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Winner of the Outstanding Research Student Award

Semester 1, 2008

Sabrin Farooqui

Congratulations to Sabrin Farooqu

 winner of the Outstanding Research Student Award


on her paper titled “Establishing truths, targeting dreams - The Secondary English textbook in Bangladesh”

Sabrin Farooqui started her doctoral studies in Education in March 2006 after completing Masters in TESOL from University of New South Wales. Before coming to Australia she worked as Lecturer in the Department of English at Eastern University in Bangladesh. She has worked as English language teacher in Bangladesh and Australia for over 6 years. Aside from her studies, she is also tutoring in Language Testing and Assessment in the Faculty. Her current research investigates the factors influencing the usage of textbooks in teaching English language in secondary education in Bangladesh.

Her supervisors are Dr Llian Merritt and Dr Lesley Harbon.



Congratulations also to Marlène Lebreton who received a "highly commended" certificate


Marlène Lebreton

This semester, the judges presented Marlène Lebreton with a “highly commended” certificate for her paper titled “Second language teaching within the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme: A comparative study of the International School of Paris and St Paul’s Grammar School, Sydney”.

Marlène Lebreton is undertaking her PhD in Education - Foreign Language Didactics at the University of Nantes (France) and at the University of Sydney (Cotutelle agreement). Her Masters Degree with the University of Nantes (France) included two studies. The first was a comparative study of an intensive ESL programme in two schools in Quebec, Canada. The second study was a comparative study of precocious foreign language learning in two bilingual day-care centres in France. Her PhD research focuses on second language teaching issues and strategies within the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. Her research interests include international education, intercultural education, bi/pluri-lingualism, second/foreign language teaching and learning.

Marlene’s supervisors are: Dr Nigel Bagnall (University of Sydney) & Prof Jacqueline Feuillet (Universite de Nantes, France)