Dr Louisa Willoughby - Researcher Profile

Biography

My PhD thesis was in the area of language maintenance and shift and focussed on the linguistic practices and identities of a group of migrant-background students attending the same Melbourne high school.

I have a strong interest in language policy in health and education settings, particularly as they relate to speakers of minority languages. From 2007 to 2009 I taught in the School of Education at Deakin and held a concurrent role as a researcher for the Victorian Deaf Society. Projects undertaken include a report on the situation and needs of deaf people from migrant backgrounds living in Victoria and analysis of 2006 Australian census data on the education and employment outcomes of sign language users in Victoria. I joined Monash in a full-time lecturing role in 2010.

Current research includes a project exploring nicknaming practices among Australian high schools students (with Dr Donna Starks , Latrobe University and Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech, Griffith University) and an ARC Linkage project using the Xbox Kinect to teach Australian Sign Language vocabulary (with Monash colleagues Dr Kirsten Ellis, AProf Julie Fisher and AProf Nicole Rinehart and partner organisations Deaf Children Australia and the Victorian Deaf Society).

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

BA (HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

Publications

Book Chapters

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2009, Language choice in migrant families with deaf children: a case study approach, in Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics, eds Honglin Chen and Ken Cruickshank, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, pp. 316-327.

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2007, 'Don't be so loud - and speak English': School language policies towards Chinese international students, in Learning Discourses and the Discourses of Learning, eds Helen Marriott, Tim Moore and Robyn Spence-Brown, Monash University ePress, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 07.1-07.12.

Journal Articles

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2012, Language maintenance and the deaf child, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development [P], vol 33, issue 6, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 605-618.

Starks, D., Taylor-Leech, K., Willoughby, L.J.V., 2012, Nicknames in Australian secondary schools: insights into nicknames and adolescent views of self, Names [P], vol 60, issue 3, Maney Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 135-149.

Willoughby, L.J.V., Bye, S., 2012, Using film texts to teach about the English language, Idiom [P], vol 48, issue 1, Victorian Association for the Teaching of English, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, pp. 46-47.

Willoughby, L., 2011, Sign language users' education and employment levels: keeping pace with changes in the general Australian population?, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education [E], vol 16, issue 3, Oxford University Press, Cary, USA, pp. 401-413.

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2009, Language choice in multilingual peer groups: insights from an Australian high school, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development [P], vol 30, issue 5, Routledge, UK, pp. 421-435.

Clyne, M.G., Willoughby, L.J.V., Bradshaw, J.M., 2009, Linguistic diversity in Melbourne's south-east, People and Place [P], vol 17, issue 1, Monash University, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Australia, pp. 55-62.

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2007, Interethnic relations: a case study of senior students at an Australian high school, International Education Journal, vol 8, issue 1, Shannon Research Press, Adelaide, SA, pp. 254-264.

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2006, Heritage LOTEs at VCE level: student perspectives on current programs, Monash University Linguistic Papers, vol 5, issue 1, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 3-15.

Conference Proceedings

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2007, "Not ethnic, but ethics groups": friendship group formation at a Melbourne high school, Proceedings of the Everyday Multicultualism Conference of the CRSI, 28 September 2006 - 29 September 2006, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/news_and_events/everyday_multiculturalism.htm, pp. 1-10.

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2005, Languages and cultures in contact: identity formation amongst teenage children of migrants. An Australian case study, Contexts, Contacts & Constraints, 30/10/2003 to 01/11/2003, School of Languages, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 243-254.

Other

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2011, Aged Care Support for Deaf Victorians, Vicdeaf, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. iii-57.

Willoughby, L., 2009, Education and Employment Outcomes for Victorian Sign Language Users: Analysis from the 2006 Census, The Victorian Deaf Society, East Melbourne Vic Australia.

Willoughby, L., 2009, Review of the Smoke Alarm Subsidy Scheme for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Victorians, The Victorian Deaf Society, East Melbourne Vic Australia.

Willoughby, L., 2009, The Distribution of NSW Sign Language Users: Analysis from the 1996 and 2006 Census, The Deaf Society of NSW, Sydney NSW Australia.

Willoughby, L., 2009, The Distribution of Tasmania's Signing Populations: Analysis from the 1996 and 2006 Census, The Victorian Deaf Society, East Melbourne Vic Australia.

Willoughby, L., 2008, Catering to a Diverse Community: A Report on the Situation and Needs of Deaf People from Migrant Backgrounds Living in Victoria, The Victorian Deaf Society and Victorian Multicultural Commission, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Bradshaw, J.M., Deumert, A., Burridge, K., Izon, M.A., Willoughby, L.J.V., 2008, Victoria's Languages: Gateway to the World, VITS Language Link, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 1-173.

Willoughby, L.J.V., 2007, "You have to speak it at least": Language and identity maintenance amoung Australian migrant teenagers.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Factors influencing young international students's learning motivation and aspirations.

Supervisors:

Phan, L (Main), Willoughby, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

How religion, politics and cultural identity influence language maintenance for Sri Lankan Tamils.

Supervisors:

Willoughby, L (Main), Bradshaw, J (Associate), Musgrave, S (Associate).