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ProfessorKen Cruickshank

Professor in TESOL

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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  • Professor in TESOL
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research projects & supervision summary

Project Opportunities

Title: Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education

Summary of opportunity:

 

Excellence in community languages education

We support linguistic diversity and educational opportunity through research, teaching and professional learning programs across NSW.
Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education (SICLE) works in four main areas:

  • conducting research to inform policy and evidence-based approaches to teaching languages
  • providing professional learning pathways for teachers in NSW community languages schools
  • developing curriculum materials, resources and assessment to support students learning in more than 50 languages taught in community languages schools
  • supporting schools with IT systems and training to streamline their organisation.

 

Opportunity synopsis:

 

The Institute was established to undertake a program of research in community languages education to support teachers, student learning, policy and program development.

 

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RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A Sociocultural Mediation Approach in Developing International ESL/EFL Students’ Argumentation using Infographics
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An Examination of Australian Students' Choice and Motivation to Study Languages at Elective Levels
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Analysing the Construction of Multilingual Interactions: A case study of a Korean Community Language School in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Bilingualism and social-emotional wellbeing: the Case of Post-WW II 2nd and 3rd Generation Greek Australians
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Building Bridges: Trialling Chinese Language Progressions in Classroom-Based Assessment for Stage 3 and Stage 4
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Disengagement with Mathematics and Algebra: Stage 4 student experiences and perceptions, and implications for Australian schools
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ecological Influences on Arabic Heritage Language Maintenance Among Second- and Third-Generation Young Adults in Sydney.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Gender Indexicality and Perception of Intimacy in the Chinese Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis from Contemporary Urban-Themed Television Drama Serials
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Greek as a Heritage and Community Language in the Diaspora: Role maintenance and use among second to fourth generation Australians.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Improving Support for Educators Promoting Inclusivity in Community Language Schools in NSW
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    investigating now students' language diversity is reflected in Stage 6 Chinese assessment
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Leadership and Policy in Action: Understanding School Leadership in the Implementation of NSW EAL/D Education Policy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Mind the gap: Assessing Grade 6 Chinese language learning
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Navigating Professional Transition and Career Trajectories: The Experiences of Chinese Internationally Educated Teachers in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Social Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Community Languages Schools: Shaping the leaders practice /competencies at regional NSW schools.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Development of Intercultural Understanding and ‘Intercultural’ Posture through Language Learning: An Interpretivist Inquiry into Secondary Spanish Students in Queensland
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The educational experience of linguistically ‘invisible’ Indigenous primary students and their teachers – a case study in the East Kimberley
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Role of Student-Centred Teaching in Supporting Motivation and Autonomy in Mandarin Learning
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The teaching and learning of Arabic in NSW: Evidence-based approaches for stage 3 students
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    What works best in practice: Using classroom-based assessment to assess young learners (K-2) of Chinese