Current Position
       Deputy Head of Linguistics  (Learning & Teaching)
​       Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
      Macquarie University Australia
​      At Macquarie: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/philip-chappell
      ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-5554

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Current Research Activity

• International English language students' study abroad experiences
• Classroom talk for maximising language learning and development
• Genre pedagogy and functional grammar in the second language curriculum
• Creativity in the second language classroom
• The impact of standardised international language tests on teachers and students

Conference Presentations​

• Researching Classroom Talk: toward inquiry dialogue. Presentation at JALT International Conference, 2019, Nagoya, Japan.
• Discussion and Inquiry Dialogue for the Classroom. Workshop at JALT International Conference, 2019, Nagoya, Japan.
• Do let them get away with it: Students’ first language use in multilingual ELICOS classrooms. English Australia Conference, 2019, Melbourne, Australia (with Yulia Kharchenko).
• Researching Classroom Talk: beyond information exchange, towards dialogism. Invited plenary talk at the TESOL Research Network Colloquium. 2019. University of Sydney.
• Investigating test preparation practices: Reducing risks. NEAS ELT Management Conference. 2019, Sydney, Australia.  (With Phil Benson and Lynda Yates).
• Out-of-class English language learning: a whole of college approach? NEAS ELT Management Conference. 2019, Sydney, Australia.  (Half day workshop with Phil Benson and Lynda Yates).
• Investigating test preparation practices: Reducing risks. Applied Linguistics Association of Australia international conference, 2018, Wollongong, Australia (with Phil Benson).
• Out-of-class Learning: People, places and digital technology. NEAS ELT Management Conference, 2018, Sydney Australia (with Phil Benson).
• Revealing the Inner You: Language Teachers’ Wisdom of Practice. UNSW Global Professional Development Day. February 20, 2018.
• Revealing the Inner You: Language Teachers’ Wisdom of Practice. Macquarie University English Language Centre Professional Development Day. October 9, 2017.
• Blended and Flipped PD: a framework for sustainable Continuing Professional Development. NEAS ELT Management conference, 2017, Sydney Australia (with Nicki Blake).
• Using genre pedagogy to support the development of oral skills, Asia TEFL/TEFLIN International Conference: ELT in Asia in the Digital Era: Global Citizenship and Identity, 2017, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• What Drives Your Classroom Teaching?, Asia TEFL International Conference: Connecting Professionally on ELT in Asia, 2016, Vladivostok, Russia.
• IELTS Test Preparation Courses in ELICOS: Challenges for Academic Managers and Teachers, NEAS ELT Management Conference, 2016, Sydney, Australia.
• Teacher Cognition in Test Preparation Courses, JALT International Conference, November, 2015, Shizuoka, Japan.
• Seeing the Invisible: investigating classroom talk, JALT International Conference, November, 2015, Shizuoka, Japan.
• IELTS test preparation courses in ELICOS: Teacher beliefs, knowledge and classroom practices, English Australia National Conference: Looking ahead: change challenge and opportunity, September, 2015, Brisbane, Australia.
• The Buzz about Creativity, University English Language Centres of Australia PD Fest, May, 2015, Macquarie University English Language Centre
• Unpacking the talk of Dogme in ELT classrooms: dialogic teaching, English Australia National Conference: It's still about the students, September, 2013, Perth, Australia
• Conversation-driven or Dialogic methodology? ELT Classroom Talk, IATEFL Annual Conference and Exhibition, Liverpool, UK, April, 2013
•                        > Review of the presentation


• An Innovative, Integrated Professional Learning Program for ELICOS Colleges, English Australia National Conference: Re-shaping our Future, September, 2012, Sydney, Australia (with Karen Benson)
• Exploring the Potential to use CALL to Promote Communicative Competence in Sri Lanka, University of Sydney TESOL Research Colloquium, September, 2012, Sydney, Australia (with Thushara Gamage)
• Career Pathways for Early Career Teachers, University English Centres of Australia "PD Fest", University of Sydney, March, 2012
• Modelling, Imitation and Group Work: a sociocultural perspective, Japan Association of Language Teachers conference, November, 2011, Tokyo, Japan
• Genre Pedagogy for Oral Skills, Japan Association of Language Teachers conference, November, 2011, Tokyo, Japan
• A Sociocultural Account of the Role of Imitation in Instructed Second Language Learning, Macquarie University Linguistics Research Seminar Series, September, 2011, Sydney, Australia
• A Sociocultural Account of the Role of Imitation in Instructed Second Language Learning, University of Sydney TESOL Research Colloquium, October, 2011, Sydney, Australia

