Neomy Storch (born 1954) is a Jewish Australian linguist. She is currently an associate professor of applied linguistics at the University of Melbourne,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Her research focuses on

second language acquisition Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning — otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition is also the scientific dis ...

with a special focus on

second language writing Second language writing is the study of writing performed by non-native speakers/writers of a language as second language, a second or foreign language. In addition to disseminating research through the ''Journal of Second Language Writing'', schol ...

. She is noted for her work on second language acquisition, collaborative writing, and

academic writing Academic writing or scholarly writing is nonfiction produced as part of academic work, including reports on empirical fieldwork or research in facilities for the natural sciences or social sciences, monographs in which scholars analyze cultur ...

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 The ''Journal of Second Language Writing'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the fields of linguistics and language education. Its scope encompasses all aspects of second and foreign language writing, including writing instruction and assessme ...

''. In 2023 and 2024, Dr. Storch was the most cited Australian researcher in the field of Foreign Language Learning 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.

Publications

Storch's work has been published in the ''

'', '' Language Learning'', '' TESOL Quarterly'', ''

Language Teaching Research ''Language Teaching Research'' is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research within the area of second or foreign language teaching. Although articles are written in English, the journal welcomes studies dealing with the teaching of languages ...

'', '' Language Testing'', ''

System A system is a group of Interaction, interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment (systems), environment, is described by its boundaries, ...

'' and ''

Studies in Second Language Acquisition ''Studies in Second Language Acquisition'' is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press. The editors for 2008 were Albert Valdman of Indiana University and Susan Gass of Michigan State University. According to th ...

''. In 2013 her first book, entitled ''Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms'' on collaborative writing was published by

Multilingual Matters Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...

Awards

*2004-2006: Discovery Projects (The role of feedback in second language learning processes) awarded by the

Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...

*2007: Dyason Fellowship awarded by the University of Melbourne

Personal life

Dr Storch is married and has two adult sons, all of whom she thanks in the acknowledgment section of her PhD thesis. Dr. Storch is also related to former Australian Boxing Champion

Henry Nissen Henry Nissen OAM (born Henry Nissenbaum; 15 January 1948, in Belsen) is an Australian amateur flyweight and professional fly/ bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur represented Australia and won the gold medal at ...

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.

Bibliography

Books

*''Teaching Writing for Academic Purposes to Multilingual Students.'' (2017)

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Storch, Neomy 1950 births Living people Applied linguists Second language writing Linguists from Australia Australian women linguists