Professor Gillian Wigglesworth is Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. She is also Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language and leader of the Melbourne node www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/.
She is coordinator of the Learning Program in the CoE. With an extensive background in first and second language acquisition and bilingualism, her major research focus is on the languages Indigenous children living in remote communities are learning, and how these interact with English once they attend school. She is very widely published in international journals and books, and has edited or authored nine books including Ng, B.C. & Wigglesworth, G. 2007. Bilingualism, an advanced resource book. London, Routledge, and Simpson, J. & Wigglesworth, G. (Eds.) 2008. Children’s language and multilingualism: Indigenous language use at home and school. UK, Continuum International.
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Probability of Heritage Language Use at a Supportive Early Childhood Setting in Australia
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Professor
Languages And Linguistics
Ozreader
ARC College, Humanities and Creative Arts Panel, Australian Research Council
Board Member Of Ilta
International Language Testing Association
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
La Trobe University
Graduate Diploma in Education
La Trobe University