Neomy Storch
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Neomy Storch (born 1954) is a Jewish Australian linguist. She is currently an associate professor of applied linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.{{cite web|title=Storch - University of Melbourne|date=29 September 2018|publisher=Unimelb.edu.au|url=https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/14387-neomy-storch}} Her research focuses on second language acquisition with a special focus on second language writing. She is noted for her work on second language acquisition, collaborative writing, and academic writing.
Career
Storch obtained her Bachelor of Economics degree at the Monash University in 1976. In 1995 she obtained her Master of Arts degree and in 2001 a PhD at the University of Melbourne.
Since 2010, she has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Second Language Writing.{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-second-language-writing/editorial-board|title=Journal of Second Language Writing Editorial Board}}
In 2023 and 2024, Dr. Storch was the most cited Australian researcher in the field of Foreign Language Learning{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/research-magazine/we-delve-deep-into-the-data-to-reveal-excellence/news-story/858367617e0925e28620100cb208172b|title=We delve deep into the data to reveal excellence}}
Storch retired from full-time teaching at the end of 2023, but continues to work at the University of Melbourne as an honorary fellow, working as a PhD supervisor for several candidates.{{cite web|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1994-0927|title=Neomy Storch}}
Publications
Storch's work has been published in the Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, Language Testing, System and Studies in Second Language Acquisition.
In 2013 her first book, entitled Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms on collaborative writing was published by Multilingual Matters.{{cite web|url=http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?K=9781847699930|title=Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms by Neomy Storch - Multilingual Matters - Channel View Publications|website=www.multilingual-matters.com}}
Awards
- 2004-2006: Discovery Projects (The role of feedback in second language learning processes) awarded by the Australian Research Council{{cite web|url=https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/project/10158-the-role-of-feedback-in-second-language-learning-processes|title=The role of feedback in second language learning processes - The University of Melbourne|website=findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au}}
- 2007: Dyason Fellowship awarded by the University of Melbourne{{cite web|url=https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/14387-neomy-storch|title=A/PROF Neomy Storch - The University of Melbourne|website=findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au}}
Personal life
Dr Storch is married and has two adult sons, all of whom she thanks in the acknowledgment section of her PhD thesis.{{cite thesis|last= Storch|first= Neomy|date= April 2001|title= An investigation into the nature of pair work in an ESL classroom and its effect on grammatical development|type= PhD thesis|chapter= Acknowledgements|publisher= University of Melbourne|chapter-url= https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/38809|access-date= 15 December 2019}} Dr. Storch is also related to former Australian Boxing Champion Henry Nissen through marriage. Storch is married to Paul Nissen, a semiretired accountant who sits on the Board of Directors at Sterling Infrastructure Pty LTD as a Non-Executive Director.{{cite web |url=https://www.sterling.com.au/copy-of-management-team |title=Our Team |access-date=25 April 2024}}
Bibliography
=Books=
- Teaching Writing for Academic Purposes to Multilingual Students. (2017){{cite book|last=Storch|first=Neomy|title=Teaching Writing for Academic Purposes to Multilingual Students|year=2017|publisher=Routledge Taylor & Francis Group|isbn=9781138284234|pages=220|url=https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-Writing-for-Academic-Purposes-to-Multilingual-Students-Instructional/Bitchener-Storch-Wette/p/book/9781138284234}}
=Articles=
- "Patterns of interaction in ESL pair work." (2002)
- "Collaborative writing: Product, process, and students’ reflections." (2005)
- "Is there a role for the use of the L1 in an L2 setting?" (2003)
- "How collaborative is pair work? ESL tertiary students composing in pairs." (2001)
- "Pair versus individual writing: Effects on fluency, complexity and accuracy." (2009)
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/14387-neomy-storch}}
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