Teaching the Teachers!

I conducted a workshop about cultural awareness to a most receptive and enthusiastic group of teachers as part of their yearly staff professional development program.

Interacting with people from other cultures enriches your outlook on life. Reflection of your differences and your similarities help you view life through the eyes of many others in a global community.

When you learn about other cultures, you establish new methods of thought and solve problems from a different perspective.

Radio interview with 2NURFM in New South Wales, Australia

Holy interview Batman!

I had a most enjoyable time with Morning Show Presenter Mark Rorke from 2NURFM in New South Wales, discussing comic book literature, specifically Batman, and the global Batman Day celebration.

Click on the image above to listen to the interview!

The interview focussed on the influence of the superhero in a global pop culture society, and I spoke about my thesis investigations of the context, stereotypes, representations, and controversies in comic book literature.

The interview comes at a fantastic time as I prepare for my first post-COVID-19 keynote about the literature at Supanova Comic Con and Gaming at the Adelaide Showground on October 30.

Are you a Batman fan?

A fantastic new resource added for my younger language students!

The ambience of the classroom has an extremely important impact on language learners, and this is especially true for students in the Early Years Learning Framework.

Bold, bright, and vibrant images related to the language and its culture provide a narrative that can be used to present the language to the students on a daily basis.

I am delighted to add this beautiful mural of the Eiffel Tower in all its splendour to my classroom for students to enjoy.

I greatly appreciate my centre director for permitting me to indulge and have the mural created!

ABC and Port Lincoln Times news articles about the linguistic program I coordinate!

Hot on the heels of the linguistic field trip I coordinated at Port Lincoln are two articles by the ABC and Port Lincoln Times!

Click on the image above to view the ABC article!

Click on the image above to view the Port Lincoln Times article!

Special thanks to the ABC and Port Lincoln Times for reporting on the event!

Flinders University tv commercial, June 2021!

Today I was in front of the camera as part of a new tv commercial for Flinders University speaking about the advantages of learning a language/s, as well as testifying about my linguistic journey as a past student and as a language teacher/lecturer.