Lynda Yates

Lynda Yates' research interests include adult TESOL, spoken discourse and workplace communication, particularly as they relate to transnational professionals. She has a strong commitment to impact and the translation of research findings into practice. Past projects have included a series of Commonwealth-funded investigations into migrant English language learning in the community, as well as projects on the communication skills of international medical graduates, international student language learning and an IELTS-funded project on the assessment of pronunciation.

Lynda Yates is Associate Professor in Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. She has taught adults in a wide range of industrial and educational settings and has a keen interest in teacher professional development. Her research interests centre on language learning by adults and include intercultural pragmatics, workplace communication, issues for immigrants and the teaching and learning of spoken English and pronunciation. Lynda and Beth Zielinski have recently published an introductory volume on teaching pronunciation to adults.