Associate ProfessorRod Neilsen

Associate Professor in Education (TESOL)

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

  • Associate Professor in Education (TESOL)
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education
  • +61 3 924 45437 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Cultural factors affecting language acquisition
    * Globalisation of teaching
    * Language teacher education
    * Multilingual development
    * Teacher mobility

    Knowledge Areas
    Language Teacher Development, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language
    Grammar, Sociocultural aspects of Language Teaching, Language testing

    Projects

2022: Engaging plurilingual repertoires for equity: Developing linguistically diverse pedagogy and practice in Higher Education (co-investigator, Deakin internal grant)  

2018: Evaluation of EAL/D Languages Teaching Professional Development (Chief
Investigator; Department of Education Northern Territory; $200,000).
2018: Evaluation of Languages Teaching Professional Development (Co-
investigator; Department of Education Queensland; $58,795)
2018: Adult Literacy program: An evidence-based, multilingual approach to
family literacy (State Library Victoria/Whitehorse-Manningham Libraries;
$13,669).
2017.The role of local buddies as intercultural mediators for pre-service
teachers in a global practicum. (Faculty Small Research Grant: $2,998).
2016. Multilingual identities: EAL/D families' experiences of Australian
English language education (REDI Research Development Grant: $9000).
2015. Demystifying Grammar: rethinking language awareness for teacher
training. (Chief Investigator; Office for Learning and Teaching : $50,000.
2013. Religious Dimensions of Asia Literacy. Rod Neilsen (Chief
Investigator), Michiko Weinmann and Ruth Arber $9,000.'Asia Literacy in
Melbourne Schools: Religious Dimensions' (2013)

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    What is essential learning in Australian and international EAL/D curriculum: A scoping review
    6 Sep 2022 - 30 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority - CON22-316 - $42,605.08
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Building capacity in the languages teaching profession in Australia: Teacher perspectives.
    7 Jun 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Education (Queensland) - $84,155.08
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Upskilling the Languages teaching profession in Queensland.
    20 Apr 2020 - 20 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Education (Queensland) - CONTR2020/00755 - $81,409.66
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Pedagogy in South Australia.
    31 May 2019 - 30 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Catholic Education Office - CONTR2019/01343 - $20,400.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    EAL Action Research for primary teachers
    4 Apr 2019 - 28 Feb 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Geelong Grammar School - CONTR2019/01474 - $12,766.36
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Language Teaching Professional Development: Practice-Based Research
    1 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Education (Queensland) - $99,519.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Upskilling EAL Pedagogy in the Northern Territory
    1 May 2018 - 22 Jun 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Northern Territory Government Department of Education - $272,526.40
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Adult literacy innovation program
    13 Apr 2018 - 28 Sep 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library Corporation - $12,426.36
  • GRANT
    Demystifying Gramma: Rethinking language awareness for teach training
    19 Dec 2013 - 30 Oct 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Rod Neilsen
    OLT Seed Projects - Office for Learning and Teaching - SD13-3330 - $50,000.00