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Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
Associate Professor

Peter Crosthwaite

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Overview

Background

I am an Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Cultures at UQ (since 2017), formerly assistant professor at the Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES), University of Hong Kong (since 2014). I hold an MA TESOL from the University of London and an M.Phil/Ph.D in applied linguistics from the University of Cambridge, UK.

My areas of research and supervisory expertise include corpus linguistics and the use of corpora for language learning (known as 'data-driven learning'), as well as computer-assisted language learning, and English for General and Specific Academic Purposes. I have published over 50 articles to date in many leading Q1 journals in the field of applied linguistics, 10+ book chapters, 4 books, 3 MOOCs, and several textbook series.

I am the Editor-in-Chief for the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (from 2024). I am also currently serving on the editorial boards of the Q1 journals IRAL, Journal of Second Language Writing, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, and System, as well as Applied Corpus Linguistics, a new journal covering the direct applications of corpora to teaching and learning.

Availability

Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Research interests

  • Corpus Linguistics

    Discovering trends in large, multi-million word collections of L1 and L2 language data

  • Second Language Acquisition

    The processes involved in acquiring a second (or multiple) language(s)

  • L2 writing

    The processes involved in successful L2 writing

  • English for academic / specific purposes

    Looking at the L2 use of English for academic and specific purposes

Works

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140 works between 2011 and 2025

41 - 60 of 140 works

2022

Journal Article

Data-driven learning with younger learners: exploring corpus-assisted development of the passive voice for science writing with female secondary school students

Crosthwaite, Peter and Steeples, Brett (2022). Data-driven learning with younger learners: exploring corpus-assisted development of the passive voice for science writing with female secondary school students. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 37 (5-6), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/09588221.2022.2068615

Data-driven learning with younger learners: exploring corpus-assisted development of the passive voice for science writing with female secondary school students

2022

Journal Article

Constructing COVID-19: A corpus-informed analysis of prime ministerial crisis response communication by gender

Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2022). Constructing COVID-19: A corpus-informed analysis of prime ministerial crisis response communication by gender. Discourse & Society, 33 (3), 1-27. doi: 10.1177/09579265221076612

Constructing COVID-19: A corpus-informed analysis of prime ministerial crisis response communication by gender

2022

Conference Publication

DDL is dead? Long live DDL! Studies reanimating the field of Data-driven Learning

Crosthwaite, Peter (2022). DDL is dead? Long live DDL! Studies reanimating the field of Data-driven Learning. TEFL Kuwait Annual Conference 2022, Kuwait, 31 March-1 April 2022.

DDL is dead? Long live DDL! Studies reanimating the field of Data-driven Learning

2022

Conference Publication

Evaluative language in L2 English argumentative essays of Khmer and Vietnamese adult learners

Chung, Tieu and Crosthwaite, Peter (2022). Evaluative language in L2 English argumentative essays of Khmer and Vietnamese adult learners. CAMTESOL2022, Cambodia, 18-20 February 2022.

Evaluative language in L2 English argumentative essays of Khmer and Vietnamese adult learners

2021

Journal Article

Exploring language teachers’ lesson planning for corpus-based language teaching: a focus on developing TPACK for corpora and DDL

Crosthwaite, Peter, Luciana and Wijaya, David (2021). Exploring language teachers’ lesson planning for corpus-based language teaching: a focus on developing TPACK for corpora and DDL. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 36 (7), 1-29. doi: 10.1080/09588221.2021.1995001

Exploring language teachers’ lesson planning for corpus-based language teaching: a focus on developing TPACK for corpora and DDL

2021

Conference Publication

Communicating COVID DownUnder

Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder. Language of COVID-19 conference, Sussex, United Kingdom, 22–23 October 2021.

Communicating COVID DownUnder

2021

Journal Article

Training disciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: an exploration into EAP students’ perceptions of online annotation of genres across disciplines

Crosthwaite, Peter, Sanhueza, Alicia Gazmuri and Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Training disciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: an exploration into EAP students’ perceptions of online annotation of genres across disciplines. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 53 101021, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101021

Training disciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: an exploration into EAP students’ perceptions of online annotation of genres across disciplines

2021

Conference Publication

Data-driven learning for younger learners: Boosting schoolgirls’ knowledge of passive voice constructions for STEM education

Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Data-driven learning for younger learners: Boosting schoolgirls’ knowledge of passive voice constructions for STEM education. EUROCALL2021, Paris, France, 25-27 August, 2021.

Data-driven learning for younger learners: Boosting schoolgirls’ knowledge of passive voice constructions for STEM education

2021

Conference Publication

Teacher professional development for data-driven learning

Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Teacher professional development for data-driven learning. EUROCALL2021, Paris, France, 25-27 August 2021.

Teacher professional development for data-driven learning

2021

Conference Publication

A corpus-based cross-disciplinary study of negation in Ph.D. theses’ limitations sections

Sun, Shuyi and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). A corpus-based cross-disciplinary study of negation in Ph.D. theses’ limitations sections. ICAME42, Dortmund, Germany, 18-21st August 2021.

