CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name: ROCHECOUSTE, Judith (formerly MACLEAN, nee ADENEY)
Date of Birth: 6th September, 1948
Place of Birth: Australia
Marital Status: Married, 1 child (born: 3.5.'77)
Address: 6 Holmfirth St, Menora WA 6050
Telephone: 9271 8487 (contact no: 9380 1899, mobile: 041 204 8906)
EDUCATION:
Tertiary:1974 - Mature Age University Entrance, The Flinders University of South Australia to study for a Bachelor of Arts, part-time.
1980 - Completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree with First Class Honours in French.
1981 - Awarded a University Post-Graduate Scholarship at the Australian National University, Canberra, to study for a Master of Arts.
1983 - Completed a Master of Arts Degree in Linguistics, with coursework and sub-thesis research into the acoustic analysis of Latvian vowels.
1988 - Awarded a Commonwealth Post-Graduate Research Award at University of Western Australia, to study for a Doctorate in Linguistics.
1996 - Completed a Doctorate with the Centre for Linguistics on the grammatical description of Mauricien, the creole language spoken in Mauritius.
Secondary:
St Michael's C.E.G.G.S., St Kilda, Victoria
Hamilton College, Hamilton, Victoria.
Primary:
St Germain's State Primary School, Victoria
Kyabram State Primary School, Victoria
EMPLOYMENT:
1998 Position: Contract Linguist, Kurangkurl Consultancy,
Bunbury.
Duties: To advise on and record proceedings at the
Kaata-Wankinyiny Regional Council Noongar Language and Culture
Workshop held on 28-29th January 1998, to assist in the
preparation of a report outlining major issues and
recommendations and minutes of the proceedings.
1997-1998: Position: Academic English Tutor, Community Health
Research Training Unit, Department of General Practice,
University of Western Australia. Duties: To assist
post-graduate students from overseas in the preparation of
Masters theses and research reports.
1997-1998: Position: Consultant Research Associate, Centre for
Applied Language Research, Edith Cowan University.
Duties: To research, develop and author an interactive
multi-media package to assist tertiary level beginners with the
demands of academic writing.
1997-1998: Position: Research Co-ordinator (.25), Centre for
English Language Teaching, University of Western Australia.
Duties: To carry out language and literacy research in
relation to learning English as a Second Language and non-native
speakers within the tertiary system, for example, an
investigation of the predictive value of the TOEFL university
entrance test at post-graduate level.
1997: Position: Supervisor (.25), Graduate School of Education,
University of Western Australia.
Duties: To supervisor post-graduate students enrolled in
the Applied Linguistics programme.
1997: Position: ATAS tutor with the Centre for Aboriginal
Studies, Curtin University.
Duties: To guide a third year Aboriginal student in the
Aboriginal Community Management & Development Program through
the process of research, evaluation and report writing.
1997: Position: Project Linguist for the Towards a more
User-Friendly Education for speakers of Aboriginal English
Project. A collaborative ARC Grant involving Edith Cowan
University and the Education Department of Western Australia.
Duties: To assist with training of Aboriginal Islander
Education Workers to carry out data collection within their
schools, to carry out linguistic analysis of samples of
Aboriginal student speech with the assistance of Aboriginal
research assistants and to assist in the development of a final
report and curriculum materials which reflect two-way
learning and acknowledgement of the Aboriginal world view.
1995-1996: Position: Research Assistant (.5), Centre for Applied
Language Research, Edith Cowan University
Duties: To collect data on communication patterns and
experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at
tertiary level as part of an ARC grant entitled 'Framing Student
Literacy: Aspects of cross-cultural communication in Australian
universities'.
1995-1996: Position: Research Assistant (.5), Graduate School of
Education, The University of Western Australia.
Duties: Collection and discourse analysis of samples of
native and non-native speaking tertiary student writing for the
ARC funded grant entitled: 'Framing Student Literacy: Aspects of
cross-cultural communication in Australian universities'.
