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Brendan Rodda
Australia
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Field
English as a Foreign Language, Linguistics
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Degree
M.A.(Macquarie University)
Message to Applicants
Try hard to value and enjoy learning. If you can do that, you will continue to learn and grow and you will be able to lead a full, interesting and independent life.
| Research Topics |
- Vocabulary acquisition in second language learning
- Stylistic analysis of literature
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| Research Achievements |
- 2018 ‘Linguistic Features and their Relation to Theme in Frost’s The Road Not Taken’ in Comparative Culture (Special Issue), Vol 22.2, 2018.
- 2011 ‘Polyglots and their approaches: points of interest for language learners and teachers’ in Comparative Culture, Vol. 16, 2011.
- 2008 ‘Connections to existing knowledge: the effectiveness of methods of vocabulary acquisition’ in Comparative Culture, Vol. 14, 2008.
- 2007 ‘Learning English vocabulary at the university level: some considerations for objectives, strategies and outcomes’in Comparative Culture, Vol.13.
- 2004 ‘Malouf’s Language of Reconciliation: Stylistic Patterns in An Imaginary Life’in Literature and Aesthetics, July 2004.
- 2004 ‘Introducing exit competencies into a university English course’. Presented at SALT conference, Malaysia, November 2004.
- 2004 ‘A new unit for a university English course’. Presented at Kyoto JALT conference, October 2004.
- 2003 ‘Project work in the Freshman English course at Kanda’ in Studies in Linguistics and Language Learning, No.14.
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| Courses Taught |
- LL311 English Linguistics 1
- LL312 English Linguistics 2
- ESC201 Cultures of Australia/New Zealand
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