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 RESEARCHWhat is essential learning in Australian and international EAL/D curriculum: A scoping review6 Sep 2022 - 30 Nov 2022People funded by this grant:
- Weinmann M,
- Neilsen R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBuilding capacity in the languages teaching profession in Australia: Teacher perspectives.7 Jun 2021 - 17 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Weinmann M,
- Neilsen R,
- Arber R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHUpskilling the Languages teaching profession in Queensland.20 Apr 2020 - 20 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Weinmann M,
- Arber R,
- Neilsen R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHContent and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Pedagogy in South Australia.31 May 2019 - 30 Sep 2019People funded by this grant:
- Weinmann M,
- Neilsen R,
- Arber R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEAL Action Research for primary teachers4 Apr 2019 - 28 Feb 2020People funded by this grant:
- Neilsen R,
- Weinmann M,
- Arber R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHLanguage Teaching Professional Development: Practice-Based Research1 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Weinmann M,
- Arber R,
- Neilsen R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHUpskilling EAL Pedagogy in the Northern Territory1 May 2018 - 22 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Arber R,
- Neilsen R,
- Weinmann M
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTAdult literacy innovation program13 Apr 2018 - 28 Sep 2018People funded by this grant:
- Arber R,
- Weinmann M,
- Neilsen R
- GRANTDemystifying Gramma: Rethinking language awareness for teach training19 Dec 2013 - 30 Oct 2016People funded by this grant:
- Rod Neilsen