Gillian Wigglesworth

Gillian Wigglesworth
Born (1951-08-18) 18 August 1951 (age 73)
England
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Scientific career
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WebsiteWigglesworth on the website of the University of Melbourne

Professor Gillian Wigglesworth FAHA is an Australian linguist, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor[1] in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and former Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne.

Career

Wigglesworth holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia), She is a member of the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, where she was founding Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language.[2] She was Chief Investigator, with Jane Simpson and Patrick McConvell, in the Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Projects, funded by ARC Discovery Grants (2004–2007, 2011–2015),[3][4][5][6] and is currently Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.[7] In 2016, she was also Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne, and in 2011 she was the Vice President of the International Language Testing Association.[8]

She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2023.[9]

Research

Her research interests focus on language acquisition, including first language acquisition, second language acquisition, language teaching, testing and assessment,[10][11][12] and bilingualism,[13][14][15][16] particularly the home and school languages of Indigenous Australian children living in remote communities.[17][18][19][20]

Key publications

  • (2005) Murray D. and G. Wigglesworth. First Language Support in Adult ESL in Australia. Sydney: Macquarie University.
  • (2007) Ng, B. and G. Wigglesworth. Bilingualism: an advanced resource book. Routledge.
  • (2008) Simpson, J. and G. Wigglesworth. Children's language and multilingualism: Indigenous language use at home and school. London: Continuum.
  • (2013) Meakins, F. and G. Wigglesworth. 'How much input is enough? Correlating comprehension and child language input in an endangered language.' Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, Multilingual Matters, vol. 34, issue 2, pp. 171–188.
  • (2013) Loakes, D., K. Moses, G. Wigglesworth, J. Simpson and R. Billington. 'Children's language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community.' Multilingua, vol. 32, issue 5, pp. 683–711.
  • (2018) Wigglesworth, G, J. Simpson & J. Vaughan (eds). Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth: The Transition from Home to School. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The University's Redmond Barry Distinguished Professors". 2 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Research Unit for Indigenous Language staff". Research Unit for Indigenous Language. 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project (ACLA1) — School of Languages and Linguistics". 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project (ACLA2) — School of Languages and Linguistics". 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ Laughren, Mary (2016). "From Linguistic Research Findings to Useful Products for Australian Aboriginal Communities". ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics. 12. doi:10.25120/etropic.12.1.2013.3395.
  6. ^ Koch, H.; R. Nordlinger (2014). "The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues'". In Koch, Harold; Nordlinger, Rachel (eds.). The languages and linguistics of Australia : a comprehensive guide. De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-027969-6.
  7. ^ "CoEDL Chief Investigators". Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of language. 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ "International Language Testing Association". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Fellow Profile – Gillian (Jill) Wigglesworth". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  10. ^ Evans, Eston E. (2002). "Reviewed work: Studies in Immigrant English Language Assessment. Volume 1, Geoff Brindley". The Modern Language Journal. 86 (1): 155–156. JSTOR 1192796.
  11. ^ Cumming, Alister (2006). "Reviewed work: The Kaleidoscope of Adult Second Language Learning: Learner, Teacher and Researcher Perspectives, Gillian Wigglesworth". The Modern Language Journal. 90 (1): 139–140. JSTOR 3588833.
  12. ^ Kenyon, Dorry M. (1999). "Reviewed work: Access: Issues in Language Test Design and Delivery, Geoff Brindley, Gillian Wigglesworth". The Modern Language Journal. 83 (2): 274–276. JSTOR 330345.
  13. ^ "Book Review: Ng Bee Chin and Gililan Wigglesworth, Bilingualism: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2007)". International Journal of Bilingualism. 12 (4): 321–323. 2008. doi:10.1177/1367006908098574. S2CID 220820838.
  14. ^ Heredia, Roberto R. (2009). "Reviewed work: Bilingualism: An Advanced Resource Book, Ng Bee Chin, Gillian Wigglesworth". Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 31 (1): 127–128. doi:10.1017/S027226310909007X. JSTOR 44485841. S2CID 144334064.
  15. ^ Edel, Kristina (2013). "Reviewed work: Einführung in die Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung. 3. überarbeitete Auflage [1. Auflage 2006], Natascha Müller, Tanja Kupisch, Karin Schmitz, Katja Cantone; Bilingualism – an Advanced Resource Book. (Routledge Applied Linguistics), Ng Nee Chin, Gillian Wigglesworth". Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik. 80 (1): 109–110. JSTOR 24547988.
  16. ^ Price, Joseph Edward (2009). "Reviewed work: Bilingualism: An Advanced Resource Book, Gillian Wigglesworth, Ng Bee Chin". The Modern Language Journal. 93 (2): 311–312. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4781.2009.00870_11.x. JSTOR 40264074.
  17. ^ King, Kendall A. (2010). "Reviewed work: CHILDRen's LANGUAGE and Multilingualism: Indigenous Language Use at Home and School, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth". Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 32 (1): 159–160. doi:10.1017/S0272263109990416. JSTOR 44488110. S2CID 145136784.
  18. ^ "Professor Gillian Wigglesworth, University of Melbourne". Atesol Nt.
  19. ^ Disbray, Samantha. "Communication Matters: new language varieties and new interactions in legal contexts" (PDF).
  20. ^ Train, Robert (2010). "Reviewed work: Children's Language and Multilingualism: Indigenous Language Use at Home and School, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth". The Modern Language Journal. 94 (3): 526–528. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4781.2010.01083.x. JSTOR 40856204.