Biographical note

Dr Ania Lian is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Charles Darwin University, Australia, and Vice President for Research and Innovation at the Asia Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Dr Lian publishes in the areas of technology and language education and quality assurance.Professor Peter Kell is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Law, Education, Business and the Arts at Charles Darwin University, Australia. His research interests include the internationalisation of education and training.Dr Paul Black is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Education at Charles Darwin University, Australia, having retired as a Senior Lecturer in 2015. As a linguist, he has continued his studies of Australian Indigenous languages, becoming increasingly active in areas of applied and educational linguistics.Professor Koo Yew Lie is Adjunct Professor at the Graduate International Centre of Education at the School of Education at Charles Darwin University, Australia. She is also an Honorary Professorial Associate at the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, SOAS, University of London, UK. She researches, teaches and publishes in the areas of language, culture and literacy in multilingual environments.