Brian McCarthy
Position
University Fellow, French Studies, Modern Languages
Program
Academic Qualifications
BA (Sydney), M ès L (Besançon),
DipEd (Mitchell), PhD (Sydney)
NAATI-accredited Advanced Translator (French-English),
Translator (English-French)
Awards
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in
Teaching (1994)
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques
(2001)
Research Interests
Foreign language teaching methodology, computer
assisted language learning, software development,
phonetics and translation.
Some Publications
Monographs
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McCarthy, B.N. Au delà des mots,
Cambridge University Press, 1989
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McCarthy, B.N. Elements of French, Inoxy Publications, Wollongong, 2003
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McCarthy, B.N. & Ianziti, J.R. Et à
votre avis
? , Holt, Rinehart & Winston,
1991
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McCarthy, B.N. & R. Mitchell. Get the
message. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1991
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McCarthy, B.N., En Tête-à-tête: cued speaking activities for French beginners, Book + CD Kit, Inoxy Publications, Wollongong, 2004
Refereed Journal Articles
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McCarthy, B.N. and Konopczynski, G. "Les
effets de la lecture à haute voix sur l'intonation",
International Review of Applied Linguistics,
XV/3, 1977, 230-238
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McCarthy, B.N. "Audio-visual language teaching
at university level" in Language Learning
in Australian Society, eds D. E. Ingram and
T. J. Quinn, 1976,195-200
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McCarthy, B.N. "Flexibility in audio-visual
foreign language programmes - the experiment with
university beginners in French", Babel,
Vol 16/3, 1980, 20-30
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McCarthy, B.N. "La notion d'intonation neutre
et l'enseignement des langues étrangères,
Revue de Phonétique Appliquée,
Vol 54, 1980, 133-155
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McCarthy, B.N. "Conflicts between structure
drills and intonation in foreign language methods",
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics,
Vol 4/2, 1981, 1-15
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McCarthy, B.N. "The language of a conversation
class", Australian Review of Applied Linguistics,
Vol 6/2, 1983, 36-52
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McCarthy, B.N. & Ianziti, J. R. "Developing
comprehension and expression in advanced students
of French", Australian Review of Applied
Linguistics, Vol 10/1, 1987, 118-142
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McCarthy, B.N. "Pitch Features of Classroom
French Intonation", Australian Review
of Applied Linguistics, Vol 11/1, 1988, 66-82
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McCarthy, B.N. "L'accentuation en classe
de français langue étrangère",
Revue de Phonétique Appliquée,
N°98, 1991 pp 33-54
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McCarthy, B.N. "Taking Off With CALL",
ReCall - Journal of the CTI Centre for Modern
Languages, Hull, England , No.7, November
1992, pp6-9
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McCarthy, B.N. "Developing CALL Materials
for the Foreign Language Classroom: Ideals and
Practicalities", ON-CALL - The
Australian Journal of Computers and Language Education,
7/2, January 1993, pp2-9, or online at
http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/oncall/72mcar.htm
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McCarthy, B.N. "The Computer as an Aid to
Phonetic Correction" Australian Review
of Applied Linguistics, Series S/9, 1992,
pp120-139
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McCarthy, B.N. "Designing Materials for
Computer Assisted Language Learning: Some Preliminary
Considerations", BABEL - Journal of the
Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers'
Associations, vol 29/3, 1994,24-27, 36
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McCarthy, B.N. "Choice and Constraint in
Software Design", ON-CALL - The Australian
Journal of Computers and Language Education,
Vol 8/2, 1994, pp5-12. or online at http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/oncall/mccarthy82.html
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McCarthy, B.N. "CALL Software Design: Moving
from the Notional to the Concrete." ReCall
- Journal of the CTI Centre for Modern Languages,
University of Hull, England, in association with
EUROCALL , Vol 6/1, 1994, 19-26
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McCarthy, B.N. "Language System, Computer
Constraint, and Pedagogy: Three-Cornered Contest
or Three-Part Harmony?", ON-CALL - The
Australian Journal of Computers and Language Education,
Vol 8/3, 1994, 11-20, or online at http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/oncall/mccarthy83.html
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McCarthy, B.N. "Discerning the Teacher behind
the Software", ReCall - Journal of the
CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of
Hull, England, in association with EUROCALL,
vol 6/2, 1994, 23-28; reproduced in the Association
of Independent Schools of NSW Professional Development
Newsletter, May 1995
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McCarthy, B.N. "Grammar Drills: What CALL
can and cannot do", ON-CALL - The Australian
Journal of Computers and Language Education,
vol 9/2, 1995, 30-41, or online at http://cltr.uq.edu.au/oncall/mccarthy92a.html;
also published in the Proceedings of Eurocall
94, Pädagogische Hochschule, Karlsruhe, Germany
1996, 239-258; and by ERIC Document Reproduction
Service, 1994, ED 382 022 FL 022 925, 25p
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McCarthy, B.N. "Realism and Reality in CALL
Software", ReCall - Journal of the CTI
Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull,
England, in association with EUROCALL, vol
7/2, 1995, 36-46
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McCarthy, B.N. "Fully Integrated CALL: Mission
Accomplished",ON-CALL - The Australian
Journal of Computers and Language Education,
Vol 10/2, 1996, 15-28, or online at http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/oncall/mccarthy102.html;
also published in ReCall - Journal of the CTI
Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull,
England, in association with EUROCALL,
vol 8/2, 1996, 17-34
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McCarthy, B.N. "CALL Design: A grammar lesson
for the student and a lesson in applied linguistics
for the designer", ON-CALL - The Australian
Journal of Computers and Language Education,
Vol 12/2, 1998, 26-37, or online at http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/oncall/mccarthy122.html
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McCarthy, B.N. "Harnessing CyberFrench for
Specific Purposes", CALL-EJ Online (ISSN
1442-438X), Vol. 1, No. 3 January 2000
http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/journal/1-3/mccarthy.html, see also condensed version of article in Proceedings of the 1998 WorldCALL Conference, University of Melbourne, 141-142
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McCarthy, B.N. "Integration: the sine qua
non of CALL" CALL-EJ Online, Vol. 1, No.
2 September 1999 (ISSN 1442-438X) http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/journal/1-2/mccarthy.html
The article "Integration: the sine qua non of CALL" was chosen to underpin Module 2.1 "CALL methodology: integrating CALL into study programmes" of the ICT4LT project funded under the SOCRATES Programme of the Commission of the European Communities. The ICT4LT project is a Web-based training course in Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers
(http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_home.htm)
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McCarthy, B.N. "It needn't be CALL-or-nothing:
a case of computers as partners not managers in
a multimedia teaching kit.", CALL-EJ Online
(ISSN 1442-438X), Vol. 2, No. 2 January 2001
(http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/journal/2-2/mccarthy.html)
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McCarthy, B.N. "Resisting Obsolescence in
CALL", CALL-EJ Online (ISSN 1442-438X), Vol.
