Dr Anna Mikhaylova

Lecturer in Russian

School of Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
a.mikhaylova@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 53090

Overview

My academic training is in language teaching and linguistics. I hold a BA/MA equivalent in Teaching Foreign Languages from Ryazan State Pedagogical University, Russia, MA in English with concentration in Linguistics and TESOL from East Carolina University, USA, and PhD in Linguistics from University of South Carolina. Before coming to UQ, I taught at tertiary level for 13 in three universities in Russia and USA. I have supervised teaching practicums and research projects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and have taught a range of Russian, English, Linguistics and Language Teaching courses.

My research interests lie at the intersection of Bilingualism, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching. I am interested in cognitive, social and pedagogical implications of bilingualism in its broad sense and specifically in the similarities and differences between language development in foreign/second language learners and heritage speakers. I am interested in finding which linguistic phenomena are more difficult to acquire and why. I study factors that can potentially affect the success of bilingual language acquisition. The broad goal of my research is to gain a better understanding of how language works in the case of bilingual acquisition and, as a result, to inform classroom language pedagogy and policy.

Research Interests

  • heritage/community language learning and teaching
  • bilingual/multilingual language development
  • second language learning and teaching
  • languages education and teacher training

Research Impacts

Between 2013 and 2021 I served as Associate Editor of The Heritage Language Journal.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Univeristy of South Carolina
  • Masters (Coursework) of English Language, East Carolina University

Publications

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Available Projects

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book Chapter

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Mikhaylova, Anna (2011). Interaction of aspectual morphology in L2 and heritage Russian. 2010 Second Language Research Forum: Reconsidering SLA Research, Dimensions, and Directions, Maryland, GA, United States, 14-17 October 2010. Somerville, MA, United States: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.