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Associate Professor Graham McKay

Associate Professor Graham McKay

Dr Graham McKay

Honorary Associate Professor

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Email: g.mckay@ecu.edu.au   
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Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Australian National University, 1975 .
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours, The Australian National University, 1970 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • WA Aboriginal Languages Policy Discussion Paper,  Dept of Indigenous Affairs,  Grant,  2008,  $7,947.
  • Cross-cultural communication in the legal and justice systems: Aboriginal English speakers and non-indigenous service providers,  Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies,  Grant,  2005,  .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • McKay, G., (2009), English and Indigenous Languages in the Australian Language Policy Environment. Making a difference: Challenges for applied linguistics, 283?297, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • McKay, G., (2009), Developing an Aboriginal language policy for Western Australia: Some issues. Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning, 108?123, Newcastle on Tyne, UK.

Journal Articles

  • McKay, G., (2011), Policy and Indigenous languages in Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 34(3), 297-319, VIC.

Conference Publications

  • McKay, G., (2010), Relational, Copula and Verbless Clauses in Rembarrnga. Selected Papers from the 2009 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 23p., http://www.als.asn.au.
  • McKay, G., (2008), Cohesive Features In Rembarrnga Narratives. Selected papers from the 2007 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 17, Monash University, Victoria.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Role Of Metacognitive Strategies In Promoting Independent Learning Of English As A Foreign Language..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  A Study Of Intercultural Discourse Between Anglo-australians And Mainland Chinese Speakers Of English..

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Searching For The Semantic Boundaries Of The Japanese Colour Term 'ao'..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Perception And Practice Of Silence In Australian And Jordanian Societies: A Socio-pragmatic Study.