3 No. 2, January 2002,
(http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/journal/3-2/mccarthy.html)
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McCarthy, B.N. "The Grammar Dilemma in University
Beginners' Programs", BABEL - Journal of
the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers'
Associations, vol. 37/1, 2002, 17-21
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McCarthy, B.N. Managing large foreign language classes at university, Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources (CEDIR), University of Wollongong, Vol. 1 Issue 1, July 2004, http://jutlp.uow.edu.au/
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- McCarthy, B.N. "Tutoring Translation Skills: Reflections on a Computer-Managed Teaching-Learning-Research Triangle", Call-EJ Online (ISSN 1442-438X), Vol. 7 No. 2, January 2006,
http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/journal/7-2/McCarthy.html
Non-refereed Journal Articles
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McCarthy, B.N. "Needs-Driven French Materials
Development: Practicalities and Theories",
Carnet Austral, Bulletin of the Australian
Society for French Studies, N°11, October
1999, 9-18
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McCarthy, B.N. "University Beginner French
après la belle époque", Carnet
Austral, Bulletin of the Australian Society for
French Studies, N°13, September 2000,
3-9
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McCarthy, B.N. "The Morphing of a University
French Program", Carnet Austral, Bulletin
of the Australian Society for French Studies,
N°17, September 2002, 4-19
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McCarthy, B.N. "Faltering Speech: Towards
an understanding of pause in spoken classroom
French" in Essays in Honour of K. V. Sinclair,
edited by Bruce Merry, Capricornia 9, Department
of Modern Languages, James Cook University of
North Queensland, Townsville, 1991, pp236-253
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McCarthy, B.N. "La phonétique d'antan"
in Variété: Perspectives in French
Literature, Society and Culture (Studies in honour
of Kenneth Raymond Dutton), Peter Lang, Frankfurt
am Main, 1999, 93-102
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McCarthy, B.N. "Carpe Tecnologia" in
Essays in Language, Translation and the Digital
Learning Technologies, eds George Talbot and
Pamela Williams, Market Harborough: Troubador,
2002, 37-44
Interactive Learning Web Sites
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McCarthy, B.N. Translator Choice: French
(University of Wollongong), 2004
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McCarthy, B.N and Stace R.J. On-line French Grammar, 2005
This University of Wollongong WebCT site contains an extensive set of activities (a total of approx. 60,000 quiz items) for the review and maintenance of basic French Grammar in the following modules: Adjectives, Adverbs, Articles, Comparison, Future Tense, Infinitives and Participles, Infinitive Government, Passé Composé, Passé Composé/Imparfait, Present Subjunctive, Present Tense Verbs, Pronoun Objects, Relative Pronouns, Reported Speech, Translation Traps, Verb Categories, Verb Kit, Verb Tense Recognition
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McCarthy, B.N.
Transit-TIGER: Advanced (Technical) Translation
(French to English) (text, translations, notes
and vocabulary), TELL Consortium, CTI Centre for
Modern Languages, University of Hull, England
(1995)
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McCarthy, B.N. and Stace, R., Wollongong, Visa
Software
French Clockworks (1991)
French Spelling (1991)
French, English, German, Spanish, Indonesian, Japanese:
Numbers (1991-1993)
French, German, Italian, Spanish: Grid Games (1991)
French, German, Spanish: Basic Expressions (1991)
Bons Mots (1992)
French ID Kit (1992)
French VocaBuilder (1992)
Dis bien bonjour! (1993)
English Proverbs (1993)
French Date (1993)
Pot-Pourri Quiz (1993)
French Proverbs (1994)
French Shopping (1994)
Clozemaker (1995)
Read Your Way Around France (1997)
McCarthy, B.N., Stace, R., Cincotta, V., Strong-Cincotta,
M., Wollongong, Visa Software
Italian Basic Expressions (1991)
Italian Numbers (1991)
Italian Adjectives (1992)
Italian Present Tense Verbs (1992)
Italian Articles (1992)
Italian Passato Prossimo (1993)
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McCarthy, B.N., Stace, R., Strong-Cincotta, M.,
Wollongong, Visa Software
Italian Imperfetto (1996)
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McCarthy, B. N., Atkins, R. and Wells, M., Wollongong,
Visa Software
Japanese Basic Expressions (1993)
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McCarthy, B. N. and Hewer, P., Wollongong, Visa
Software
French Roadsigns (1993)
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McCarthy, B. N., Stace, R. and Phelan, D., Wollongong,
Visa Software
French Weather Station (1993)
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McCarthy, B. N., Stace, R. and Batzella, G, Wollongong,
Visa Software
Italian Proverbs (1995)
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