Hilary Smith

International Mother Language Day: sustainable development in everyone’s language

February 21, 2018

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Student at Dawa Dhechen Chhyolin Gumba (Buddhist School), Gaighat Udayapur, Nepal (image: Hilary Smith)

‘Our languages matter’ in development

July 6, 2017

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by Hilary Smith

Hilary Smith

Hilary Smith has an applied linguistics in education background, with over 30 years of teaching and researching in New Zealand, the Pacific and Southeast Asia. She has lived in Tonga, Papua Guinea, and Lao PDR, and has also worked in Indonesia, Kiribati, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands. She has carried out shorter term projects in Nepal, Thailand, and Timor-Leste.

Hilary's academic focus is on education in multilingual and developing country contexts, with particular expertise in English language education, and innovative methods for measuring attitudes.

She is an Honorary Affiliate of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the ANU, Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at Massey University, and Director of Systemetrics Research Associates.