Jill C Murray

Jill Murray is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. Currently she teaches pragmatics, second language acquisition and TESOL, and coordinates the Master of Research program. Before joining Macquarie, Jill worked in TESOL and teacher education in Australia and Greece. She was head of the Language Teacher Education Department at UNSW Institute of Languages, where she taught postgraduate TESOL courses and managed a major professional development program for teachers of community languages. She was also involved in language test design and implementation for professional entry and pre-academic contexts. As well as test validity and impact, her research interests include the teaching and learning of pragmatics, and context-sensitive teaching methodology.