About the School of Languages and Linguistics
About the School
The School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne was created in 1993 as the vehicle for providing excellence in language teaching and learning, and for ensuring wider access, across the University community, to high level competency in languages and cultures. Its organisational structure, in close association with the Asia Institute, and its outreach to the rest of the University through the Diploma in Languages and the Diploma in Modern Languages, have been widely seen as models of best practice in the Australian system. Drawing on the expertise of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, the Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) and the Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross Cultural Communication (RUMACCC), the School promotes maximal synergies in language teaching, learning and assessment strategies and provides a key nexus for reflection and research in all areas of linguistics, and in the interface of language and culture.
Professor Gillian Wigglesworth
Head, School of Languages and Linguistics