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Dr Paul Moore

Applied Linguistics Discipline
Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
+61 7 336 56661
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Researcher biography

Paul Moore is a lecturer in the postgraduate Applied Linguistics program in The School of Languages and Cultures. Paul's main research interest involves the dynamic influence of learners, tasks and sociocultural context on task-based interaction, performance and development. Recent projects have included sociocognitive interpretations of language test performance, language policy in higher education, and the intersection between language and intercultural communication.

Featured projects Duration
Features of discourse and lexical richness at different performance levels in the APTIS speaking test
The British Council
 2014–2016
Revitalising Language Assessment: Sustainable change through international benchmarking and knowledge transfer

Publications

Book Chapters (3)
Journal Articles (6)
Conference Papers (2)
Research Report (1)

Book Chapters

Moore, Paul J. (2017). Unwritten rules: code choice in task-based EFL learner discourse in an EMI context in Japan. In Ben Fenton-Smith, Pamela Humphreys and Ian Walkinshaw (Ed.), English medium of instruction in higher education in Asia-Pacific: from policy to pedagogy (pp. 299-320) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51976-0_16
Moore, Paul J. and Hampton, Greg (2016). Teacher cognition and action in the design and implementation of intercultural group assessment in higher education. In Jindal-Snape, Divya and Rienties, Bart (Ed.), Multi-dimensional transitions of international students to higher education (pp. 181-199) Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
Moore, Paul (2012). Incidental learner-generated focus on form in a task-based EFL classroom. In Ali Shehadeh and Christine A. Coombe (Ed.), Task-based language teaching in foreign language contexts: research and implementation (pp. 163-185) Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Bemjamins Publishing Company.

Journal Articles

Moore, Paul J. and Harrington, Michael (2016) Fractionating English language proficiency: Policy and practice in Australian higher education. Current Issues in Language Planning, 17 3-4: 385-404. doi:10.1080/14664208.2016.1212649
Moore, Paul and Hampton, Greg (2014) 'It's a bit of a generalisation, but...': participant perspectives on intercultural group assessment in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 40 3: 390-406. doi:10.1080/02602938.2014.919437
Moore, Paul J. (2013) An emergent perspective on the use of the first language in the English-as-a-foreign-language classroom. Modern Language Journal, 97 1: 239-253. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.01429.x
Moore, Paul J. (2012) Supporting the language and learning development of EAL students in Australian higher education. SiSAL Journal, 3 2: 182-195.
Moore, Paul (2009) Case study research in applied linguistics. Prospect Journal of Applied Linguistics, 24 3: 61-62.
Shaw, Julie, Moore, Paul and Gandhidasan, Senthilkumar (2007) Educational acculturation and academic integrity: outcomes of an intervention subject for international post-graduate public health students. Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 1 1: 55-67.

Conference Papers

Shimada, Noriko and Moore, Paul (2014). Japanese heritage language learners and the NSW high school curriculum: eligibility and other hurdles. In: Matthew Todd and Elicia O'Reilly, National Symposium of Japanese Language Education Proceedings: 2012 Creating the Future. 1st National Symposium of Japanese Language Education, Melbourne, Australia, (119-128). 1-2 November 2012.
Chatterjee, Meeta and Moore, Paul (2009). Issues of inclusivity for online distance learners: An academic learning support perspective. In: Brian Martin, Proceedings of the Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI). 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI), University of Wollongong, NSW, (). 28-30 September 2009.

Research Report

Iwashita, Noriko, May, Lyn and Moore, Paul (2017) Features of discourse and lexical richness at different performance levels in the APTIS speaking test : British Council

Areas of research

Second Language Studies