Overview
Background
I am an educator with over 20 years of teaching experience. I have taught in Queensland primary and high schools, academic English programs and federally-funded adult migrant English teaching programs.
My research explores professional learning and classroom-based research,with a particular focus on pronunciation teaching and literacy development.
I teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in in the areas of Arts, languages and primary literacy education. I also teach courses in professional learning and teacher development, TESOL and research methods.
As a researcher and teacher educator, I believe my strengths lie in my ability to draw on a broad range of teaching experiences across different sectors of education, and in my ability to network and collaborate effectively with academics nationally and internationally.
Availability
- Mrs Skye Playsted is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
- Certificate IV, Fortress Learning
- Masters (Coursework) of Education, University of Wollongong
- Member, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
- Board Member, Australian Council of TESOL Associations, Australian Council of TESOL Associations
- Journal Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Education and Teaching Research, Contemporary Education and Teaching Research
- Journal Editorial Board Member, Japan Association of Language Teachers (Mind Brain Education SIG), Japan Association of Language Teachers (Mind Brain Education SIG)
- Member, Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults, Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults
- Member, Primary English Teaching Association of Australia, Primary English Teaching Association of Australia
- Member, Queensland Association of TESOL, Queensland Association of TESOL
- Member, Queensland College of Teachers, Queensland College of Teachers
- Member, TESOL International, TESOL International
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Language teachers regaining a sense of praxis in pronunciation teaching and learning through Exploratory Practice as professional learning in Australia
Playsted, Skye and Thomas, Damon P. (2025). Language teachers regaining a sense of praxis in pronunciation teaching and learning through Exploratory Practice as professional learning in Australia. System, 136 103876, 103876. doi: 10.1016/j.system.2025.103876
2025
Conference Publication
Classroom-based Research in LESLLA Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Affordances
Playsted, Skye, Fortier, Véronique and Beaulieu, Suzie (2025). Classroom-based Research in LESLLA Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Affordances. LESLLA 20th Anniversary Symposium, Online, 19 October 2024. Geneva, Switzerland: LESLLA. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17154361
2025
Journal Article
Planning with a model text to integrate speaking and listening into English language lessons
Playsted, Skye (2025). Planning with a model text to integrate speaking and listening into English language lessons. English Australia Journal, 49-55. doi: 10.61504/ruxs5092
2024
Journal Article
Exploratory practice puzzling as praxis-oriented pronunciation teacher learning in Australian adult migrant EAL education
Playsted, Skye, Thomas, Damon P. and Wilkinson, Jane (2024). Exploratory practice puzzling as praxis-oriented pronunciation teacher learning in Australian adult migrant EAL education. Language Teaching Research. doi: 10.1177/13621688241304648
2024
Journal Article
Book review of Guskaroska, A., Zawadzki, Z., Levis, J., Challis, K., Prikazchikov, M. (2024). Teaching pronunciation with confidence. Iowa State University
Playsted, Skye (2024). Book review of Guskaroska, A., Zawadzki, Z., Levis, J., Challis, K., Prikazchikov, M. (2024). Teaching pronunciation with confidence. Iowa State University. TESOL in Context, 33 (1), 100-103. doi: 10.21153/tesol2024vol33no1art2072
2023
Journal Article
Commercialisation in Australian public education and its implications for the delivery of English as an Additional Language/Dialect: an EAL/D teacher perspective
Creagh, Sue, Playsted, Skye, Hogan, Anna, Choi, Tae-Hee and Lingard, Bob (2023). Commercialisation in Australian public education and its implications for the delivery of English as an Additional Language/Dialect: an EAL/D teacher perspective. TESOL in Context, 32 (1), 131-159. doi: 10.21153/tesol2023vol32no1art1814
2023
Book Chapter
They have lessons to teach me: critical reflection and autoethography in an Australian adult migrant English program
Playsted, Skye (2023). They have lessons to teach me: critical reflection and autoethography in an Australian adult migrant English program. The Routledge international handbook of autoethnography in educational research. (pp. 317-325) edited by Emilio A. Anteliz, Deborah L. Mulligan and Patrick Alan Danaher. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/b23046-31
2021
Journal Article
The vowel matrix: Enhancing literacy development through an innovative approach to teaching pronunciation.
Playsted, Skye and Burri, Michael (2021). The vowel matrix: Enhancing literacy development through an innovative approach to teaching pronunciation.. English Australia Journal, 37 (2), 32-44.
2021
Journal Article
Review of: Zhongfeng Tian, Laila Aghai, Peter Sayer & Jamie L. Schissel (eds.), Envisioning TESOL through a translanguaging lens: Global perspectives
Playsted, Skye (2021). Review of: Zhongfeng Tian, Laila Aghai, Peter Sayer & Jamie L. Schissel (eds.), Envisioning TESOL through a translanguaging lens: Global perspectives. English Australia Journal, 37 (1), 92-95.
2021
Journal Article
Encouraging critical thinking through a dialogic teaching approach in the beginner-level English language classroom.
Playsted, Skye (2021). Encouraging critical thinking through a dialogic teaching approach in the beginner-level English language classroom. . Humanising Language Teaching, 23 (1).
2020
Journal Article
People from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds: an open access annotated bibliography
Baker, Sally, Ramsay, Georgina, Rose, Megan, Wendt, Anja, Playsted, Skye, Williams, Simon, Xavier, Ana, Bose, Priyanka, Yang, Angela, Takans, Bianca, Coskun, Neriman, Azordegan, Jen, Fox, Alison, Bare, Abikadir, Comerford, Donna, Willette, Sarah, Pennycuick, Alex, Miller, Emily, Bellemore, Phillipa, Bailey, Taleah, Ahmad, Maria and Olliff, Louise (2020). People from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds: an open access annotated bibliography. Refugee Education Special Interest Group.
2020
Journal Article
Warming up and activating mind, body and emotions in pronunciation instruction
Playsted, Skye, Burri, Michael and Acton, William (2020). Warming up and activating mind, body and emotions in pronunciation instruction. TESOLANZ Journal, 28, 49-55.
2019
Journal Article
Reflective practice to guide teacher learning: a practitioner's journey with beginner adult English language learners
Playsted, Skye A. (2019). Reflective practice to guide teacher learning: a practitioner's journey with beginner adult English language learners. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 7 (3), 37-52. doi: 10.30466/IJLTR.2019.120735
2018
Journal Article
Review of Refugee background students transitioning into higher education: navigating complex spaces
Playsted, Skye (2018). Review of Refugee background students transitioning into higher education: navigating complex spaces. Tesol in Context, 27 (2). doi: 10.21153/tesol2018vol27no2art830
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