He has been Head of Languages at three schools and his most recent position of responsibility in a school was that of Coordinator of Professional Development at Trinity Grammar School, Kew. Currently he is engaged as a sessional lecturer at Australian Catholic University, lecturing in the methodology of teaching Languages (other than English) to pre-service teachers. Andrew has a strong academic background. The research for his Master of Education (1995-8) was into the acquisition of German word-order rules. He is also currently working as a Project Director (Languages Proficiency Testing) for the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Andrew’s professional interests and particular areas of expertise include: