Curriculum Vitae
Granville Wesley Pillar PhD
Dipl.Eng., B.A., B.Ed.Stud., M.Ed., Ph.D., Dipl.Th., B.Th.
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13 June 1948, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, U.K.
British; Australian; Hungarian
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Dr Pillarné Gondoly Ibolya
Juliet (1975); Robert (1976)
English (mother tongue), German (fluent), Hungarian (basic)
U.K., Ireland, South Africa, Germany, Australia, Hungary
Hungary
Ifjúság utca 56
4400 Nyíregyháza
Hungary
Tel. 06-30-9578303
Email: [email protected], Skype: granden2
Teaching and Research Interests
Second Language Teaching Methodology; Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL); English for
Special Purposes; Multimedia-based Language Learning and Teaching; Developing Oral Communication
Skills; Music and Song in Second Language Teaching and Learning; Dialectology; Intercultural
Communication Studies; Communicative Language Testing.
Academic and Teaching Positions
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Nyíregyházi Főiskola, Hungary 2011Lektor: Developing Oral Communication Skills; Intercultural Communication; Linguistic Approaches to
Second Language Acquisition; Lexicology; Integrated Language Skills; Dialectology; Introduction to
Linguistics.
Nyíregyházi Főiskola, Hungary 2002-2006
Lektor: Second Language Teaching Methodology; Developing Oral Communication Skills; Australian,
British and South African Studies; European Union Studies; Technology in Second Language Learning
and Teaching.
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia 1994-1997
Lecturer: Second Language Teaching Methodology and Curriculum Development for Teachers of
Modern Languages and English as a Second Language.
Department of School Education, Sydney, Australia 1994-96
Lecturer: Teaching Methodology for Teachers of Modern Languages and ESL.
Institute of Technology, Sydney, Australia 1991-92
Lecturer: Electro-technology and Mathematics.
Central Coast Community College, Ourimbah, Australia 1984-1990
Teacher: German.
Green Point Christian School, Green Point, Australia 1997
Teacher: English as a Second Language.
Central Coast Grammar School, Erina, Australia 1995-96
Teacher: English as a Second Language; Mathematics; Christian Education; Design & Technology.
Gosford Christian School, Narara, Australia 1991-93
Teacher: German; English as a Second Language; Mathematics; Science; Physics.
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Presbyterian Church of Australia 2007-2010
Reformed Pastor.
ALM Dulmison Australian 1984-1990
Electrical Engineer.
Siemens - South Africa, Germany, Australia 1975-1984
Electrical Engineer.
Tertiary Qualifications
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Bachelor of Theology and Diploma of Theology - 2002
Presbyterian Theological Centre, Burwood, Australia.
Doctor of Philosophy (Second Language Pedagogy) - 1997
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
Master of Education (Curriculum and Teaching Studies) - 1994
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
Bachelor of Educational Studies - 1993
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
Bachelor of Arts (German and Linguistics) - 1987
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
Graduate Diploma in Electrical Engineering - 1979
Witwatersrand College of Advanced Technical Education, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Recipient of Inaugural Award for High Achievement in German Studies from the University of
Newcastle and Goethe Institute. 1986.
Awarded Scholarship by the Goethe Institute for advanced German language and cultural study in
Germany. 1987.
Awarded Scholarship by the University of Newcastle to conduct doctoral research in Second Language
Teaching Methodology. 1995.
Awarded ’A Főiskola Tiszteletbeli Polgára címet adományoz’ by the Nyíregyházi Főiskola, Hungary.
2006.
Publications
2014: A Neuroscientific Perspective of Language Processing in Transforming Input into Intake, pg.37-48.
Proceedings of The Third Edition of ELLE International Conference, Casa Cartii de Stiinta.
2011: A framework for testing communicative competence. ELLE International Conference, Partium Christian
University, Romania, 16-17 September 2011. The Round Table: Partium Journal of English Studies, Volume II
Fall Issue, pp.24-37.
2006: A Lélek kenyere. Nyíregyháza, Hungary. Krúdy Könyvkiadó és Nyomda.
2006: Food for the Soul. Nyíregyháza, Hungary. Krúdy Könyvkiadó és Nyomda.
2004: Communicative testing: Toward a framework for testing oral language proficiency. In Galó Miklós (Ed.). A
Human Erőforrás Szerepe, Fejlesztésének, Hasznosításának Lehetőségi az Európai Unióban: Szabolcs - Szatmár
– Bereg Megyei Tudományos Közalapítvány Füzetei (20), pp.88-91. Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
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2003: Toward a neurally-inspired methodology for integrated multi-channel L2 learning and teaching. In M.
Ajtay-Horváth (Ed.) Endeavours 1: Occasional Papers in Applied Linguistics, Literature, Civilization and
Methodology (pp.144-165). Nyíregyháza, Hungary: Bessenyei György Könyvkiadó.
2003: Multi-channel language learning: Paralanguage and the integrative use of video in developing L2
communicative competence. NovELTy: A Journal of English Language Teaching and Cultural Studies in Hungary,
10(2), pp.77-96.
2003: Review: Forintos Éva. (2002) Australia: a Walkabout (An Australian Studies Course Book). Veszprem
University Press; Veszprem. NovELTy: A Journal of English Language Teaching and Cultural Studies in Hungary,
10(1). p.97.
2002: Being All Things to All People: Toward an Incarnational Apologetic. Presbyterian Theological Centre,
Burwood, Australia.
2001: The whole truth: On the front line you need a whole gospel for the whole person. Australian
Presbyterian, June 2001, Sydney, Australia: National Journal Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Australia
(p. 22).
2001: What makes a whole person? The Challenge, May 2001, Coverdale, Western Australia: Challenge
Literature Fellowship (p. 9).
1998: The developing role of paralinguistics in foreign language learning. In G. Hermann-Brennecke & W.
Geisler (Eds.) Zur Theorie der Praxis und Praxis der Theorie des Fremdsprachenerwerbs (Series: Hallenser
Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik) (pp. 83-99). Münster: LIT Verlag.
1998: The use of visual media in learning and teaching. Faculty Seminar, Sydney Missionary and Bible College,
Croydon, NSW Australia, 24 March.
1998: Doctoral Dissertation (unpublished): Toward a Synerlinguistic Approach to Language Learning:
Investigating the Utility of Video-Mediated Paralinguistic Behaviour in Developing Communicative Competence.
Faculty of Education, University of Newcastle, New South Wales Australia.
1998: Body Communication and the use of video in language teaching. Language. Curriculum Support
Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training, Vol. 3/2 (pp.1-2).
1997: Die Rolle der Paralinguistik im Fremdsprachenerwerb. Symposium zur Theorie der Praxis und Praxis der
Theorie des Fremdsprachenerwerbs, Die Leucora, Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, 18-20 November.
1997: Paralanguage and the integrative use of video in developing L2 communicative competence. ECER 97, J.W.-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 24-27 September.
1997: Languages in cyberspace. The Distance Education and Language Project (DEal). The National Languages
and Literacy Institute of Australia, Hectorville, South Australia.
1996: Exploiting the utility of paralanguage through the integrative use of video in developing communicative
competence in a foreign language. 21st ALLA Conference, The University of Western Sydney, Nepean, NSW
Australia, 3-6 October.
1995: Exploiting the use of video to develop L2 oral communicative skills. 20th ALLA Conference, The Australian
National University, Canberra, ACT Australia, 12-15 September.
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