Dr Michelle Kohler

Senior Research Fellow UniSA Justice & Society

Magill Campus (B1-28)
tel +61 8 830 24791

email Michelle.Kohler@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

I am an experienced teacher, teacher educator and researcher in applied linguistics and languages education, working across diverse languages and also with specific expertise in Indonesian.

My research, consultancy and supervision activities relate to mediation, intercultural perspectives on language teaching and learning, language teacher education, (languages) curriculum design and implementation, language policy, planning and program implementation, and assessment design, evidencing and judging learner achievement.

I am the current President of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia.

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Orcid
Scopus

Research

Research focus

Linguistics
Language Studies
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Applied Linguistics
Cognitive Sciences

Highlights

I am currently working on the following research and consultancy projects:

Scarino, A. & Kohler, M. with Loechel, K. 2020-2021. Internationalising Schools: Case Studies Project, Department for Education SA.

Scarino, A. & Kohler, M. 2020. Languages Education Review. Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

Kohler, M. & Scarino, A. with Mercurio, A. 2019-2020. Strengthening Senior Secondary Pathways in Ethnic and Community Language Schools, Department for Education SA and the Ethnic Schools Association of SA.

Scarino, A. & Kohler, M. with Loechel, K. 2019-2020. Curriculum and Assessment Design (project 1) and Professional Learning Initiative (project 2), Ethnic Schools Association of SA.

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Being multilingual: the experiences of young people learning community languages, The Ethnic Schools Assoc. of SA Inc., 01/11/2021 - 30/04/2023
Internationalising Schools - Action Research/Case Study Services, SA Dept of Education & Children's Services, 14/12/2020 - 28/02/2022
Innovative Language Program Grants, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 13/05/2019 - 12/05/2021
Language Education Review, Catholic Education Office Canberra & Goulburn, 03/02/2020 - 30/04/2021
Ethnic and Community Language Schools (ECLS) Program Strengthening Secondary Pathways, The Ethnic Schools Assoc. of SA Inc., 16/09/2019 - 31/12/2020
Languages Professional Learning Program Key Ideas 1 & 2, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 05/05/2019 - 31/10/2020
Development of a Curriculum and Assessment Design Framework and a Professional Learning Initiative for the Ethnic Schools Program, The Ethnic Schools Assoc. of SA Inc., 01/06/2019 - 30/10/2020
Review of Languages Retention from the Middle Years to the Senior Years of Schooling, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 01/04/2013 - 31/01/2014

Other projects

My supervisory interests are primarily within applied linguistics and education, including:

Second/foreign language teaching and learning
Interculturality and intercultural perspectives on languages teaching and learning
Mediation and sociocultural learning theory
Curriculum and assessment design
Language teacher education
Languages education policy and planning
Language policy and planning
Indonesian language education

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2021	Kohler, M 2021, 'Indonesian language education in Australia: patterns of provision and contending ideologies', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 309-327. Open access
2020	Kohler, M 2020, Developing intercultural language learning, Springer;Palgrave Pivot, Switzerland. 12
2018	Kohler, M & Scarino, A 2018, 'Attending to diversities through curriculum design: the case of languages in the Australian curriculum', in A Reid & D Price (eds), The Australian curriculum: promises, problems and possibilities, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Australia, ch. 10, pp. 115-125.
2017	Liddicoat, AJ, Scarino, A & Kohler, M 2017, 'The impact of school structures and cultures on change in teaching and learning: the case of languages', Curriculum Perspectives, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 3-13. Open access 6 5
2015	Kohler, M 2015, Teachers as mediators in the foreign language classroom, Multilingual Matters, UK. 26

Books

Year	Output
2020	Kohler, M 2020, Developing intercultural language learning, Springer;Palgrave Pivot, Switzerland. 12
2015	Kohler, M 2015, Teachers as mediators in the foreign language classroom, Multilingual Matters, UK. 26

