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Stuart is a graduate of Flinders University in South Australia with a Bachelor of Languages Degree, an Honours Degree Bachelor of Arts, (languages and linguistics) and a Master of Language Studies Degree.
Stuart is pictured here with his thesis investigations of la bande dessinée franco-belge, specifically, the linguistic context, stereotypes, representations, and controversies in the early adventures of Tintin, his creator, period children's stories, and comic book literature
Keep up to date with the progress of Stuart's exciting bilingual storybook adventures, The Adventures of Paris and Freddie. Book One on sale globally!
Stuart, an industry leader, actively participates in language and linguistics conferences and workshops to discover new techniques for teaching. Click to see Stuart's recent language teaching professional development conference workshop certificates!
Click through to read Stuart's article about teaching a second language class containing true and false beginners. What tasks would you utilise to keep the latter challenged without overwhelming the former?
Stuart is a financial member of the Modern Language Teachers Association of South Australia.
Stuart's Indigenous Linguistic Program received a nomination for the 2023 Reconciliation Awards in Educaton!
Click here to read an article about Stuart's thesis research tour of the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe!
Stuart can be booked as a keynote speaker at your event via this website.
Stuart is most appreciative of his supporter, JSA Accounting Reynella.
Friday, July 25, 2025 at 9:15AM It was a delight to speak at the 2025 Back-To-School World Language Teacher Summit on July 18, presenting my dynamic new pedagogy, Language in Action™—where sequential art, language meditation, drama, and improvisation combine to ignite language learning in fresh and transformative ways.
Friday, June 6, 2025 at 11:11PM I presented a linguistic masterclass to teachers and students aged 10 to 15 in Vietnam and Indonesia. (More than ninety students!)
Special thanks to Teacher Mr Ben Zo from the NTEC Language School in Vietnam for coordinating the session and permitting me to use these wonderful images taken during my masterclass, and to NTEC School Director Trân Minh Hoa, and Vice Director Tuyêt Dang for the stunning post-presentation testimonial!
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 3:41PM I presented my pedagogy Language in Action™—a session exploring how sequential art, language meditation, drama, and improvisation can transform the language-learning experience for neurodivergent learners.
Thanks to Conference Host Peya Robbins for the wonderful post-conference presentation testimony!
Stuart was an absolute joy to work with as a speaker for the Neurodiversity Teacher Summit. His presentation, "Language in Action: Engaging Neurodiverse Learners," was engaging, insightful, and incredibly well-received by our audience of educators. He brought both warmth and expertise to the topic, offering real-world strategies that teachers could immediately apply in their classrooms.
Host, Neurodiversity Teacher Summits
Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2:22PM I'm delighted to receive this testimony from the Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Appreciative thanks to Ms Tania Rahman, Coordinator, Discourse Series Seminars, and Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, for booking me to present excerpts of my thesis investigation of the linguistic context, stereotypes, representations, and controversies in early comic book literature and children's stories.
Monday, November 25, 2024 at 5:16PM I'm chuffed, to receive this certificate from the University of Cambridge documenting my presentation at the 2021 Joint Conference of the International Graphic Novel & Comics Conference and the International Bande Dessinée Society.
Appreciative thanks to Professor Laurence Grove of the University of Glasgow, one of the conference organisers, for this attached testimony of my presentation.
'A vibrant and interactive presentation of interest to scholars of comics'
Professor Laurence Grove, Professor of French and Text/Image Studies
School of Modern Languages & Cultures
University of Glasgow