Dr Gavin Austin
| Name | Dr Gavin Austin |
|---|---|
| Email Address | gavin.austin@unisq.edu.au |
| Job Title | Lecturer (Linguistics) |
| Qualifications | BA Sydney, MLitt Sydney, PhD UNE |
| Department | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
| Affiliations | Centre for Health Research |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-1981 |
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Biography
My main area of research is second language acquisition, though I also have expertise in general linguistics and research methods. My main professional role is as a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Southern Queensland. In this position, I teach general linguistics, and cultural and linguistic diversity, in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours) program. In addition to my academic qualifications, I have a professional qualification in teaching English to adult speakers of other languages. Before going into higher education, I worked as a TESOL teacher in Japan and Australia, and as an IELTS examiner. I have gained first-hand experience of cultural and linguistic diversity through living in four countries: Sri Lanka, Scotland, Japan and Australia.
Expertise
Statistical analysis: generalised linear and additive models, Bayesian statistics, multivariate analysis
Statistics programming: R, Python
Statistics software: SPSS
Experimental design: PsychoPy3
Experimental methods: spoken production, self-paced reading
Survey research: formr
Teaching
SPH1200 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Global Citizenship
SPH2100 Linguistics for Speech Pathology
Fields of Research
- 470306. English as a second language
- 470401. Applied linguistics and educational linguistics
- 470404. Corpus linguistics
- 470409. Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax)
- 470410. Phonetics and speech science
- 470411. Sociolinguistics
- 470530. Stylistics and textual analysis
Professional Membership
| Professional Membership | Year |
|---|---|
| Australian Linguistic Society | |
| Centre for Health Research (CHR), University of Southern Queensland |
BA
Sydney
1996
MLitt
Sydney
1997
PhD
UNE
2014
Current Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding Social-Emotional Wellbeing and Language Development Across Early Childhood: Patterns of Strengths and Challenges, and the Impact of Psychosocial Factors | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2023 |
Completed Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance effects in L2 Arabic agreement inflection | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| The production of inflectional /s/ by Arabic learners of English | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Seeking information in a medical setting: Vietnamese doctor-patient interaction | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
| Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kickstarter Grant ($500) | University of Southern Queensland | |
| 2016 | School-Specific Publication Excellence Awards: First prize | University of Southern Queensland | |
| 2005 | Australian Postgraduate Award | Australian Government |