Kath Lynch

Dr Kath Lynch has worked for over 20 years in the higher education sector specialising in migration, international education and teaching English to second and foreign language learners. She has expertise as an IELTS examiner, teacher, and IELTS resource developer. Kath co-wrote the tender for, and was special content editor of, the IELTS textbook, IELTS to Success: Preparation Tips and Practice Tests (Tucker & Van Bemmel, 2002). She has collaborated on Australian university-funded professional language grants, for, e.g. Curtin University People's Republic of China Teacher Exchange, and the University of Melbourne Language School Lao Teachers PD Program. Her research focuses on the role language, culture, and intercultural communication plays in higher education. Her Master's research focused on the academic adjustment of Japanese students to Western learning environments and her PhD examined how Australian universities prepare and support academics who teach transnationally.