- Professor Emeritus, The University of Queensland
Major areas of interest
Applied Linguistics.
English in Australia.
Intercultural communication.
Pain and communication.
Community languages, their maintenance and survival, especially Slavic.
The interaction of information technology with language learning and teaching.
Typology of the modern Slavic languages, with special reference to Russian and Polish.
Experience
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–presentResearch Professor, School of Languages and Cultures, and Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, The University of Queensland
Education
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1971The University of London, PhD
Research Areas
- Educational Technology And Computing (130306)
- Public Health And Health Services (1117)
- Other Medical And Health Sciences (1199)
- Linguistics (2004)
- Communication And Media Studies (2001)
- Cultural Studies (2002)
- Language Studies (2003)
Honours
Medal of the Order of Australia, Australia Day Honours, 2012. Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, 2017; Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020.
Contact Roland for
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- Research supervision
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
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