Anne Thwaite

Dr. Anne Thwaite is a Lecturer in Language Education at the School of Education, Edith Cowan University (ECU). With a PhD from the University of Sydney and prior teaching experience across Australia, Singapore, China, Seychelles, and Vietnam, she specializes in educational linguistics, discourse analysis, and knowledge about language (KAL). Her research focuses on dialogic pedagogy, classroom discourse, and language development in diverse educational contexts. She has published extensively on topics such as Halliday’s language theories, teacher education, and multilingual academic writing. Thwaite has supervised six Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students to completion and collaborates internationally on projects like an edited book on dialogic pedagogy with colleagues at the University of Wollongong and University of Sydney.

Education:

• PhD, The University of Sydney
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), The University of Sydney (1984)

Research Interests: Educational linguistics, spoken discourse analysis, teacher knowledge about language (KAL), dialogic pedagogy, multilingual education, and early childhood language development.

Grants & Projects:

• "The Identification of Resources to Support Children Learning to Read in the Early Years of School" (WA Department of Education and Training, 2007–2008)
• "The Identification of Resources to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development" (WA Department of Education and Training, 2007)

Professional Associations: Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (ASFLA), Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA), Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA).

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with Pauline Jones (University of Wollongong) and Alyson Simpson (University of Sydney) on dialogic pedagogy research.