Tim Hassall (Ph.D. ANU, MA USyd, Grad. Dip. Ed. USyd ) coordinates and teaches courses on Indonesian language and aspects of Indonesian linguistics at the Australian National University, in the city of Canberra.
Tim Hassall has a PhD in Applied Linguistics, an MA in TESOL, and a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education. He was born in Sydney, and for some years studied Indonesian as a passionate hobby while working as a teacher of English as a foreign language, before switching to teaching Indonesian instead – which he has done for the last 15 years.
His main research interests are the acquisition of second language pragmatics and the influence of English on Indonesian. His publications include Requests by Australian learners of Indonesian” in Journal of Pragmatics Vol 35, Issue 12, 2003, pp. 1903-1928 (2003); Pragmatic performance: What are learners thinking?” in Investigating Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing, Alicia Martínez-Flor and Eva Alcón Soler (eds), Clevedon, Multilingual Matters, pp. 72-93 (2008); and (with Elisabet Titik Murtisari, Christine Donnelly and Jeff Wood) Attitudes to western loanwords in Indonesian” in International Journal of the Sociology of Language Vol 189, 2008, pp. 55-84 (2008).
Publications
Hassall, T 2010, ‘Fungsi dan status kata pinjaman Barat (Functions and Status of Western Loanwords)’, in Mikihiro Moriyama and Manneke Budiman (ed.), Geliat Bahasa Selaras Zaman:Perubahan Bahasa-bahasa di Indonesia Pasca-Orde baru (How Language Changes in Harmony with the Times), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, pp. 123-151.
Hassall, T 2008, ‘Pragmatic Performance: What are Learners Thinking?’, in Eva Alcon Soler and Alicia Martinez-Flor (ed.), Investigating Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing, Multilingual Matters Ltd, Bristol, England, pp. 72-93.
Hassall, T, Titk Murtisari, E, Donnelly, C et al 2008, ‘Attitudes to Western Loanwords in Indonesia’, International Journal of the sociology of language, vol. 189, pp. 55-84.
Hassall, T 2007, Asking for what you want in Indonesian, Bhinneka.
Hassall, T 2006, ‘Learning to Take Leave in Social Conversations: A Diary Study’, in Margaret A. DuFon and Eton Churchill (ed.), Language Learners in Study Abroad Contexts, Multilingual Matters Ltd, Great Britain, pp. 31-58.
Hassall, T 2006, To thank or not to thank in Indonesian, Bhinneka No 5, August 2006.
Hassall, T 2005, ‘Taboo object relative clauses in Indonesian’, Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS XV), ed. Sidwell, Dr Paul, Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 1-18.
Hassall, T 2005, English is changing the grammar of Indonesian, Bhinneka.
Hassall, T 2005, Western Loanwords in Indonesia, Bhinneka .
Hassall, T 2004, ‘Through a glass, darkly: When learner pragmatics is misconstrued’, Journal of Pragmatics, vol. 36, pp. 997-1002.
Hassall, T 2003, ‘Requests by Australian learners of Indonesian’, Journal of Pragmatics, vol. 35, pp. 1903-1928.
Hassall, T 2001, ‘Modifying requests in a second language’, IRAL International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 259-283.
Hassall, T 2001, ‘Do Learners Thank Too Much in Indonesian?’, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (print edition), vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 97-112.
Hassall, T 1999, ‘Request strategies in Indonesian’, Pragmatics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 586-606.
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