Chapters

Year	Output
2019	Kohler, M 2019, 'Language education policy in Indonesia: a struggle for unity in diversity', in A Kirkpatrick & AJ Liddicoat (eds), The Routledge international handbook of language education policy in Asia, Routledge, UK, ch. 20, pp. 286-297. Open access 8
2018	Kohler, M & Scarino, A 2018, 'Attending to diversities through curriculum design: the case of languages in the Australian curriculum', in A Reid & D Price (eds), The Australian curriculum: promises, problems and possibilities, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Australia, ch. 10, pp. 115-125.
2014	Kohler, M 2014, 'The teaching and learning of Indonesian in Australia: issues and prospects', in N Murray & A Scarino (eds), Dynamic ecologies: A relational perspective on languages education in the Asia-Pacific region, Springer, Netherlands, ch. 11, pp. 169-181.
2012	Liddicoat, A & Kohler, M 2012, 'Teaching Asian languages from an intercultural perspective: building bridges for and with students of Indonesian', in X Song & K Cadman (eds), Bridging transcultural divides: Asian languages and cultures in global higher education, University of Adelaide Press, Australia, ch. 4, pp. 73-99. Open access 5
2010	Kohler, M 2010, 'Intercultural language teaching and learning : policy to practice', in AJ Liddicoat (ed.), Languages in Australian education : problems, prospects and future directions, Cambridge Scholars, UK, ch. 12, pp. 179-192.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Kohler, M & Scarino, A 2021, 'Conceptualising language learning and use and its assessment in global contexts', Cahiers de l'ACEDLE (Les). Open access
2021	Kohler, M 2021, 'Indonesian language education in Australia: patterns of provision and contending ideologies', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 309-327. Open access
2018	Kohler, M 2018, 'Going there: reviving Indonesia/n in education', Disruptive Asia 2018: ASEAN Special Edition, vol. 2, pp. 83-87. Open access
2017	Curnow, TJ & Kohler, M 2017, 'Applied linguistic research in Australia as represented through ARAL: changing diet or smorgasbord?', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 311-338. Open access
2017	Liddicoat, AJ, Scarino, A & Kohler, M 2017, 'The impact of school structures and cultures on change in teaching and learning: the case of languages', Curriculum Perspectives, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 3-13. Open access 6 5
2016	Kohler, M 2016, 'Interpreting as intercultural mediation: a critical moment in an overseas midwife training programme', Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 431-443. 1 1
2013	Kohler, M 2013, 'Indonesian in the Australian Curriculum: Developing language-specific curricula', Babel: International Journal of Translation, vol. 48, no. 2-3, pp. 30-37.
2012	Kohler, M 2012, 'How does time-on-task affect the achievement of early and late starters of Indonesian in schools?', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 271-289. 1
2011	Morgan, A-M, Kohler, M & Harbon, L 2011, 'Developing intercultural language learning textbooks: methodological trends, engaging with the intercultural construct, and personal reflections on the process.', IARTEM e-Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 20-50.
2009	Kohler, M 2009, 'Indonesian: Making sense to students', vol. Winter, pp. 22-23.

