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Dr Lindy Woodrow

Convenor, MEd TESOL

Lecturer in TESOL

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Phone: +61 2 9351 6419

Fax: +61 2 9351 2606

Building.Room: A35.815

Research interests

Learning sciences; psychology of education

  • Learning, cognition and motivation

Teaching English to speakers of other languages

  • English for academic purposes
  • Second language acquisition

Keywords

English language learning, confucian hertitage learners, second language motivation, anxiety and self-beliefs, academic writing, international students


Professional biography

Lindy is currently on study leave. She is conducting research into writing, affect and motivation of college English students in China.

Lindy has taught English as a second and foreign language in Italy, Greece, Sweden, the UK, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.

Her specialty in the MEd(TESOL) program is in lecturing about the use of English for academic purposes.

Her main research interests are in the area of second languge motivation and affect. She also researches issues concerning international students' adaption to academic life. She has a particular interest in China and  and other Confucian Heritage Cultures.

Lindy is a frequent visitor to Shanghai where she teaches  the off-shore delivery of the MEd TESOL.


Awards

  • Faculty of Education and Social Work Teaching Excellence Award 2005


Current projects

  • 2009 - 2010 English writing apprehension and self-perception of College English students in China.
  • 2009 -2011 An empirical examination into factors affecting academic performance of non-English background graduates from Taylors College studying at the University of Sydney

Current research students

Project title Degree Research student
Exploring willingess to communicate in 'English as a foreign lanauge' (EFL) university classrooms in China: A mixed methods approach. PhD Jian E Peng

Selected publications

Books

  • Paltridge, B., Harbon, L. Hirsh,D., Phakiti, A., Shen, H., Stevenson, M., & Woodrow, L.,. (2009). Teaching academic writing. Ann Arbor, USA: Michigan University Press.
  • Woodrow, L. (2008). Adaptive Second Language Learning. The Case of EAP Students. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

Book chapters

  • Woodrow, L. (2006). English in academic settings: A postgraduate course for students from non-English speaking backgrounds. In M A Snow;L Kamhi-Stein (Ed.), Developing a new course for adult learners (pp. 197–218), Sydney: TESOL.

Journal articles

  • Bosuwon, T. & Woodrow, L. 40, 42-64. (2009). Developing a problem-based course based on needs analysis to enhance English reading ability of Thai undergraduates.. , 40, 40–64.
  • Hee, L, Woodrow, L. (2008). International students' out-of-class interaction during the preparation of academic assignments: The case of six Korean TESOL postgraduate students. University of Sydney Papers in TESOL, 3, 35–72.
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). Anxiety and speaking English as a second language. R E L C Journal: a journal of language teaching and research in Southeast Asia , 37(3), 308–328.
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). Academic Success of International Postgraduate Education Students and the Role of English Proficiency. University of Sydney Papers in TESOL, 1, 51–70.
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). A model of adaptive language learning. Modern Language Journal: devoted to research and discussion about the learning and teaching of foreign and second languages , 90(3), 297–319.
  • Woodrow, L. (2005). The challenge of measuring language learning strategies. Foreign Language Annals, 38(1), 90–100.
  • Woodrow, L. (2005). The challenge of measuring language learning strategies. Foreign Language Annals, 38(1), 90–99.

Conference papers

  • Woodrow, L. (2007). Self-beliefs in language learning research. In Second Annual University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium. University of Sydney, 3-4 August 2007.
  • Woodrow, L. (2007). Students researching their writing. In . Wollongong, NSW, 1-3 July 2007.
  • Woodrow, L. (2007). Affect and speaking English. In .
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). Teaching academic writing for graduates: An ethnographic perspective. In . Harrogate, UK, 8-12 April 2006.
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). A Motivational profile of EAP learners at intensive language centres. In . Sydney, September.
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). Developing academic literacies of international postgraduate students. In .
  • Woodrow, L. (2006). English in academic settings: Helping international postgraduates cope. In Jeffery, PL AARE Education Research. Creative Dissent: Constructive Solutions. Parramatta, 27Nov-1 Dec 2005.
  • Woodrow, L. (2005). Affect in second language learning. In .
  • Woodrow, L. (2005). The relevance and relationship of affect to learning English. In .
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