March 29, 2011

Cantonese

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Cantonese is spoken by over 40 million people in southern China in the Guangdong (including Hong Kong) and Guangxi Provinces, as well as in ...

Visitor from Hong Kong

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Dr Carol Kit Sum To has spent the week in Bathurst at Charles Sturt University. Carol and I worked together at the University of Hong Kong l...
March 23, 2011

Memorial service for the people of Ōkuma and Japan

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Over 140 members of the Bathurst community came together at Bathurst City Uniting Church on Wednesday 23 March for a memorial service for ...
March 19, 2011

Japanese

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Japanese is spoken by over 127 million people in Japan as well as by immigrant groups, particularly in Hawai’i and Brazil. Japanese has 15 c...

Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in Japan

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This week the world has been shocked by the news of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan. The city of Ōkuma is where the Fuku...
March 9, 2011

Students in 2011

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I am very fortunate to work with talented research higher degree students. This year they include PhD students: Kate Crowe and Jacqui Barr ...
February 28, 2011

International speech acquisition: A world tour

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On 24th February, I presented a one-day workshop in Sydney for Speech Pathology Australia. The workshop was titled "International speec...

Year 2 begins

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During February, I have been fortunate to work with some wonderful people in order to continue to achieve the aims of my Future Fellowship. ...

Year 1 of my Future Fellowship

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The first year of my Future Fellowship concluded on 7th February, 2011. Over the past year, Kim Woodland from The Research Institute for Pro...
February 9, 2011

Hello and thank you!

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During my international travels I always try to learn to say "hello" and "thank you" in the languages and dialects of th...
January 24, 2011

Multilingual norms

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Last year the following book chapter was published: McLeod, S. (2010). Laying the foundations for multilingual acquisition: An internation...
January 20, 2011

AusTalk: An audio-visual corpus of Australian English

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I am an associate researcher on the Australian Research Council project to map Australian speech. The project is titled AusTalk: An audio-vi...
January 19, 2011

Congratulations Jane!

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Jane McCormack has received her excellent PhD examination reports while visiting Bathurst with her supervisors (A Prof Linda Harrison, A Pro...
January 14, 2011

Māori

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Te reo Māori (the Māori language) is spoken by the Māori people of New Zealand. Around the year 1300 AD, seven boats containing the Māori ...
January 13, 2011

New Zealand vs. Australia

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New Zealand and Australia are often said to have sibling rivalry. In many ways their culture and history are similar, with white (British) p...

Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing, Christchurch, New Zealand

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The 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing was conducted from 11-14 January. It was held at the University of Can...

Tongan

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Tongan is spoken by the people in the Kingdom of Tonga. Fifty two of the 176 Tongan islands in the South Pacific archipelago are inhabited. ...

Children from Tonga, New Zealand, and Australia

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While visiting New Zealand, my family and I spent time with an Australian Tongan family. They come to New Zealand annually to visit relative...
December 21, 2010

Data analysis and writing research

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Throughout the year I have been very fortunate to work with two amazing research assistants: Hannah Wilkin and Jane McCormack. They have bee...
November 26, 2010

Listening to children in Philadelphia, PA, USA on Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving Day in the USA is a day for families to get together. In Philadelphia, the day starts with a parade where children line the st...