Conferences

Year	Output
2012	Harbon, L, Fielding, R, Moloney, R, Kohler, M, Dashwood, A, Gearon, M & Scrimgeour, A 2012, 'Longtime passing : language teacher educators' concerns in language teacher education', in J Hajek, C Nettelbeck & A Woods (eds), Inaugrual Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Colloquium, Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities, pp. 75-91. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2021	Kohler, M 2021, A contemporary rationale for Indonesian language and studies in Australian schools: literature scan, Asia Education Foundation, Australia. Open access
2021	Kohler, M, Antonio Mercurio & Scarino, A 2021, Strengthening secondary pathways in Community Language Programs in South Australia, Community Language Schools SA, Australia. Open access
2021	Scarino, A, Kohler, M & Loechel, K 2021, Curriculum design framework for community language programs, Community Language Schools, Australia.
2020	Scarino, A & Kohler, M 2020, Catholic education, archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn: languages education review, University of South Australia, Australia.
2020	Scarino, A & Kohler, M 2020, Innovative languages programs, Research Centre for Languages and Cultures University of South Australia, Australia.
2019	Loechel, K, Kohler, M, Scarino, A & Bradshaw, S 2019, The provision of languages in primary schools in South Australia, Government of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2019	Scarino, A & Kohler, M 2019, Languages professional learning program key ideas 1 and 2, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2018	Scarino, A, Kohler, M & Loechel, K 2018, Review of ethnic schools programs of South Australia, Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2016	Scarino, A, Kohler, M & Benedetti, A 2016, Investigating pedagogies for language-and-culture learning, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2016	Scarino, A, Liddicoat, A & Kohler, M 2016, Maximising intensivity and continuity in language learning: developing, implementing and evaluating models of provision, UniSA, Australia. Open access
2014	Curnow, TJ, Kohler, M, Liddicoat, AJ & Loechel, K 2014, Review of languages retention from the middle years to the senior years of schooling: report to the Department for Education and Child Development, Department for Education and Child Development, Australia.
2014	Kohler, M, Curnow, T, Spence-Brown, R & Wardlaw, C 2014, Senior secondary languages education research project, Asia Education Foundation, Australia. Open access
2014	Scarino, A, Kohler, M & Benedetti, A 2014, Investigating pedagogies for language-and-culture learning, Department for Education and Child Development, Australia. Open access
2012	Scarino, A, Scrimgeour, A & Kohler, M 2012, Languages teaching and learning: change in context: research report prepared for the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2011	Scarino, A, Elder, C, Iwashita, N, Kim, SHO, Kohler, M & Scrimgeour, A 2011, Student achievement in Asian languages education, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia. Open access
2010	Kohler, M & Mahnken, P 2010, The current state of Indonesian language education in Australian schools, Education Services Australia, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

I currently hold the following roles:

President, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)
Expert Educator Member of the Multicultural Education and Languages Committee (Ministerial Advisory Committee)
Member, Research Network Intercultural Mediation, International Association of Applied Linguistics
Member of the Academic Forum, Community Languages Australia
Reviewer, Current Issues in Language Planning (Taylor and Francis)
Reviewer, Language and Intercultural Communication (Routledge, Taylor and Francis)
Reviewer, Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (Taylor & Francis Online)
Reviewer, Journal of Language, Identity and Education (Taylor & Francis Online)

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of the Sunshine Coast	AUSTRALIA
University of Warwick	UNITED KINGDOM

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
President Applied Linguistics Association of Australia	2021
President Elect/Vice President Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)	2019
Advisory Board Member Multicultural Education and Languages Committee	2018
President Elect/Vice President Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)	2018
Editorial Board Member SACE Board of South Australia	2017
Outstanding Contribution to the Profession - The Gotong-Royong Award Indonesian TeachersÂ¿ Association of SA and the Council of Education Associations of SA	2016

Other

Honours and awards:

Outstanding Contribution to the Profession: Gotong-Royong Award, Indonesian Teachers' Association (INTAN) and the Council of Education Associations (CEASA), 2016
Best Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Research Project (ILTLP Project) 2008 DEASS, UniSA
Australian Post-graduate Scholarship 2006-2009
Early Career Researcher Program 2011 (UniSA)
Supported Researcher, 2011, 2012 (UniSA)

Teaching & student supervision

Teaching strengths

Applied Linguistics
Intercultural mediation
Curriculum and assessment design
Language/s policy and planning
Second language teaching and learning

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
An investigation of English language teaching within an intercultural orientation in Indonesian higher education	Current
Multilingual students understandings of the uses of their multiple languages in their learning at tertiary level	Current
Indonesian students’ translation competence	Completed
Lexical borrowing in Indonesian printed media	Completed
Teachers' knowledge and beliefs about the teaching and learning of English in primary schools in Indonesia	Completed
Translation in tourism: understanding the quality of translation across multiple perspectives	Completed

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Dr Michelle Kohler

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Outstanding Contribution to the Profession - The Gotong-Royong Award

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