He has studied how vested interest groups (such as universities and governments) construct and understand the word "international" to determine the so-called "needs" of international students in Australia, and how to promote the reasons of commerce and hegemony that this understanding implies to a great extent Research interest socio-linguistics Critical ethnography Academic English Culture and pedagogy Teaching English to people of other languages (TESOL) bilingual English teacher education As an international language, English identity International education and international students