Biography
Lisa Gilanyi is an experienced TESOL teacher and Lecturer in language and literacy. Her current teaching areas include TESOL teacher education and Communication skills development and she has a strong commitment to preparing teachers at all levels to implement sound, evidence-based pedagogy and communicate effectively with students, colleagues and families. Her research focuses on a range of pedagogical contexts such English as a Medium of...view more
Lisa Gilanyi is an experienced TESOL teacher and Lecturer in language and literacy. Her current teaching areas include TESOL teacher education and Communication skills development and she has a strong commitment to preparing teachers at all levels to implement sound, evidence-based pedagogy and communicate effectively with students, colleagues and families. Her research focuses on a range of pedagogical contexts such English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), Hyflex and online learning, and integrating AI into second language and teaching. She is passionate about equity in education and her research also addresses a range of equity issues, including supporting students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds or with disabilities, and engaging with parents and carers to improve learning outcomes for vulnerable students. She is highly experienced in qualitative research methods, including narrative enquiry and interview, and has conducted hundreds of individual and focus group interviews throughout her research career, including interviewing using interpreters.
My Qualifications
Bachelor of Business - Finance and Accounting (University of Technology, Sydney)
Bachelor of Arts - German and Linguistics - 1st Class Hons (University of NSW)
Master of Education - TESOL (University of NSW)
PhD Education (University of NSW)
My Awards
Academic:
Michael Clyne prize for best PhD thesis on immigrant bilingualism and language contact (Applied Linguistics Association of Australia/Australian Linguistic Society) - 2020
Thesis: Transnational sojourners' investment in learning English: a multi-case study of partners of international students
Teaching:
UNSW Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture Award for Teaching Excellence - Sessional Staff - 2023
UNSW School of Education Casual Teaching Staff Award - 2023
UNSW School of Education Award for Teaching Excellence - 2021
My Research Activities
Researching the Early Career Teacher Mentoring Project (UNSW HC200967)
Role: Co-investigator (Chief Investigator: Ass. Prof. Karen Maras)
Responsibilities: Project coordination, data collection (focus groups, interviews, lesson observations), data analysis and report writing
Centennial Park School: Pathways program and Specialised Supports (SERAP 2023066, UNSW HC230009)
Role: Co-investigator (Chief Investigator: Prof. Terry Cumming)
Responsibilities: data collection and analysis, report writing
Parent Partnerships Learning Ecosystems, Academic Partnership with NSW Department of Education (DOE02512/21, UNSW HC220383)
Role: Research Fellow, co-investigator (Chief Investigator: Prof. Terry Cumming)
Project funding: $412,170
Responsibilities: supporting the preparation of Ethics application, conducting interviews/focus groups, thematically analysing interview data, writing research report.
CLIL teachers' professional development in Vietnam (UNSW, HC210048)
Role: Co-investigator (Chief Investigator: Ass. Prof. Hoa Nguyen)
Project funding: $100,000
Responsibilities: supporting preparation of Ethics application and data collection instruments; developing training materials for a training package for Vietnamese CLIL teachers.
Hyflex delivery mode in a postgraduate special education course: Instructor and student perspectives (UNSW, HC210553)
Role: Co-investigator (Chief Investigator: Prof. Terry Cumming)
Responsibilities: preparing the Ethics application, literature review and research instruments; conducting a scoping study of existing research; collecting and analysing survey and collaborative autoethnographic research data; preparing reports and publications.
University researchers as partners in implementing school wide UDL: An action research project (HC200116)
Role: Research Associate (Chief Investigator: Prof. Terry Cumming)
Responsibilities: conducting interviews with students; thematically analysing interview and teacher survey data; report writing.
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
TESOL, Second Language Acquisition, investment in Second Language Learning, EMI/CLIL pedagogy and practice, international student experiences in Higher Education, supporting CALD students, qualitative research, narrative inquiry
Currently supervising
EDST5889
My Teaching
Current:
EDST2094 Communication skills for teachers (B.Ed, M.Teach)
EDST5440 Advanced TESOL method (M.Ed)
EDST5024 Effective English communication in education contexts (M.Ed)
EDST5889 Extended research project - supervision (M.Ed)
Past:
EDST5325 Advanced TESOL professional practice (M.Ed)
EDST5133 Creating engaging learning environments (M.Teach)
EDST5106 Advanced behaviour management (M.Teach, M.Ed)
EDST5117 Professional inquiry (M.Teach)
EDST2003 Language, literacy and numeracy (B.Ed)
EDST5888 Capstone research project - supervision (M.Ed)
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-0241