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DR SOPHIA ARKOUDIS



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=1802
Work: 8344 7907
Fax: 8344 8612
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Curriculum theory and development Australia
Language and content teaching Australia
TESOL and international students Australia
Assessment and evaluation Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom The University of Birmingham Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United Kingdom King's College London Research
United Kingdom University of Bristol Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma in Education La Trobe University
Master of Education University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
ENHANCING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENGAGEMENT: CHANGING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS Chief Investigator AUST LEARNING AND TEACHING COUNCIL LTD Competitive Grants Program 22/10/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
INVESTIGATING IELTS EXIT SCORE GAINS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Chief Investigator IELTS AUST 10/05/2006
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WORKPLACE READINESS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT & WORKPLACE RELATIONS,
DEEWR
12/06/2008
INTERNATIONALISING SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN VICTORIA Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 01/07/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Chinese Students: Perspectives on their social, cognitive, and linguistic investment in English medium interaction
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 3-8
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  • Imagined communities in senior school mathematics: Beyond issues of English language ability
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-90
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Collaborating in ESL education in schools
    Year: 2007
    Book: International Handbook of English Language Teaching: Part 1
    Publisher: Springer(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • International students in Australia: Read ten thousand volumes of books and walk ten thousand miles
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Education
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 157-170
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Reports

  • Exploring the teaching-research nexus: A preliminary report on a national investigation
    Year: 2007
    Customer: CSHE Research Seminars, the University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Centre for the Study of Higher Education, Unversity of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • In-Course Language Development and Support
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Australian Education International, Department of Education, Science and Training
    Publisher: Department of Education Science and Training(Canberra)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Fusing pedagogic horizons: Language and content teaching in the mainstream
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Linguistics and Education
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 173-187
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  • Negotiating the Rough Ground between ESL and Mainstream Teachers
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 415-433
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  • Teachers' stances towards Chinese international students: An Australian case study
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Linguistics and Education
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 258-281
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Reports

  • Teaching International Students: Strategies to enhance learning
    Year: 2006
    Customer: The University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Centre for the Study of Higher Education(Melbourne)
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  • The key influences on international students who choose the University of Melbourne
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Marketing and Recruitment Offshore, The University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Centre for the Study of Higher Education(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Frilled up science: Developing practices within collaboration
    Year: 2005
    Book: Content-Based Instruction in Primary and Secondary School Settings
    Publisher: TESOL Publications(Virginia)
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Reports

  • The Schools Partnership Program International: A review to assist future planning
    Year: 2005
    Customer: The University of Melbourne Marketing and Recruitment Offshore
    Publisher: Centre for the Study of Higher Education(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Sinking or swimming?: Chinese international students and high stakes school exams
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 58-71
    Publisher: Applied Linguistics Association of Australia(Melbourne)
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  • Tensions between validity and outcomes: teacher assessment of written work of recently arrived immigrant ESL students
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Language Testing
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 284-304
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  • They're all over the shop: Chinese international students in the VCE
    Year: 2004
    Journal: TESOL in Context
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1&2
    Page numbers: 10-14
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Teaching English as a second language in science classes: incommensurate epistemologies
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Language and Education
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 161-173
    Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Breaking out of the billabong: mainstreaming in Australian schools
    Year: 2002
    Book: Mainstreaming
    Publisher: TESOL Publications(Virginia)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • ESL and subject specialists negotiating pedagogic knowledge
    Year: 2002
    Event name: International Language in Education Conference
    Conference Publication: Reflecting on language in education
    Page numbers: 139-152
    Publisher: The Hong Kong Institute of Education
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