John Hobson

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Books

• Hobson, J., Lowe, K, Poetsch, S. & Walsh, M. (Eds.). (2010). Re-awakening languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages. Sydney: Sydney University Press.

Book chapters

• Hobson, J. (2018) Language Revival in Australia. In L. Hinton., L. Huss & G. Roche (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization. New York: Routledge.
• Hobson, J., Oakley, K., Jarrett, M., Jackson, M. & Wilcock, N. (2018). Bridging the Gap in Indigenous Australian Languages Teacher Education, in P. Whitinui, C. Rodriguez de France & O. McIvor (Eds.), Promising Practices in Indigenous Teacher Education, (pp. 105–118). Singapore: Springer Nature.
• Hobson, J. (2010). Questions of fluency in Australian languages revitalisation. In J. Hobson, K. Lowe, S. Poetsch & M. Walsh (Ed.), Re-awakening languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages, (pp. 267–280), Sydney: Sydney University Press.
• Hobson, J. (2010). Introduction: language and Technology. In J. Hobson, K. Lowe, S. Poetsch & M. Walsh (Eds.), Re-awakening languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages, (pp. 309-311). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
• Hobson, J. (2010). Introduction: Language policy and planning. In J. Hobson, K. Lowe, S. Poetsch & M. Walsh (Eds.), Re-awakening languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages, (pp. 3-5). Sydney: Sydney University Press.

Journal articles

• Hobson, J. (2007). [Review] Information technology & indigenous people. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36, 117–118.
• Hobson, J. (2001). Growing the Indigenous Australian internet. InCite: News magazine of the Australian Library & Information Association, 22(June).

Conference papers

• Hobson, J. (2014). How do you fill all the gaps in the dictionary? Identifying lexical development strategies for re-awakening Australian languages. Paper presented at Australex 2013: Endangered Words, and Signs of Revival. The University of Adelaide, Australia, 25 to 28 July 2013.
• Hobson, J. (2013). Potholes in the road to an initial teacher training degree for Australian revival languages. Paper presented at the Second National LCNAU Colloquium: Practices and Policies: Current Research in Languages and Cultures Education. Australian National University, Canberra, 3-5 July 2013.
• Edwards, J. & Hobson, J. (2013). “Head, shoulders, knees and toes” is not an Aboriginal song, Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC): Sharing worlds of knowledge. University of Hawai’i, Manoa, February 28-March 3, 2013.
• Hobson, J. (2011). Meeting the need for Indigenous languages teachers. Paper presented at Strengthening language maintenance through cooperative training strategies symposium, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University Melbourne 18-19 August, 2011.
• Hobson, J. (2011). How do you teach a language with no teachers?, Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC): Strategies for moving forward. University of Hawai’i, Manoa, February 11-13, 2011.
• Oakley, K. & Hobson, J. (2011). Interactive whiteboard versus paper-based materials in a revitalising language classroom, Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC): Strategies for moving forward. University of Hawai’i, Manoa, February 11-13, 2011.
• Hobson, J. & Laurie, B. (2009). An Australian trial of the Master-Apprentice method, Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC): Supporting Small Language Together. University of Hawai’i at Manoa, March 12-14, 2009.
• Hobson, J. (2008). Towards a Model for Training Indigenous Languages Educators in Australia, Koori Centre Lecture, 11th April 2008, University of Sydney.
• Hobson, J. (2008). Training Teachers for Indigenous Languages Education: What’s Happening Overseas?. In R. Amery & J. Nash (Eds.) Warra wiltaniappendi Strengthening languages: Proceedings of the inaugural Indigenous languages conference (ILC) 2007. University of Adelaide, South Australia, 25-27 September 2007.
• Hobson J. (2006). Who will teach our languages?. In N. Parbury & R. Craven (Eds.) Aboriginal studies: Making the connections. Collected Papers of the 12th national ASA conference (pp. 166–174). Bankstown, 2-3 November 2006.
• Hobson, J. (2004). Learning to speak again: Towards the provision of appropriate training for the revitalisation of Indigenous Australian languages in New South Wales. In J.A. Argenter, & R. McKenna Brown On the margins of nations: Endangered languages and linguistic rights. Proceedings of the eighth Foundation for Endangered Languages conference (pp. 53–57). Barcelona, 1-3 October 2004.
• Hobson, J. (1997). Where are all the Aboriginal home pages? The current Indigenous Australian presence on the WWW, Paper presented at the Fifth International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference, 1-4 October 1997, Alice Springs.
• Hobson, J. (1997). Strategies for building an Indigenous Australian cybercommunity, Paper presented at the 1997 Fulbright Symposium: Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World, July 24-27, Darwin.

Other

• Hobson, J. & Poetsch, S. (Eds) (2013). Patyegarang: The Indigenous Australian languages education website, [website].
• Hobson, J. (2011). Evidence given to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
  Language learning in Indigenous communities Friday, 18 November 2011, Sydney. Official Committee Hansard.
• Hobson, J. (2011). Evidence given to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
  Language learning in Indigenous communities Thursday, 13 October 2011, Canberra. Official Committee Hansard.
• Hobson, J. (2011). Submission to the Parliament of Australia, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities from the Koori Centre, University of Sydney. 12 August, 2011. Submission 7.
• Hobson, J. (Ed.). (2004). Queers of the Desert: The Central Australian GLBTI community history project, [website].
• Hobson, J. (1995). KooriNet: A project of the Koori Centre at the University of Sydney, [website].
• Hobson, J.R. (1990). The current distribution of Central Australian languages, Map and accompanying notes. Institute for Aboriginal Development, Alice Springs, NT.

• Hobson, J.R. (1980). Aboriginal Australian English: a preliminary phonetic investigation into the identifiability of an Aboriginal variety of the Australian English dialect. Macquarie: University BA(Hons) thesis.