• Looking at Student Interaction using Multi-modal Analysis: some examples and some possibilities, University of Wollongong Research Seminar, September, 2009
• Interaction, Imitation and Internalisation: Radicalising Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy, Disciplinarity, Knowledge and Language Symposium, University of Sydney, December, 2008
• Empowering Youth in Asia: Asian Youth Forum, Thailand TESOL International Conference, January, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
• Combining Social Theories to Understand Interaction, University of Wollongong Research Seminar, April, 2006
• Empowering Youth in Asia: Asian Youth Forum, Thailand TESOL International Conference, January, 2006, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Classroom Conversation: Interaction and Relationships, AUA Language Centre Annual Teacher Seminar, June, 2005
• Active Students And Active Teacher in Language Learning Activities, Chulalongkorn University Language Centre International Conference, December, 2005
• Activity Theory and Second Language Classroom Research: Units of Analysis, Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) International Conference, Shizuoka, Japan, October, 2005
• Our Students Learn Differently, So What Can We Do?, Thai Ministry of Education / AUA Language Centre Annual Seminar for Thai Teachers of English, Bangkok, Thailand, October, 2005
• Managing Talk in the Classroom: Using Language, the Tool of Tools, AUA Language Centre Annual Teacher Seminar, June, 2005
• The Status of Native and Non-native Speakers in the Private Sector in Thailand, Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) International Conference, Shizuoka, Japan, October, 2004
• A Genre-Based Approach to Developing Oral Skills in an Adult Thai EFL Context, Fifth Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching, Vladivostok, Russia, June, 2004
• Grammar and Teaching Oral Skills, Chulalongkorn University Language Centre International Conference, December, 2004
• A Genre-Based Approach to Developing Oral Skills in an Adult Thai EFL Context, Chulalongkorn University Language Centre International Conference, December, 2003

• Grammar and Teaching Oral Skills, Thailand TESOL International Conference, January, 2003
• ​Handout for NEAS 2022

Current University Service

• Deputy Head of Department of Linguistics (Learning and Teaching)​​

Past University Service

• Convenor: Graduate Certificate of TESOL
• Deputy Associate Dean International, Faculty of Human Sciences
• Linguistics International Coordinator​
• Member of Senate: Macquarie University International College Quality and Standards Subcommittee
• Member: Academic Communication Expert Committee (Linguistics)
• Member: Macquarie University Multicultural Advisory Committee

Professional Engagement

• ​Editorial Board Member: English Australia Journal
• Editorial Board Member: University of Sydney Journal of TESOL

• Editorial Board Member: The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language
• English Australia Professional Development Advisory Group member​
• Executive Editor: English Australia Journal (2013-2018)
• Regular examiner of Masters and Doctoral theses and dissertations

​Professional Associations

• ​Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
• Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (Life member)
  
• Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
• Asia TEFL
  
• ​Japan Association of Language Teachers (Associate member)​

Research Grants

• IDP: IELTS Australia Research Program, 2014: The Impact of Teacher Cognition and Classroom Practices on IELTS Test Preparation Courses in the Australian ELICOS Sector.($37,880) http://ieltsresearch.weebly.com
• IDP: IELTS Australia Research Program, 2018: Investigating test preparation practices: Reducing risks. ($43,029)

Awards

• Macquarie University Faculty of Human Sciences Executive Dean's Service Award 2013: Contributions that Enhance the Profile of the Department of Linguistics and the University
• Macquarie University Department of Linguistics Teaching Award 2012: Best Postgraduate iLearn Website

Publications:

