AUT - Heather Denny

Heather Denny

Senior lecturer above the bar

Phone: 64 9 921 9999 ext 6070

Email: heather.denny@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
Room WT1009, Level 10, AUT Tower, corner of Wakefield and Rutland Streets, Auckland Central

Qualifications:

• MA (Hons) Canterbury (1970)
• Dip SLT (Massey (1980)
• CATE 1997, CELTA 1974

Biography:

Heather has been teaching at AUT University for more than 25 years, has taught in England and also has experience as a teacher of English in secondary schools. She is a long-term editor of Password magazine, a magazine for new speakers of English, and editor of several books of collected articles from Password.

Research areas:

• Action research and reflective practice as teacher development tools
• Using authentic and semi-authentic texts to teach the language and pragmatics of conversation negotiation to adult migrants and refugees
• Teaching English to Deaf adults

Publications:

• Denny, H., & Sacthleben, A. (2012). Making the implicit explicit: raising pragmatic awareness in trainee interpreters, using semi –authentic spontaneous discourse samples. TESOL Journal 3, 126-137. doi:10.1002/tesj.7
• Denny, H., & Basturkmen, H. (2011). The role of teacher consultation in teacher education: A teacher development project focused on designing and evaluating  pragmatics-focused instructional materials. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, 17(1), 102-107.
  
• Denny, H. (2010). Teaching pragmatics 2  - Making your own recordings  Password Teachers' Centrepage, 34 (4).
• Denny, H. (2010). Improving the teaching of the pragmatic norms of conversation: A journey of reflective teacher action research TESOLANZ Journal, 18, 40-54.
• Denny, H. (2009). Teaching the socio-cultural norms of spoken English using naturalistic samples: a teacher-friendly approach. English Australia Journal, 25(2), 6-21.
  
• Denny, H., & Basturkmen, H. (2009). Using authentic spoken texts in socio-pragmatic focused instruction: A survey of teacher practices and perspectives. View the final project report  (12 pages/300kb) Retrieved 23 October, 2009, from http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/
  
• Denny, H. (2008). Teaching the pragmatics of negotiation in New Zealand English to adult migrants: the role of whole naturalistic texts. Prospect, 23(1), 46-57.
  
• Denny, H. (2008). Review of  McCarthy, M. and O'Dell, F (2005) English collocations in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . TESOLANZ Newsletter, 17(2), 17-18.
  
• Denny, H. (2008). Teaching conversation and negotiation skills in English using teacher-made, semi-scripted conversation models. In A. Burns & J. Burton (Eds.), Language teacher research in Australia/New Zealand (pp43- 60). Alexandra: TESOL.
  
• Denny, H. (2006). Can busy classroom teachers really do action research: An action research study in an EAL tertiary setting. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics ( 11)2, 59 74.
  
• Denny, H. (2005). Reflective practice and action research as a source of pre-service and in-service professional development and classroom innovation: Burden or benefit? Myth or reality? In The refereed conference proceedings of Reflective Practice the key to innovation in international education. AIS St Helens, Auckland Centre for Research in International Education.
  
• Denny, H., Roskvist, A. & Englefield, B. (2004). Improving the Teaching of Casual Conversation through Collaborative Action Research a Leap in the Dark or a Shot in the Arm? in Major, J., & Howard, J. (Eds) (2005), CLESOL 2004: Refereed Conference Proceedings of the 9th Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages Conference. Christchurch: CLESOL 2004.
  
• Denny, H. (1997). Learner Training in Listening Skills. In M. Lewis (Ed) New ways in teaching adults. Alexandria: TESOL
  
• Denny, H. (2002). Teaching English to Deaf students within an ESOL curriculum framework at AUT: issues and strategies. TESOLANZ Journal 10, 65 80.
  
• Denny, H. (1978). English as a second language resource book for beginners. Auckland: Auckland Technical Institute.
  
• Editor of Password, a Quarterly Magazine for New Speakers of English - 1978 - 2003. Co-editor 2004 - present.

Editor and contributor to:

• The Best of Password 1, 1981 Pettifogging Press
• The Best of Password 2, 1987 Pettifogging Press
• The Best of Password 3, 1991 Puriri Press
• The Best of Password 4, 1994 Puriri Press
• The Best of Password 5, 1998 Puriri Press
• The Best of Password 6, 2002 Puriri Press
• The Best of Password 7, 2007 Puriri Press

Conference presentations

• Denny, H., & C, C. (2011). Individual development in language teacher education: an action research evaluation of a project based reflective practice paper. presented at the ALAA/ALANZ Conference 30 November - 2 December 2011, Canberra, Australia.
• Denny, H., & Conway, C. (2011). Accommodating diversity in language teacher education: an action research evaluation of a project based reflective practice paper. presented at the Language Education and Diversity Conference 22 - 25 November Auckland, New Zealand.
• Denny, H., & Sachtleben, A. (2010). Teaching pragmatics: Classroom perceptions and practice. Presented at CLESOL 2010, Kings High School, Dunedin, New Zealand 1 - 4 October 2010.
  
• Denny, H., & Sachtleben, A. (2010). Making the implicit explicit: Pragmatics in the classroom. presented at  the ALAA Congress University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 July.
• Denny, H., & Sachtleben, A. (2010). Teaching pragmatics: Classroom perceptions and practice. . presented at  the CLESOL 2010, Kings High School, Dunedin, New Zealand 1 - 4 October 2010.
• Denny, H., & Basturkmen, H. (2009). Teachers’ perceptions and practices in the teaching of pragmatics including the use of authentic texts.  Presented at  the ALANZ/ALAA Conference 2009,
• Auckland, New Zealand.
• Denny, H., & Englefield, B. (2008). Teaching the pragmatics of negotiation and conversation in New Zealand English to adult migrants: investigating the use of teacher-made naturalistic models in a collaborative action research project. Paper presented at the Eleventh National Conference on Community Language and English for Speakers of other Languages, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Denny, H. (2008). Teaching the socio-cultural norms of negotiation. Paper presented at the ALAA conference, 4-6 July, Sydney, Australia.
• Using home-grown, semi-scripted models to teach conversation and negotiation skills in English to adult EAL learners: An action research study paper presented at the Tenth National Conference on Community Languages and ESOL, September 2006.
  
• Reflective Practice and Action Research as a source of pre-service and in-service professional development and classroom innovation: Burden or benefit? myth or reality? paper presented to the CRIE conference on Reflective Practice, Auckland Institute of Studies, June 2005.
  
• Improving the teaching of casual conversation through collaborative teacher action research - a leap in the dark or a shot in the arm? paper co-presented with Annelies Roskvist and Brenda Englefield at the Ninth National conference on Community Languages and ESOL, September 2004.
  
• Teaching English to Deaf students within an ESOL curriculum framework at AUT: issues and strategies. Paper presented at the Eighth Biennial Conference on Community Languages and ESOL, July 2002.