1996-1998: Position: Project Officer (.25) for the Child Literacy
and ESL Research Node of Language Australia (formerly the
National Language and Literacy Institute of Australia).
Duties: The administration and monitoring of small research
grants to primary and secondary teachers and other researchers.
1996: Position: Co-researcher Bilingual Interface Project.
Duties: To interview, collate and produce a document
investigating L1 and L2 interface in children enrolled in the
Khmer/English Bilingual Programme at Koonawarra Primary,
Karrawarra, WA.
1994: Position: Research Consultant for Language Australia
(formerly the National Language and Literacy Institute of
Australia).
Duties: To carry out an evaluation of the Balcatta
ESL project, interviewing teachers, children and parents.
1993-1994: Position: Research Assistant, Graduate School of
Education, University of Western Australia.
Duties: To analyse and compare the use of Academic
English by first year undergraduate students from non-English
speaking backgrounds (NESB) and English-speaking students.
1994: Position: Research Assistant, Language Studies, Edith Cowan
University.
Duties: To investigate and report on the linguistic
and cultural factors affecting communication between (NESB)
students and Edith Cowan Staff. This research was made
possible by a grant from the University's Equity Project Funding.
1993 - 1994: Position: Sessional Lecturer in Linguistics
for students of English as a Second Language. The
University of Western Australia, Centre of English Language
Teaching.
Duties: To design and present the Linguistics
component of a three week Intensive English Course for
undergraduate students from Reunion Island.
1992 - 1996: Position: Examiner, The University of Western
Australia.
Duties: To correct essay, cloze and listening comprehension
components of the UWA English Competency Test.
1993: Position: Research Assistant, Language Studies, Edith Cowan
University.
Duties: To investigate and report on the Relationship
between Language and Culture in the Australian Public Service and
Implications for Training for the Office of Multicultural
Affairs, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra.
1992: Position: Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education,
University of Western Australia.
Duties: To investigate the interface between Grammar
and Discourse in the writing of NESB candidates for the UWA
English Competency Test.
1990: Received a grant from the Department of Anthropology,
University of Western Australia to travel to Mauritius during
September and October to study the Creole language as part of my
thesis field work.
1989: Position: Research Assistant, privately commissioned.
Duties: To write an English for Special Purposes
Curriculum particularly directed to Computer Studies students.
1987: Position: Research Assistant, Department of
Anthropology, University of Western Australia.
Duties: To research and compile a document
relating to the teaching of foreign languages in Primary Schools
for a Ministry of Education Working Party on the Teaching of
Languages other than English (LOTE) in Western Australia.
1984-1989: Position: Part-time Tutor in
Linguistics, Centre for Linguistics, University of Western
Australia.
Duties: Tutoring in first and second year Linguistics
courses which included providing instruction on language
analysis, dialectology, language typology, linguistic theory,
historical linguistics, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics,
and presenting lectures on the acoustic analysis of human speech.
1982: Position: Part-time Tutor, Linguistics
Department, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Duties: Tutoring first year students of
Phonetics and Phonology.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-authorship of papers for refereed journals
Allen, R. & Rochecouste, J. (1997) Intervention in the
tertiary writing process. TESOL in Context. Vol 7 (2), pp
9-13.
Co-authorship of review articles
Kaldor, S., P. Lee, J. Rochecouste & G. Gibbs. (1997)
Documenting Aboriginal English: Unlocking what is known about the
way English is spoken in Australias Aboriginal communities.
Australian Language Matters 5(2) 15.
Co-authorship of conference papers published in proceedings
Kaldor, S., M. Herriman, & J. Rochecouste.
(1994). Academic Writing in English by Non-Native Speakers - the
Interface of Grammar and Discourse. In R. Khoo (Ed) LSP: Problems
and Prospects , (pp 114-126). Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language
Centre, Anthology Series 33.pp114-126.
Kaldor, S., M. Herriman, & J. Rochecouste. (1996).
