AMEP Research Centre
Kerry Taylor-Leech
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Formal Name: Kerry Taylor-Leech Personal Title: Dr Position: Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics Qualification: PhD (Griffith University), MEd TESOL (University of Manchester), Postgraduate Certificate in Education (London Institute of Education), BA Honours (London School of Economics and Political Science) Telephone: (+61-2) 9850 6336 Email: Kerry.Taylor-Leech@mq.edu.au Location: W6C 124
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Profile
Kerry is an academic researcher currently working on the AMEP RC longitudinal study Language training and settlement success: Are they related?.
Coming from a teaching background, she has taught in secondary schools, adult migrant education and higher education. Kerry has worked in English language teaching, TESOL and Applied Linguistics since the 1980s. Her interest in language education in developing countries led to teaching posts in Mozambique, Cameroon and Timor-Leste. These experiences inspired an interest in colonial languages and their impact on local language ecologies. Prior to arriving at Macquarie, Kerry taught English and Applied Linguistics at Griffith University in Queensland whilst undertaking doctoral research.
Kerry’s research has focused on language policy and sociolinguistics. Her interests lie in multilingualism, language and identity, language dispositions and language maintenance, revival and reform. In addition she has an ongoing interest in the teaching and learning of languages, particularly teaching methods, curriculum and materials design.
Thesis Title:
The ecology of language planning in Timor-Leste: A study of language policy, planning and practices in identity construction.
Kerry has spoken at a number of national and international conferences about her research in Timor-Leste.
Memberships:
- Applied Linguistics Association of Australia.
- American Association of Applied Linguistics.
- Association of teachers of English as a second language, New South Wales.
- Australian Linguistics Society.
Refereed journals
- 2008. (In press) The language situation in Timor-Leste. In Current issues in language planning.
- 2008. Language and identity in East Timor: The discourses of nation building. In Language problems and language planning (32), 2008, 153-180.
- 2006. The ecology of language reform in Timor-Leste: A language rights perspective. In Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor (7), 2006, 13-35.
- 2005. The ecology of language planning in Timor-Leste. Development Bulletin (63), 116-120.
Book chapters
- 2007. Sustaining Language Policy and Language Rights in East Timor: Where to from here? In M. Leach and D. Kingsbury (eds). East Timor: Beyond Independence. Clayton, Vic: Monash University Press. pp 239-249.
Book Reviews
- 2008. Review of Ricento, T. (ed), (2006). An introduction to language policy theory and method, Oxford: Blackwell. In Current Issues in language planning (9), 2008, 228-230.
- Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 30, 2, August 2007. Joseph, J. (2004). Identity: national, ethnic, religious. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics.