Antonia Rubino

List of John Benjamins publications for which Antonia Rubino plays a role.

Titles

Flourishing in Italian: Positive Psychology approaches to the teaching and learning of Italian in Australia

Edited by Antonia Rubino, Antonella Strambi and Vincenza Tudini

Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 40:2 (2017) v, 109 pp.

Using and Learning Italian in Australia

Edited by Antonia Rubino

[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 18] 2004. iii, 133 pp.

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching

Articles (14) | Order by:

Strambi, Antonella, Anna Gadd, Ann Luzeckyj, Antonia Rubino and Javier Díaz Martínez 2024 Flourishing in Spanish: A pilot implementation of a wellbeing-supportive approach to L2 teaching and learning Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 47:2, pp. 196–218 | Article

This paper reports on a pilot implementation of the FL2 approach and resources, developed to support tertiary students’ wellbeing as well as their second language learning (L2). The FL2 approach and learning activities were piloted in two Spanish language courses at Australian universities.… read more

Rubino, Antonia, Antonella Strambi and Vincenza Tudini 2017 Flourishing in Italian: Positive Psychology perspectives on the teaching and learning of Italian in Australia Flourishing in Italian: Positive Psychology approaches to the teaching and learning of Italian in Australia, Rubino, Antonia, Antonella Strambi and Vincenza Tudini (eds.), pp. 105–107 | Editorial

Strambi, Antonella, Ann Luzeckyj and Antonia Rubino 2017 Flourishing in a Second Language (FL2): Integrating Positive Psychology, Transition Pedagogy and CLIL principles Flourishing in Italian: Positive Psychology approaches to the teaching and learning of Italian in Australia, Rubino, Antonia, Antonella Strambi and Vincenza Tudini (eds.), pp. 121–139 | Article

This paper presents findings from the Flourishing in a Second Language (FL2) project – a language curriculum for first-year university students which integrates Positive Psychology (Seligman, 2002), Transition Pedagogy (Kift, 2009a), and CLIL principles (Coyle, 2006). The project aims to create… read more

Rubino, Antonia and Kenneth Cruickshank 2016 Exploring language choice and identity construction in ‘in-between’ sites: Ethnic media and community languages schools in Australia Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 39:3, pp. 255–271 | Article

Australian research on immigrant languages has paid little attention to interactional approaches to language alternation as identity construction, and sites other than the family and the mainstream school. We argue for the need of studies that take into account a wider range of sites, in… read more

Rubino, Antonia 2010 Multilingualism in Australia: Reflections on current and future research trends Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 33:2, pp. 17.1–17.21 | Article

This paper gives a critical overview of Australian research in the area of immigrant languages, arguing that this field of study is a significant component of the wider applied linguistics scene in Australia and has also contributed to enhancing the broad appreciation of the cultural and linguistic… read more

Rubino, Antonia 2010 Review of Lambert, B. E. (2008) Family language transmission: Actors, issues, outcomes Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 33:2, pp. 22.1–22.4 | Review

Rubino, Antonia 2007 Review of Leigh, J. & E. Loo, Editors (2004) Outer Limits: A Reader in Communication Across Cultures Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 30:2, pp. 26.1–26.3 | Review

Rubino, Antonia 2006 From the editor Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 29:1, pp. 1.1–1.3 | Miscellaneous

Rubino, Antonia 2004 Introduction Using and Learning Italian in Australia, Rubino, Antonia (ed.), pp. 1–8 | Introduction

Rubino, Antonia 2004 Trilingual women as language mediators in the family: A Sicilian-Australian case-study Using and Learning Italian in Australia, Rubino, Antonia (ed.), pp. 25–49 | Article

In the process of language shift from the immigrant languages to English, everyday communication within the family can become increasingly problematic due to strong divergences in the linguistic competences of the older and the younger generations. This article explores the process of language… read more

Rubino, Antonia and Camilla Bettoni 1998 Language maintenance and language shift: Dialect vs Italian among Italo-Australians Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 21:1, pp. 21–39 | Article

Patterns of language use by Sicilians and Venetians living in Sydney are here presented with particular attention to the maintenance of Italian and Dialect under the impact of widespread shift to English. Data gathered by questionnaire self-reporting are analysed according to four main variables:… read more

Rubino, Antonia and Camilla Bettoni 1991 The use of English among Italo-Australians in Sydney Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 14:1, pp. 59–89 | Article

This article presents the first results of a research project which investigates patterns of language use in the Italo-Australian community in Sydney. All three languages spoken by the majority of Italo-Australians are taken into account: Italian, dialect and English. This article focusses on… read more

Rubino, Antonia 1990 From guest to family friend: Fieldwork progress within the Italo-Australian context Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 13:1, pp. 77–99 | Article

This articles reports on the fieldwork methodology that was adopted to collect naturally occurring conversations within an Italo-Australian family. In particular, it focusses on the gradual development of the researcher’s position from an outsider to the family network to an insider of a special… read more

Rubino, Antonia 1987 Code mixing and code control in Italo-Australian children Italian in Australia: Applied linguistics, Bettoni, Camilla (ed.), pp. 128–153 | Article