Cross-disciplinary and discipline-specific discourse features in
student academic writing. In Z. Golebiowski & H,
Borland (Eds.) Academic Communication across Disciplines and
Cultures. Selected proceedings of the First Tertiary Literacy:
Research and Practice (pp 198-208). Melbourne: Victoria
University of Technology.
Kaldor, S., M. Herriman, & J. Rochecouste. (1996).
Disciplinary Discourse and Applied Linguists: Testing the Limits
of Analytical Competence. To be published in the
proceedings of the Knowledge and Discourse Conference, University
of Hong Kong, 18-21 June 1996.
Kaldor, S., M. Herriman, & J. Rochecouste. (1996). The
academic teacher and the student writer: raising textual
awareness across disciplines. To be published in the
proceedings on the HERDSA Conference, the University of Western
Australia, Perth, 8-12 July 1996.
Malcolm, I. & J. Rochecouste. (1996). Overcoming the
Exclusion of Indigenous Perspectives in Higher Education.
To be published in the proceedings in the Centre of Applied
Language Research Round table, July, 1996.
CONTRACTS AND/OR TECHNICAL REPORTS
Kaldor, S., M. Herriman, & J. Rochecouste.
(forthcoming) Tertiary Student Writing. A Report for the
collaborative ARC project 'Framing Student Literacy: Aspects of
cross-cultural communication in Australian universities'.
Malcolm, I. & Rochecouste, J. (forthcoming) Australian
Aboriginal Students in Tertiary Education. A Report for the
collaborative ARC project 'Framing Student Literacy: Aspects of
cross-cultural communication in Australian universities'.
Oliver, R. & Rochecouste, J. (1996). Western Australian
Case Study: Report on the Khmer/English Bilingual Programme at
Koonawarra Primary School. In P. McKay, A. Davies, B.
Devlin, J. Clayton, R. Oliver & S. Zammit (Eds) The Bilingual
Interface Project Report: The relationship between first language
development and second language acquisition as students begin
learning English in the context of schooling. (pp218-239).
Canberra; Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth
Affairs.
Rochecouste, J. (1995). An Evaluation of the Balcatta ESL
Project: Student, Parent & Teacher Perceptions. A
Report prepared for Ms Robyn Weir, ESL Consultant, West Balcatta
Primary School, funded by The National Language and Literacy
Institute of Australia.
Rochecouste, J. (1989). English for Computer Studies.
A curriculum commissioned by Dr Kim Tan, ESL Consultant.
Rochecouste, J. (1987). The Optimum Age at which to introduce a
Second Language particularly at Primary level: A report for the
ministerial working party for teaching languages other than
English. Unpublished manuscript.
WEB PAGE EDITING
Rochecouste, J. (1996). Creating a Community of
Scholars: An interactive tutorial for Academic Staff.
Available: http://www.cowan.edu.au/arts/calr/home.html
Rochecouste, J. (1996). Web pages for the Centre for
Applied Language Research, Edith Cowan University. Available:
http://www.cowan.edu.au/arts/calr/calr.html
Rochecouste, J. (1997). What to expect at Edith Cowan
University. An interactive tutorial to introduce students from
non-English speaking backgrounds to ways of communicating at
Australian universities. Available:
http://www.cowan.edu.au/arts/calr/STUDPAK/beg.htm
Rochecouste, J. (1997) Teaching English on the
Internet. A site to introduce teachers of English as a
Second language to appropriate resources on the WWW. Available:
http://www.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~jrocheco/Netforteachers/teachingeng
Rochecouste, J. (1997) Teaching a Multi-cultural Student
Population. Why do I have to know about this? Available:
http://www.cowan.edu.au/arts/calr/nesb/multi.htm.
Rochecouste, J. (1998) Better Teaching and Learning with
Indigenous Students. (Beta version) Available:
http://www.iinet.net.au/~lingwa/indigen/indigen.htm