A corpus-based cross-disciplinary study of negation in Ph.D. theses’ limitations sections

2021

Conference Publication

Integrating corpus use into trainee EFL teachers’ lesson planning: building corpus-focused TPACK for the future

Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Integrating corpus use into trainee EFL teachers’ lesson planning: building corpus-focused TPACK for the future. ICAME42, Dortmund, Germany, 18-21 August 2021.

Integrating corpus use into trainee EFL teachers’ lesson planning: building corpus-focused TPACK for the future

2021

Conference Publication

Directives in government guidance on COVID-19: an international comparison

Vincent, Benet, Gardner, Sheena, Power, Kate, Crosthwaite, Peter and Beauchamp, David (2021). Directives in government guidance on COVID-19: an international comparison. Corpus Linguistics 2021, Limerick, Ireland, 13-16 July 2021.

Directives in government guidance on COVID-19: an international comparison

2021

Conference Publication

Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic

Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic. Corpus Linguistics 2021, Limerick, Ireland, 13-16th July 2021.

Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic

2021

Conference Publication

Improving STEM writing through data-driven learning: an empirical account of a DDL intervention in a girls’ secondary school

Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Improving STEM writing through data-driven learning: an empirical account of a DDL intervention in a girls’ secondary school. International Conference on Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning & Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching 2021, Hong Kong, 7-9 July 2021.

Improving STEM writing through data-driven learning: an empirical account of a DDL intervention in a girls’ secondary school

2021

Conference Publication

Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic

Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic. E-Sociolinguistics Symposium 23, Hong Kong, China, 7-10 June 2021.

Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic

2021

Journal Article

Voices from the periphery: perceptions of Indonesian primary vs secondary pre-service teacher trainees about corpora and data-driven learning in the L2 English classroom

Crosthwaite, Peter, Luciana and Schweinberger, Martin (2021). Voices from the periphery: perceptions of Indonesian primary vs secondary pre-service teacher trainees about corpora and data-driven learning in the L2 English classroom. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 1 (1) 100003, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.acorp.2021.100003

Voices from the periphery: perceptions of Indonesian primary vs secondary pre-service teacher trainees about corpora and data-driven learning in the L2 English classroom

2021

Conference Publication

Data-driven learning for younger learners: making it work

Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Data-driven learning for younger learners: making it work. TESOL International Convention 2021, Virtual, USA, 24-27 March 2021.

Data-driven learning for younger learners: making it work

2021

Journal Article

The affordances of WeChat voice messaging for Chinese EFL learners during private tutoring

Wang, Haiyan and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). The affordances of WeChat voice messaging for Chinese EFL learners during private tutoring. CALL-EJ, 22 (1), 223-245.

The affordances of WeChat voice messaging for Chinese EFL learners during private tutoring

2021

Journal Article

Evaluative stance in Vietnamese and English writing by the same authors: a corpus-informed appraisal study

Chung, Tieu-Thuy, Bui, Luyen-Thi and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Evaluative stance in Vietnamese and English writing by the same authors: a corpus-informed appraisal study. Research in Corpus Linguistics, 10 (1), 1-30. doi: 10.32714/ricl.10.01.01

Evaluative stance in Vietnamese and English writing by the same authors: a corpus-informed appraisal study

2020

Conference Publication

Data-driven learning for younger learners: Current Issues, Future Directions

Crosthwaite, Peter (2020). Data-driven learning for younger learners: Current Issues, Future Directions. Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS) 46, Tokyo, Japan, 3-4 October 2020.

Data-driven learning for younger learners: Current Issues, Future Directions

Funding

Past funding

  • 2023
    Towards a generative AI prompt taxonomy for F-10 education in Queensland
    Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Developing a written corrective feedback system for data-driven error correction in L2 academic writing
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    EFL writers' knowledge and use of appraisal language, factors that affect such use, and the influence of such appraisal language use on the quality of these writers' essays

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin Schweinberger

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in TESOL: A Study on Personalised Learning and Impact on Student Engagement and Motivation in A Rural Indonesian University

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin Schweinberger

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring written corrective feedback in Saudi L2 English writing: Teachers¿ provisions and students¿ responses

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Obaid Hamid

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Teaching in the higher education sector in the Generative AI era: Instructional design in the implementation of Generative AI tools

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Simone Smala

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Corpus-based investigation of three-minute thesis presentations: Register perspective

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin Schweinberger

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Relationship Between Writing Tasks and Second Language Writers¿ Use of Metadiscourse

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin Schweinberger

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Writing Portfolio-Based Assessment at a Preparatory Year Program in Saudi Arabia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Obaid Hamid

  • Doctor Philosophy

    EFL writers' knowledge and use of appraisal language, factors that affect such use, and the influence of such appraisal language use on the quality of these writers' essays

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin Schweinberger

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Power, Dr Beck Wise

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Power, Dr Beck Wise

  • Doctor Philosophy

    "It's never really about the writing": The affective ecologies of undergraduate academic writing

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Power, Dr Beck Wise

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A multifactorial study of morpho-syntactic errors across different L1 backgrounds and language proficiency levels

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin Schweinberger

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite directly for media enquiries about:

  • Academic writing
  • Chinese learners of English
  • English
  • English teaching
  • language
  • Language learning
  • Language learning technologies
  • linguistics
  • Second language writing
  • teacher education
  • teaching

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