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Title: Languages and Cultures in the Regions: A Tribute to Ruth Nicholls (1947-2024)
Language: English
Authors: Susan Feez, Elizabeth Ellis, Isabel Tasker, Zuocheng Zhang, Helen Harper
Source: TESOL in Context. 2025 34(2).
Availability: Australian Council of TESOL Associations. P.O. Box 2019, Smithfield, New South Wales 2164, Australia. e-mail: actaexec@yahoo.com.au; Web site: http://www.tesol.org.au/Publications/TESOL-in-Context
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Multicultural Education, Second Language Instruction, Archives, Universities, College Curriculum, Pacific Islanders, Linguistics, English Instruction, English Learners, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development
Geographic Terms: Australia
ISSN: 1030-8385
2209-0916
Abstract: Multilingual and multicultural Australia is typically represented in urban settings. This representation is challenged by half a century of languages and multicultural teaching and research originating in Armidale in the New England region of NSW. From the 1970s to the present, educational institutions in Armidale have been leaders in the multicultural, TESOL and languages education fields, a tradition recorded in a manuscript prepared by Ruth Nicholls (1947-2024), a lecturer in TESOL and Languages at the Armidale College of Advanced Education (ACAE) and at the University of New England (UNE) from the early 1970s until her retirement in 2013. This manuscript, which accompanies a carefully documented archive, records innovation in applied linguistics, TESOL, languages and cultures education over decades, as well as productive collaboration between Armidale-based specialists working in these fields. This paper draws on Ruth's manuscript (Nicholls, ca. 2014) to trace TESOL, languages and cultures education and research in the New England region, extending the account up to the present and into regions beyond the New England.
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