Mr Scott Grant - Researcher Profile

Biography

After graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics in 1983, Scott worked in industry for 2 years. During his undergraduate years at Monash Scott developed a strong interest in Asian culture and language. Having studied Chinese in weekend classes for a year or so, when the opportunity came to study in China through a Australian Government self-funded place, Scott left everything behind and went to China for an initial period of one year. As a result of subsequently obtaining a number of Australian Government scholarships while in China , the one year of study extended to four, at the end of which Scott returned to Australia with his new family.

For the next 8 years, Scott worked for a Victorian Government corporation that specialised in competing for and implementing international development projects around the world, and was heavily involved in project negotiation and implementation in China . In addition to frequent business trips to China , Scott also spent one further year in China establishing and running a representative office for his company.

In 1997 Scott decided to pursue his long-term interest in foreign languages and moved into the field of language education and translator training, teaching at Monash full-time for four years, at Monash and RMIT part time for 2 years, and at Monash full-time again since 2004. Since joining Monash Scott has added a Master of Translation Studies to his qualifications and is currently pursuing higher studies.

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF ACADEMIC PRACTICE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2012

MASTER OF TRANSLATION STUDIES

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR

Institution: National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)

Year awarded: 2001

GRADUATE ADVANCED STUDENT

Institution: Beijing Languages and Culture University

Year awarded: 1989

GRADUATE ADVANCED STUDENT

Institution: Fudan University

Year awarded: 1988

GRADUATE ADVANCED STUDENT

Institution: Nanjing University

Year awarded: 1987

BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1983

Publications

Book Chapters

Davies, G., Grant, S.J., 2008, Righting wrongs: the language of policy reform and China's migrant workers, in Migration and Social Protection in China, eds Ingrid Nielsen and Russell Smyth, World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 31-48.

Journal Articles

Henderson, M., Huang, H., Grant, S., Henderson, L., 2012, The impact of Chinese language lessons in a virtual world on university students' self-efficacy beliefs, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology [E], vol 28, issue 3, ASCILITE, Australia, pp. 400-419.

Grant, S.J., Clerehan, R.A., 2011, Finding the discipline: Assessing student activity in Second Life, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology [E], vol 27, issue 5 (Special Issue), A S C I L I T E, Australia, pp. 813-828.

Grant, S., Huang, H., 2010, The integration of an online 3D virtual learning environment into formal classroom-based undergraduate Chinese language and culture curriculum, Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching [E], vol 1, issue 1, Hamilton College, United States, pp. 2-13.

Henderson, L., Henderson, M., Grant, S., Huang, H., 2010, What are users thinking in a virtual world lesson? Using stimulated recall interviews to report student cognition, and its triggers, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research [E], vol 3, issue 1, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Radio, TV & Film, USA, pp. 1-20.

Conference Proceedings

Huang, H., Grant, S., 2010, Cultural immersion and language study without stepping out of the country, Chinese as a Foreign Language Teaching Practice and Reflections: Selected Papers for the 8th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy, 25-27/07/2010, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, China, pp. 417-421.

Henderson, L., Grant, S.J., Henderson, M., Huang, H., 2010, University students' cognitive engagement while learning in a Virtual World, Proceedings of the National Biennial Conference of the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACEC2010), 6th - 9th April 2010, Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), Australia, pp. 1-8.

Henderson, M., Huang, H., Grant, S.J., Henderson, L., 2009, Language acquisition in Second Life: Improving self-efficacy beliefs, Same places, different spaces. Proceedings ascilite Auckland 2009, 6 - 9 December 2009, The University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, and ASCILITE, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 464-474.

Grant, S.J., 2008, Immersive multi-user virtual environments: a new platform for foreign language teaching and learning, Is this the Asian Century? Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, The 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, http://arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/scottgrant.pdf, pp. 1-15.