Dr Neomy Storch
Senior lecturer - Applied Linguistics & ESL
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Qualifications
PhD (Melbourne), MA (Melbourne), Grad Dip Edn Admin (Melbourne), Dip Ed TESOL (Deakin), Dip Ed (Melbourne), B. Eco (Monash).
Research interests and areas of supervision
Classroom second language acquisition; the nature of pair work in language classes; second language writing and feedback; the use of the first language (L1) in L2 classes .
Biography
Neomy was born in Poland and raised in Israel. She graduated from Monash University (1975) with a double major in Economics and Sociology. After extensive travel overseas, she returned to Melbourne and completed a Diploma of Education. Her first teaching position was at Collingwood College of TAFE (now Northern Metropolitan, TAFE), working with groups of migrant women undertaking vocational training. This teaching experience, together with her own experience of having to learn English as a second language, led to an interest in becoming an ESL teacher. She subsequently completed a graduate diploma in TESOL, and an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics. Neomy has developed and taught a number of ESL credit bearing subjects at the university. Her research interests are in the areas of ESL pedagogy, particularly the teaching of second language writing to advanced learners, and the nature of learner-learner interactions. She has presented and published widely on these issues.Selected publications
Book
- Storch, N. (2009). The nature of pair interaction. Learners’ interaction in an ESL class: its nature and impact on grammatical development. Berlin, Germany: VDM Verlag.
Other publications
- Storch, N. (forthcoming, 2011) Collaborative Language Learning. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
- Storch, N. (forthcoming, 2011). Critical feedback on written corrective feedback. International Journal of English Language.
- Storch, N. & Aldosari, A. (2010). Learners’ use of L1 (Arabic) in pair work activity in an EFL class. Language Teaching Research, 14, 355-376.
- Storch, N. (2010). Researching grammar. In B. Paltridge & A.Phakiti (Eds.) Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (pp.205-221). London: Continuum.
- Storch, N. & Wigglesowrth, G. (2010). Students’ engagement with feedback on writing: the role of learner agency. In R. Batston (Ed). Sociocognitive perspectives on language use/learning (pp.166-185). Oxford University Press
- Storch, N. & Wigglesowrth, G. (2010). Learners’ processing, uptake and retention of corrective feedback on writing. Case studies. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 32, 1-32.
- Lan, L., Wigglesworth, G., & Storch, N. (2010). Pair interaction and mode of communication: Comparing face-to-face and computer mediated communication. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 33(3), 27.1-27.24.
- Storch, N. (2009). The impact of studying in a second language (L2) medium university on the development of L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing. 18(2): 103-118.
- Storch, N. (2007). Investigating the merits of pair work on a text editing task in ESL classes. Language Teaching Research,11(2), 143-161.