Mr Matthew Absalom - Research projects
Research projects
Theory and typology of raddoppiamento sintattico in Italian.Multimedia in Languages Teaching and Learning (MiLTaL): a model for developing interactive language learning tasks.
Using reflective journals in languages teaching and learning.
Grants, awards and prizes
2006 Faculty of Arts IT and Multimedia grant: Multimedia in Languages Teaching and Learning (MiLTaL): a model for developing interactive language learning tasks2005 Faculty of Arts IT and Multimedia grant: Contemporary Italian Multimedia in Teaching and Learning (CIMITAL): a database of interactive learning activities
2003 Italian government long-term scholarship for project on North-Western Tuscan dialects
2002 UniSA Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences teaching and learning grant: Intercultural sensitity: a whole school approach
2001 UniSA Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences grant: Exploring conceptions of language with teachers of Chinese and Italian
2000 Vice-Chancellorfs Award for Excellence in Teaching, Australian National University
2000 ANU Facultiesf New Starters grant: The accents of Australian and New Zealand English
1998 Greater Dandenong short story competition Commendation gIl Globo-Rete Italian language awardh
1997 Italian government long-term scholarship Faculty of Arts travelling grant in aid, The University of Melbourne PhD overseas research experience grant, The University of Melbourne
1996 Emma Grollo scholarship, The University of Melbourne,
1995 Australian Foundation for Studies in Italy scholarship Faculty of Arts travelling grant in aid and travel grant with stipend, The University of Melbourne School of Graduate Studies bursary for conference attendance, The University of Melbourne
1994 Concorso su Asciano, Cassa rurale ed artigiana di Asciano | joint third prize for a trio of sonnets in Italian
1993 Emma Grollo scholarship, The University of Melbourne