• Triastuti, A., Suwarsih, M., and Chappell, P. (2022). Genre-based teaching cycle and instructional design for teaching texts and mandated curriculum contents. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12(1), 1-15.
• Triastuti, A., Suwarsih, M., and Chappell, P. (2022). Designing English: text-based instruction with principled eclecticism. Yogyakarta: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta State University).
• ​Reed, M. and Chappell, P. (2021). Teachers driving their own professional development: Theory and practice. English Australia Journal, Vol 37(1). pp. 5-26
• Chappell, P. (2021). Meaning-based Feedback to Support Students’ Written Language Development. Humanizing Language Teaching, 23(1). Oxford: Pilgrims
• Chappell, P. (2021). Inquiry Dialogue and the Balancing Act to
  Invigorate Our Students’ Minds. MindBrainEd Think Tank: Student-to-Student. 7(2), pp. 17-25. JALT Mind, Brain, and Education Special Interest Group.
• Kharchenko, Y. and Chappell, P. (2020). E​mbracing the elephant in the room: Using L1 in the ELICOS classroom. English Australia Journal, Vol 36(2). pp. 69-76.
• Chappell, P. (2020). Student to the Rescue: Teaching Vocabulary with Care. In Flora, D.F. &  Renandya, W.A. (Eds). Inspirational Stories from English Language Classrooms. pp. 68-71. Malang:​ TEFLIN Publications
• Chappell, P. (2020). A functional model of language for language teacher education. In Banegas, D.L. (ed).  Content Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education: International Insights. pp. 29-47. London: Bloomsbury.
• Chappell, P., Yates, L., and Benson, P. (2019). Investigating test preparation practices: Reducing risks. IELTS Research Reports Online Series, No. 3. British Council, Cambridge Assessment English and IDP: IELTS Australia.
• Kharchenko, Y. and Chappell, P. (2019). English-only policy in an ELICOS setting: Perspectives of teachers and students. English Australia Journal, Vol 35(1). pp. 18-41.
• Benson, P., Chappell, P., and Yates, L. (2018). A day in the life: Mapping international students' language learning environments in Multilingual Sydney. Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1 (1). pp. 20-32.
• Chappell, P., Benson, P., and Yates, L. (2018). ELICOS Students' Out-Of-Class Language Learning Experiences: An Emerging Research Agenda. English Australia Journal, Vol 33(2). pp. 43-48.
• Chappell, P. (2018). 'Inquiry Dialogue: A Genre for Promoting Teacher and Student Speaking in the Classroom', in Burns, A. and Siegel, J. (eds) International ​​Perspectives on Teaching the Four Skills in ELT. pp. 97-110. London: Palgrave Macmillan
• Chappell, P. and Knox, JS. (2017). Transforming Contexts. Papers from the 44th International Systemic Functional Congress. Sydney: ISFC.​
• Chappell, P.J. (2017) Interrogating your wisdom of practice to improve your classroom practices. ELT Journal, 71/4. pp. 433-444.
• Chappell, P.J. (2016) 'Creativity through Inquiry Dialogue', in Richards, J.C. and Jones, R (eds) Creativity in Language Teaching: Perspectives from Research and Practice. pp. 130-145. London: Routledge.
• Agar, D. and Chappell, P.J. (2016) 'The Creation of a Rubric for the Evaluation of Language Teaching and Learning Videogames', in Russell, D. and Laffey, J. Handbook of Research on Gaming Trends in P-12 Education, IGI Global. pp. 353-379
• Chappell, P. and Bodis, A. (2015). The Impact of Teacher Cognition and Classroom Practices on IELTS Test Preparation Courses in the Australian ELICOS Sector,  IELTS Research Report Series Ref: 2015/6
• Chappell, P, (2014) 'Group Work in the English Language Curriculum: Sociocultural and Ecological Perspectives on Second Language Classroom Learning', London: Palgrave Macmillan
•                   > Review
• Chappell, P.J. (2014,) 'Engaging Learners: conversation or dialogic driven pedagogy?, ELT Journal, 68(1), pp. 1-11 See video 
• Rabbidge, M. and Chappell, P., (2014), Exploring Non-Native Speaker Teacher Classroom Language Use in South Korean Elementary Schools, The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language, Vol 17(4), pp. 1-18
• Chappell, P. & Benson, K. (2013), A sustainable, collaborative teacher-focused professional learning program for English language colleges, English Australia Journal, Vol 28 (2), pp. 3-20
• Gamage, T. and Chappell, P., (2013), 'Exploring the Potential to use CALL to Promote Communicative Competence in Sri Lanka', University of Sydney Papers in TESOL, Vol. 8, pp. 57-98
• Chappell, P, (2012) 'A Sociocultural Account of the Role of Imitation in Instructed Second Language Learning’, Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 3(1), pp. 61-91 [Read online]
• Chappell, P.J. & Moore, S., (2012), Novice Teachers and Linguistics: Foregrounding the Functional, TESOL Quarterly, 46(3), pp. 589-98 
• Chappell, P (2010) 'Using genre-based teaching to support the development of oral skills', The Language Teacher, Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

Reviews:

• Chappell, P (2013) Review of 'Teaching Online: tools, techniques, opportunities and challenges', ETAS Journal, 30(3), p. 64
• Chappell, P (2013) Review of  Penny Ur, 'Vocabulary Activities,' 2012, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ETAS Journal, 31(1), p. 68
• Chappell, P (2014) Review of Borg, S, 'Teacher Research in Language Teaching', 2013, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press English Australia Journal, pp. 101-5

Previous Teaching

Undergraduate

• Teaching Reading and Writing to Second Language Learners (Coordinator)
  
• Teaching Speaking and Listening to Second Language Learners (Coordinator)
  
• Teaching English in International Contexts (Coordinator)
  
• Teaching for Diversity
  

Postgraduate

• Communicative Grammar 
• Methodology in Second Language Teaching (Coordinator)
  
•  Teaching Speaking and Listening to Second Language Learners (Coordinator)
  
• English Language: Examining Learners’ Problems (Coordinator)
  
• Text and Context (Coordinator)
  
• Teaching English in International Contexts
  

Education

• Doctor of Education (TESOL)
  

          University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia 

• Master of Education (TESOL) with Distinction
  

          University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

• RSA CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults)
  

          Australian TESOL Training Centre, Sydney, Australia

• Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)
  

          University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

​At Macquarie: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/philip-chappell