh Language and Development Conference to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 26-28 October 2005.
This is the next in a series of conferences that started in Bangkok (Thailand) in 1993 and which have taken place every two years since, in Bali (Indonesia), Langkawi (Malaysia), Hanoi (Vietnam), Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan). The website for the Ethiopia conference is now up at www.langdev.org where you can find information of all sorts, including the call for papers and registration materials. The conference is intended for people whose work in development settings is affected by issues of language, communication and education.
- Problem Based Learning PBL- 2006-ABP International Conference ( http://www.pucp.edu.pe/pbl2006abp ). Lima, Peru, 2006 July
- Call for papers - Historical Linguistics in South America
Forms to submit abstracts for the International Symposium of Historical Linguistics in South America (Aug 27 - Sept 02/05) are now available at www.museu-goeldi.br/silhas (on weekdays) or www.ufpa.br/silhas (any day). Abstracts will be accepted until June 30, and they must be returned by e-mail to: silhas@ufpa.br ou silhas@museu-goeldi.br . Papers on diachronic linguistics involving genetic relationships, comparative or internal reconstruction, diachronic syntax, inferences on prehistory, evolution of typological features, areal linguistics, effects from language contact, and related themes are highly encouraged. For more information, visit the sites above or contact us at:Telephone: (55) (91) 3274-4004, 3183-2016, Fax: (55) (91) 3274-4004 E-mail: avilacy@museu-goeldi.br , sidifacundes@aol.com Sidi Facundes.
- A weekly newsletter from the ARC Research Network in Human Communication Science (HCSNet) http://www.hcsnet.edu.au is now available. This has useful information for linguists including upcoming events, conferences and workshop announcements. Events listed include:
- Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference to be held in May (2006) in Toronto
This conference will examine the impact of a multilingual environment on childrens linguistic and cognitive development. Research on childrens language acquisition normally assumes that the environment offers only one linguistic choice and that children's early experiences will proceed in a predictable manner as language is incrementally built up and cognition is increasingly boosted. In some countries, such as Canada, the existence of two official languages means that the linguistic context for language acquisition is more complex. The purpose of the conference is to explore how the factors that are part of the landscape of multilingual societies affect the way in which children learn language and establish the linguistic and cognitive concepts associated with successful participation in society.
The conference will include presentations in 4 areas: 1) language acquisition in bilingual environments (2) cognitive implications of early bilingualism (3) bilingual language acquisition for special populations and (4) bilingual development in different social contexts. The audience for the conference will consist of be researchers, educators, and practitioners who work with bilingual and multilingual children. The presentations will describe current research by leading scholars, representing a wide range of countries. Discussions will be focused on the social and linguistic dimensions of bilingual language acquisition. Therefore, the discussions will be relevant to those working in both research and applied fields. For further details, contact Fred Genesee genesee@ego.psych.mcgill.ca Psychology Department Phone: 1-514-398-6022, McGill University Fax: 1-514-398-4896, 1205 Docteur Penfield Ave, Montreal QC .
PSP 2005, ISCA Workshop on Plasticity in Speech Perception, London, United Kingdom,14 Jun 2005 to 16 Jun 2005: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/psp/prog.php
PaPI 2005, Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, 19 Jun 2005 to 20 Jun 2005, http://seneca.uab.es/papi
SLL&IT, Sign Language Linguistics and the Application of Information Technology to Sign Languages, Milan, 21 Jun 2005 to 23 Jun 2005: http://filosofia.dipafilo.unimi.it/~zucchi/signavolant.html
ACL-05, Association for Computational Linguistics, Ann Arbor, MI, United States: 23 Jun 2005 to 29 Jun 2005: http://www.aclweb.org/acl2005/
PacSLRF06 - 5th Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2006, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 03 Jul 2005 to 05 Jul 2005: http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/pacslrf06/
International Conference on Auditory Display, Limerick, Ireland, Date: 03 Jul 2005 to 05 Jul 2005: www.icad.org
New Publications
From Palgrave Macmillan - http://www.palgrave.com
- Public and Professional Writing Subtitle: Ethics, Imagination and Rhetoric Publication Year: 2005.Author: Anne Surma, Murdoch University Perth. Paperback: ISBN: 1403915822.
Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403915822
Abstract: This book offers something quite new - an advanced textbook that considers professional writing as a negotiated process between writer and reader. Arguing that ethics, imagination and rhetoric are integral to professional writing praxis, the book encourages students to look critically at various writing practices in a range of contexts. A textbook for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in Linguistics, Communication, Journalism and Media Studies.
- Persuading People: An Introduction to Rhetoric, 2005, Robert Cockcroft & Susan Cockcroft, University of Nottingham. Paperback: ISBN: 1403921822
Abstract: This book suggests ways of actively enhancing the persuasive skills of the student or general reader, through insights gained from analysing ancient and modern rhetoric. It shows persuaders 'matching and moment' as they woo or provoke an audience, engage emotion, locate issues and construct arguments, and provides 'hands on' opportunities for experimenting with style and content. Combining theory and practice, this updated second edition makes extensive use of both contemporary and earlier examples to support its own persuasive aims and responsibilities to its audience.
- Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Gender, Power and Ideology in Discourse, 2005. Author: Michelle M. Lazar, National University of Singapore.Hardback: ISBN: 1403914850.
Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403914850
Abstract: The first collection to bring together well-known scholars writing from feminist perspectives within Critical Discourse Analysis. The theoretical structure of CDA is illustrated with empirical research in East and West Europe, New Zealand, Asia, South America and the USA, demonstrating the complex workings of power and ideology in discourse in sustaining particular gender(ed) orders. The studies deal with texts and talk in domains ranging from parliamentary settings, news and advertising media, the classroom, community literacy programmes and the workplace.
Scholarships and awards
The National Breast Cancer Foundation will be awarding Postdoctoral Fellowship(s) and Doctoral Research Scholarship(s) to commence in 2006. Applications opened on 17 May 2005 and will close on 30 June 2005. The 2005 application packages for both awards are available on our website http://www.nbcf.org.au/ The National Breast Cancer Foundation is particularly interested in fostering:
- Research that increases recognition and management of disease and treatment-related symptoms
- Research that addresses itself to the translation of knowledge gained from basic research into improved outcomes for women with breast cancer
- Fashion Targets Breast Cancer - In 2006 a special project researching issues of interest to young women diagnosed with breast cancer is due to commence with funding from the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer program. Applicants for this project should apply for funding through the standard process.
For further information please contact Jan Christensen or Lhan Gannon at NBCF.
Jan Christensen, Manager Research & Administration, National Breast Cancer Foundation, L3 18-20 York St, Sydney NSW 2000, Ph: 02 9299 4090, Fax: 02 9299 4092
Website: http://www.nbcf.org.au
Positions Vacant
Research Associate (Academic level A) at National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales
The successful applicant will undertake and publish empirical social research on sexuality, sexual practices, knowledge and attitudes among NSW and Queensland prisoners, using interviews, focus groups and questionnaire surveys, under the direction of the principal investigators, Dr Tony Butler and Dr Juliet Richters. This job is part of an NHMRC-funded project on the sexual health behaviour and attitudes of Australian prisoners. See Jobs@unsw on the UNSW website ( www.unsw.edu.au ) under 'Research'.The ad can be viewed at http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employment/13050502.htm
Full-time English Teacher (Associate Professor) Position Okayama University, Japan.
1. Duties and Starting Date :
- Taking a role in planning, implementing and improving the general education English curriculum, and in coordinating full-time and
part-time English teachers' activities. - Teaching Duties: Normal load of no less than 6 classes per week (1 class is 90 minutes).
- Starting Date: The successful applicant will be required to take up duty on October 1, 2005 or April 1, 2006.
2. Application Deadline : Applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. on July 15, 2005.
3. Qualifications:
- Applicants must have native fluency in English.
- Applicants must have a master's or higher degree in TEFL/TESL (Teaching of English as a Foreign/Second Language) or a related field.
- Applicants should demonstrate enthusiasm for language teaching and an ongoing commitment to current language teaching methodologies. University classroom experience as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages is preferable.
- Applicants should have an adequate command of Japanese to manage daily university work.
4. Salary and Benefits:
- Annual salary will be determined by the relevant rules of Okayama University as a national university corporation, according to
professional experience and qualifications. - Working hours: 40 hours per week.
- The travel expenses of the appointee and his/her dependents from the place of departure to Okayama will be reimbursed upon arrival.
- A research fund is available every academic year.
- Allowances: commutation, family, housing allowances and others are to be provided if the conditions stipulated by the University employment rules are met. Also available are allowances for research and domestic professional trips that are to be provided every academic year.
(6) Residential accommodations: in case there are vacancies in the University-owned accommodations, you are entitled to take up one of them on condition that your application in this regard is accepted.
5. For Application : Please submit the following:
- A curriculum vitae including a full statement of educational background starting with high school, qualifications, and professional
career. - A recent photograph no larger than 6 cm by 4 cm with your name printed in block letters on the back.
- A list of publications with works in refereed and non-refereed journals listed separately first, followed by books, essays, and oral
presentations. Also include (photo-) copies of up to three self-selected works. - Two samples of recent lesson plans and materials.
- One letter of recommendation from someone familiar with your current work. This letter should be included in your application. Also provide a list of two additional references with contact information.
- An essay of approximately 1,000 English words, on: 1) your teaching plans (or syllabuses) for first and second year general English classes at Okayama University; 2) teaching strategies you have tried in your teaching of English to speakers of other languages, and the effects or results; and 3) your experiences, if any, or ideas regarding curriculum development or program planning.
6. Send Application to:
Prof. Kiichi Matsuhata Foreign Language Education Center, Okayama University.1-1, Tsushimanaka 2-Chome, Okayama 700-8530, Japan . Notes:
- Write Job Application in red on the envelope and send it by registered mail.
- Final candidates may be interviewed around early September in Okayama. Travel expenses will be paid by applicants. Overseas applicants upon consultation may be able to make other arrangements.
- For further information, please contact Prof. Tsugio Shibata by e-mail or fax (not by telephone):Foreign Language Education Center, Okayama University.E-mail: shibata@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp Fax: 086-251-7895
- As a rule, the application materials sent to us cannot be returned.