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Tim McNamara

Honorary
Languages and Linguistics
Poststructuralism
Rasch measurement
Social dimensions of assessment
Language and subjectivity
Identity and language learning
Language and citizenship
linguistics
social sciences
language & linguistics
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Tim McNamara

 
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Primary Interest
Language and asylum
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Projects

Displaying the 7 most recent projects by Tim McNamara.

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Towards culturally inclusive language assessments for Indigenous students

This project aims to improve the literacy outcomes for Aboriginal students. It focuses on the assessment of oral language, the foundation fo..

2017 - 2020
Completed
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Stakeholder perceptions of the use of PTE Academic for the purpose of skilled migrant selection in the accounting profession in Australia

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

This project will focus on the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia by improving the screening of written communication of overseas..

2013 - 2017
Completed
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Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

This project will focus on the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia by improving the screening of written communication of overseas..

2014 - 2017
Completed
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Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

2014 - 2016
Completed
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Towards improved healthcare communication: development and validation of language proficiency standards for non-native English speaking health professionals

The project will directly benefit the provision of healthcare in the Australian community. The clinical communication skills of the increasi..

2009 - 2013
Completed
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Towards improved healthcare communication: development and validation of language proficiency standards for non-native English speaking health professionals

The project will directly benefit the provision of healthcare in the Australian community. The clinical communication skills of the increasi..

2009 - 2013
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

5

Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Tim McNamara.

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Three Rothkos

Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS

What makes the work of the American Abstract Expressionist, Mark Rothko, great? Critics and the galleries of the world which hold ..

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'I will go to my grave fighting for grammar': Exploring the ability of language-trained raters to implement a professionally-relevant rating scale for writing

Ute Knoch, Barbara Ying Zhang, Catherine Elder, Eleanor Flynn, Annemiek Huisman, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias, Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2020  |  ASSESSING WRITING

Researchers have recommended involving domain experts in the design of scoring rubrics of language for specific purpose tests by e..

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Capturing domain expert perspectives in devising a rating scale for a health specific writing test: How close can we get?

Ute Knoch, Catherine Elder, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias, Eleanor Flynn, Tim McNamara, Annemiek Huisman, Barbara Ying Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  ASSESSING WRITING

The importance of input from occupational experts in defining valid criteria to assess performance on English for specific purpose..

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The Anti-Shibboleth: The Traumatic Character of the Shibboleth as Silence

Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2020  |  APPLIED LINGUISTICS

This article discusses the familiar notion of the shibboleth in situations of exclusion, focusing on the non-use, rather than the ..

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Language and Trauma: An Introduction

Brigitta Busch, Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2020  |  Applied Linguistics

This paper introduces the conceptual framing of studies of trauma. It considers how, on the one hand, applied linguistics may cont..

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What Counts in Second Language Oral Communication Ability? The Perspective of Linguistic Laypersons

Takanori Sato, Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2019  |  APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Applied linguists have developed complex theories of the ability to communicate in a second language (L2). However, the perspectiv..

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Language and Subjectivity

Tim McNamara

Book  |  2019

Understanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments in social theor..

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Fairness Justice and Language Assessment

Tim McNamara, Ute Knoch, Jason Fan

Book  |  2019

This book has two goals, each related to the validity of language assessment. The first goal is to explore the difference between ..

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Categorizing Others in Casual Conversation

Tim McNamara

Book Chapter  |  2019

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The Construction of the Subject

Tim McNamara

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Linguistics
Communication
Expanding Knowledge
Health Services and Systems
Nursing
Provision of Health and Support Services
Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science
Language Studies
Other Health
Specialist Studies in Education

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

University of Melbourne
2017

Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (UK)
2016

The University of Melbourne
2015

Distinguished Achievement Award, 2015

Distinguished Achievement Award, International Language Testing Association
2009

Winner of the award for best book published in the field of language testing, 2006-2008

Best Book Award, Sage/International Language Testing Association
2010

FAHA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Languages and Linguistics

Regular Member

British Association of Applied Linguistics

2nd Vice-President And Member Of The Executive 2015-2019

American Association for Applied Linguistics

Regular Member

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Arts

University of London

Diploma In Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Royal Society of Arts (UK)

Graduate Diploma in Education

University of Melbourne

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International Linkages

University of Vienna

Austria

Stockholm University

Sweden