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Personal profile
Biography
Anna Filipi is an Associate Professor who teaches in the Master of TESOL program. She is currently the Director of Student Engagement for the Faculty of Education. She has held the administrative positions of Course Leader for the Master of Education (TESOL) and the Master of Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers.
As an Applied Linguist, Anna's research is in Conversation Analysis (CA) and its applications to child social development, including bilingual development and storytelling in family settings, and children's spatial interactions with their peers. She also researches language teaching, language testing, and international students’ multilingual practices through the lens of CA. Her research has had a practical impact (on high-stakes language examinations in Victoria) and has added new understandings about the changes in the interactions of very young children (aged 9 to 36 months) as they interact with parents. She has a solid international reputation established over many years in the field and several important publications. These include two monographs (Filipi, 2009; Filipi, Davidson, & Veresov, 2023) and two co-edited volumes (Filipi & Markee, 2018; Filipi, Theobald, & Ta, 2022).
Anna started her career as a language (Italian and French) and ESL teacher in government schools. She then moved into education administration, where she developed extensive state-wide and international experience in teacher professional development and project management. She was a Senior Project Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Education (ACER) where she managed an annual international language testing programme in six languages and in English as a Foreign Language over a seven year period; she was appointed as Panel Chair and Chief Assessor (Italian) and Project Officer at VCAA where she trained assessors and assisted language panels to develop study designs and materials as well as being responsible for developing the Italian Study Design; she worked with the Education Ministry as a Consultant in bilingualism and community languages to support teachers and schools in developing multicultural perspectives, language and bilingual programs. She also lived in Switzerland for two years, continuing to work for ACER as well as teaching EFL, researching multilingualism, and being invited to give papers to the international community of Basel on cross-cultural communication, bilingualism, and the place of English.
While at Monash, Anna has also been involved in consultancy work including developing, coordinating and teaching intensive teacher education courses for English language teachers in China (the inaugural TESOL Professional Learning Program for Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education in 2016) and for Vietnamese secondary teachers across curriculum areas from Hanoi for the Viet Uc Education Company.
Since her time at Monash, Anna has supervised 15 PhD students and one Master's student to successful completion and has a further two who will be submitting by the end of this year.
Research interests
Conversation Analysis
The interactional properties of First and Second Language teaching and learning
Early childhood interaction and storytelling
Classroom interaction
Bilingualism
Language assessment
Spatial discourse
My own teaching practice
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Languages, literatures and literacies
- Early Childhood Development
- Language testing
- Bilingualism
- Language and social interaction
- Second language learning and teaching
- Conversation analysis
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Elucidating practices to assist EAL learners to acquire specialised science vocabulary
Filipi, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Berry, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nguyen, M. H. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Valcanis, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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The perceived impact of international EAL doctoral students’ concerns about their children’s progress at school on their well-being.
Filipi, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
4/08/17 → 30/11/17
Project: Research
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Transitioning from secondary to tertiary: A focus on the ISP International Student Pathway
Filipi, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Keary, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lane, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kidman, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Corbett, J.-A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Chuang, M.-S. K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
29/05/17 → 30/11/17
Project: Research
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TESOL Professional Learning Program for Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education
Filipi, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education
22/08/16 → 6/09/16
Project: Consultancy
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Language choice in primary schools
Filipi, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/01/12 → 30/11/12
Project: Research
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Children’s agency as a relational concept in bilingual family language practices
Bui, T. M. T. & Filipi, A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Including children's voice in family language policy: an exploration of the tensions between mothers’ and children's language beliefs
Bui, T. M. T., Turner, M. & Filipi, A., 2024, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45, 7, p. 2863-2879 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus) -
International doctoral students’ identity formulations through their orientations to their children’s languages as both stressors and assets
Filipi, A., 2024, In: The Australian Educational Researcher. 51, p. 2255-2275 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Negotiating tensions between aspired and practiced identities: An Australian case of agency in language–content teacher collaboration
Nguyen, M. H., Berry, A. & Filipi, A., 2024, Language Teacher Identity Tensions: Nexus of Agency, Emotion, and Investment. Tajeddin, Z. & Yazan, B. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 47-61 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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‘I need to learn Vietnamese to speak to my grandma’: the place of family relationships in family language policy
Bui, T. M. T., Filipi, A. & Turner, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Multilingualism. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Australian Post Graduate Award
Filipi, A. (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision
Filipi, A. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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MPA Supervisor of the Year Award Finalist
Filipi, A. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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TESOL International Association Research Professional Council
Filipi, A. (Fellow)
Nov 2019 → Nov 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference 2012
Filipi, A. (Member of programme committee)
2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Research on Children and Social Interaction (Journal)
Filipi, A. (Editorial board member)
2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Visiting Scholar University of Southern Denmark
Filipi, A. (Fellow)
22 Nov 2016 → 8 Dec 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research organisation, centre or institute
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ACER Alumna
Filipi, A. (Fellow)
2014 → 2017Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research organisation, centre or institute
Press/Media
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Watch your ums and uhs, spoken communication is about more than words
19/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Blogs