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Dr Caroline Lipovsky

LLB (Paris II), MA (Paris I), MA in Applied Linguistics, PhD (University of Sydney)
Senior Lecturer
Room 752, Brennan MacCallum A18
Email:
+61 2 9351 3651

I have taught French language and culture at all levels in a range of institutions in South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia. While in Korea, I also co-presented bi-weekly French language programs on Korean television.

With a background in law and marketing, I have also worked a number of years in the commercial departments of various companies in South Korea, France and Hong Kong. This sparked my interest in intercultural communication and the language used in the workplace. This is how I came to research self-presentation in job interviews in French and Australasian-English, analysing the linguistic resources whereby candidates demonstrate their expertise, construct their professional identity, and build co-membership with their interviewers.

I have also collaborated with Dr Ahmar Mahboob, analysing students’ evaluations of their native and non-native English speaking teachers in TESOL.

Projects include a study of self-presentation in job applicants’ CVs and cover letters, and a study of candidates’ non-verbal communication in job interviews.

Research areas

  • Impression management
  • Language of the workplace
  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Language of evaluation, Appraisal
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Selected publications

Books

negotiating solidarity
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, 2010. Negotiating solidarity: A social-linguistic approach to job interviews. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Edited Books

studies in applied linguistics
  • Mahboob, Ahmar, Lipovsky, Caroline, 2009. Studies in applied linguistics and language learning. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Refereed journal articles

  • Lipovsky, Caroline. 2011. ‘It’s really a great presentation!’: Appraising candidates in job interviews. Linguistics and the Human Sciences 4(2), 161-185
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, Mahboob, Ahmar, 2010. Students’ appraisal of their native and non-native English speaking teachers, The WATESOL NNEST Caucus Annual Review 1, 119–154
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, 2008. Constructing affiliation and solidarity in job interviews. Discourse & Communication 2(4), 411-432
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, 2007. Making a good impression in job interviews in French: Strategies and outcomes. Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association (AUMLA) Special Issue, 129-141
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, 2006. Candidates’ negotiation of their expertise in job interviews, Journal of Pragmatics 38(8), 1147-1174

Book chapters

  • Lipovsky, Caroline, Mahboob, Ahmar, 2010. Appraisal of native and non-native English speaking teachers. In A. Mahboob (Ed.), The NNEST lens: Non native English speakers in TESOL, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 154-179
  • Mahboob, Ahmar, Lipovsky, Caroline, 2009. Identities, policies and practices in applied linguistics. In A. Mahboob and C. Lipovsky (Eds), Studies in applied linguistics and language learning, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1-12
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, Mahboob, Ahmar, 2008. The semantics of graduation: Examining ESL learners' use of graduation over time. In A. Mahboob and N. Knight (Eds), Questioning linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 225-240
  • Mahboob, Ahmar, Lipovsky, Caroline, 2007. Examining attitudes towards NESTs and NNESTs: A comparison of a thematic vs. an appraisal analysis. In C. Gitsaki (Ed.), Language and languages: Global and local tensions, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 292-306
  • Lipovsky, Caroline, 2006. Self-presentation in job interviews. In F. Ramallo, A. Lorenzo and X.P. Rodriguez-Yáñez (Eds), Discourse and enterprise: Communication, business, management and other professional fields, LINCOM, München, 263-276
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Areas of teaching and research supervision

Teaching

  • French language
  • Professional French
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Research methods in applied linguistics

Supervision

  • Intercultural communication
  • Sociolinguistics
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Other professional contributions

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