Publications
Book
The Experience of Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Book chapter
'Teachers' craft knowledge: The importance of developing a positive group feeling in language classrooms'. In G. Tinker Sachs, M. Brock & R. Lo (Eds.), Directions in Second Language Teacher Education. Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, 1996, 97-106.
Articles in refereed journals
'A class-centred approach to language teaching'. ELT Journal 56/4, 2002, 397-403.
'Creating safe learning environments: developing and maintaining class cohesion'. Intercultural Education 12/3, 2001, 247-259
'The role of humour in the English language classroom'. Prospect 16/2, 2001, 45-54.
'East meets west: Language teachers from different contexts discover similar goals'. English Australia Journal 19/1, 2001, 65-74. (Written jointly with Xu, Z.)
'Transforming language classes into bonded groups'. ELT Journal 51/1, 1997, 3-11.
'An investigation into the nature of good language classes'. In J. Burton (Ed.), Perspectives on the Classroom. Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 1994, 97-108.
Articles in professional journals
'Inside communicative classrooms'. IATEFL Voices 193, November-December 2006.
'Reading for pleasure in the language classroom'. RELC Guidelines 23/1, 2001, 19-23.
'Bringing the outside world into the classroom'. TESOL in Context 3/1, 1993, 28-29.
'The importance of wearing different hats on different occasions: An argument in favour of distancing process writing and formal assessment'. TESOL in Context 2/2, 1992, 28-29.
'Building rapport in language classrooms'. RELC Guidelines 29/1, 2007, 3-8.
'Making English language lessons more interesting'. New Ways International, 2007: Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, Colombia, pp. 31-39.
Newspaper Articles
'Laugh and the whole class learns with you'. The Guardian Weekly (Learning English supplement, p.4), 19 January 2007.
'Don't play communication for laughs'. The Guardian Weekly (Learning English supplement, p.4), 26 May 2006.
Doctoral dissertation
(Winner of the Year 2000 Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences Dean's Prize for outstanding scholarship in a postgraduate program.)
'The good language class: Teacher perceptions'. Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, 1999 (available online at: http://portal.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2006.0002.html)