Lo Bianco, Joseph (Australia)

Field of
Expertise
Curriculum/Material Development
Policy/Programme Planning
Detailed
Information
on Expertise
- Consultant on language policy and literacy planning in Americas, Europe, Africa and the Pacific countries.
Position and
Organisation		 Chief Executive, Language Australia: the National Languages and Literacy Institute,
Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
Contact
Address		 Language Australia NLLIA
Suite 4, The Atrium, 51-57 Northbourne Ave (GPO Box 3175), Canberra ACT 2600
E-mail joe.lobianco@languageaustralia.com.au
Language
Proficiency		 English, French, Italian, Spanish
Education
Background
and Degree		 M.A. in Applied Lingustics, University of Melbourne,
Ph.D., Australian National University




Experiences in Literacy Project:

(1) Name of the Project Teaching Culture in Language Comprising chapters on English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Chinese.
Name of Organiser Lo Bianco, C. Crozet and contributors
Duration 2001
Project Location -
Your Role/
Responsibility		 -
(2) Name of the Project Australian Policy Activism
Comprising 15 chapters on indigenous, community and Asian-European foreign languages, interpreting and translating, Australian Sign Language, adult and child ESL, adult English literacy and policymaking.
Name of Organiser Lo Bianco, R. Wickert and contributors
Duration 2001
Project Location Australia
Your Role/
Responsibility		 -
(3) Name of the Project UNESCO Programs in ten Pacific Island nations
Name of Organiser Australian National Commission for UNESCO
Duration -
Project Location -
Your Role/
Responsibility		 Reviewer
(4) Name of the Project National Policy on Languages
Name of Organiser Government of Australia
Duration 1987
Project Location Australia
Your Role/
Responsibility		 Author


Major Publication(s):

1. "Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy", edited and authored, with R. Wickert and 15 contributors, Language Australia, Melbourne, 2001.
2. "Talking Globally: Challenges for Foreign Language Education from New Citizenship and Economic Globalisation Forum for Modern Language Studies", Oxford University Press, 2001.
3. "A Description and Evaluation of Program Types in Indigenous and Community Languages", Canberra DETYA and Melbourne: Language Australia Publications, 2001
4. "Language and Literacy Planning in Scotland", SCILT: University of Stirling, 2001
5. "Policy Literacy", Language and Education, 2001
6. "Is the Extinction of Australia's Indigenous Languages Inevitable?", with M. Rhydwen Reversing Language Shift Revisited. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters 2001.
7. "Vietnam: Quoc Ngu, Colonialism and Language Policy", in Language Policy and Planning in East Asia. London: Curzon, 2001.
8. "Language Policies: State Texts For Silencing and Giving Voice", in Difference, Silence and Cultural Practice. University of New Hampshire, Hampton Press, Cleveland, 2001.

[Updated in July 2002]



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