Jennifer Thurstun interviewed by Peter Parkhill in the Australian TESOL industry oral history project 2005- [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3821873
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thurstun, Jennifer, interviewee
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- Description:
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- 2006
- 2 sound files (135 min.)
- Series:
- Australian TESOL industry oral history project 2005-
- Summary:
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Jennifer Thurstun talks about her personal background; her interest in languages; living in France; entering University of Sydney; travels to India; student travel scheme; studying for a Dip. Ed.; applying for volunteer work in Africa; travels to Britain, France and Spain; returning to Australia; traveling in Italy with friends; meeting future husband and marrying in the Canary Islands, staying for 17 years; working as a journalist in Tenerife; working for dance magazine in Australia; Beth Deane; writing on dance for "The Australian"; English teaching courses at Sydney Technical College; teaching in the Canary Islands; schools on the Canary Islands; Adult education college on Canary Islands; Universidad Popular (Canary Islands); English teaching, syllabus; Cambridge English text books; training English teachers; returning to Australia from Tenerife; applying for scholarship at Macquarie University; Master's degree in linguistics; working at National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR); courses at NCELTR; English for Professional Purposes course, early 1990s; David Nunan; Academic English (EAP) section at Macquarie; systemic functional linguistics; students from Thailand, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Korea; IELTS test classes.
Thurstun discusses EAP students; John Sinclair, Lancaster University; Microconcord manual from Oxford University; grant to study the use of HyperCard for students; applying for grant to develop materials for academic English; Christopher Candlin; vocabulary for EAP work book, “Exploring Academic English”; piloting program at NCELTR and overseas; developing the final publication; teaching her son, English (brought up speaking Spanish); ethnolinguistics; overview of her research; her research data presented at conferences; internet as resource for language students and teachers; research for PhD; differences between electronic and print texts; e-texts read by English language learners; problems faced by English language learners; research material presented to AMES teachers; using internet in language classes; her work at NCELTR in a Associate Lecturer position; early childhood development students; designing courses for students in Singapore; English for specific purposes; International students in Australia; the future; world languages; English as language of the internet; plans for the future.
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- Recorded on Nov. 29 and Dec. 8, 2006 at McMahon's Point, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
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- Parkhill, Peter, interviewer
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