Jan 2000 - Mar 2000

Segmenting speech data for Syrinx - automatic speech recognition company.

Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

Research assistant - administering various speech perception experiments

Aug 1998 - Dec 98
Duties:

Research assistant - NEC vocoder experiment
Segmenting speech data and assembling a speech database. Participating in a speech perception experiment that assessed the cognitive load experienced when listening to vocoded telephone speech with various degrees of delay and quantisation.

Jul 1998 - Jan 1999

Research assistant - The Australian Voices Project

Duties:

To travel around outback NSW and record speech data from Australian high school students for a project which tests hypotheses concerning regional and social difference in the Australian accent.

Dec 1997-currently

Developed an on-line essay and thesis proofreading and translation service for international students and businesses called Corrections On-line.
http://www.correctme.com

Apr 1998

DEET Certificate in Small Business Management

Jul 1996- Sep 1996

Research assistant, SHLRC, Macquarie University

Duties:

Editing phonemic script in the Australian National Database of Spoken Language (ANDOSL) lexicon

Publications

Conference paper submitted to AACE ED-MEDIA and ED-TELECOM and presented in Freiburg, Germany, June 1998. "But is it interactive and does it work? A review of some CALL English pronunciation CD-ROMs"

Conference paper presented at ALI 2000.Vowel quality error is an L1-specific problem: A rebuttal to the EIL "common core".

Referees

Steven James
(Director of Studies)
Milton Language Centre
Level 1, 53 Walker St,
North Sydney, NSW, 2060. Australia.

Home phone: (02) 9660 2838
Milton Fax: (02) 9955 3386
email: ed_design@bigpond.com

Dr. Robert Mannell
(PhD supervisor)
C/o. Dept. of Linguistics
Macquarie University,
NSW, 2109.
Australia.

Phone: (02) 9850 8771
Fax: (02) 9850 9199
email: rmannell@shlrc.mq.edu.au
Dr. Alan Jones
(Senior EAP lecturer)
C/o. Dept. of Linguistics
Macquarie University,
NSW, 2109.
Australia.
Phone: 61 2 9850 7591
Fax: 61 2 9850 9199
email: jones@arturo.ling.mq.edu.au

Other relevant training and experience

Mar 2002 - presently

Position:

 

Positions:

Milton Language Centre

Macquarie University, Dept of Linguistics.

Mar 1999 – Feb 2002

Positions:

Macquarie University, NCELTR

Feb 1999 - Presently
Positions:

Macquarie University, SHLRC
Casual tutor, LING 901 Phonetics and Phonology

Jan 1999 - Mar 99

Australian Centre for Languages

Classes taught:

CSWE cert 1 - Adult Migrant Education Program.

Jul 1996 – Feb 99

TLCC English Language College

Classes taught:

Pronunciation, High School preparation, University preparation, General English

Apr 1996 - Jul 96
Classes taught:

SIS International College

High School preparation,University preparation

Nov 1995- Apr 96

National English Academy

Classes taught:

Pronunciation, General English (all levels), University preparation, TOEFL

Jun 1995- Aug 1995
Classes taught:

Queensland English Language College
General English

Jun 1994-Jun 1995
Employment details:

Northern Rivers Cluster (Dept. of Ed.)
High School relief teacher

Feb 1994-Jun 1994
Classes taught:

Kadina High School
English Literature / Drama / Art

Jun 1993-Dec 1993 Classes taught:

Studio School of Languages (Cambridge England)
Super-intensive advanced courses and holiday courses

Teaching Employment History

Feb 2002

Submitted PhD: "An L1-specific CALL pedagogy for the instruction of pronunciation with Korean learners of English". Speech, Hearing & Language Research Centre, (SHLRC) Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University.

1993

RSA Certificate in TEFLA, Australian Centre for Languages.

1992

Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary English / Drama) University of Western Sydney.

1990

(Completed) Bachelor of Arts, English and Linguistics, Macquarie University.

1988-89

(Commenced) Bachelor of Arts, Charles Sturt University Mitchell.

Dr. Michael Carey
B.A. Dip. Ed. Cert. TEFLA. PhD

1/35 Gilda st, Nth Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia
Homepage: http://www.shlrc.mq.edu.au/~michael/homepage.htm
Email: michael@shlrc.mq.edu.au
Telephone: (+612) 9888 1750

Tertiary Education