Background
Ingram, David Eric was born on January 9, 1939 in Miles, Queensland, Australia. Son of Frederick John and Beryl Gertrude (Davies) Ingram.
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Ingram, David Eric was born on January 9, 1939 in Miles, Queensland, Australia. Son of Frederick John and Beryl Gertrude (Davies) Ingram.
Certified in education, University Queensland, 1962. Bachelor, University Queensland, 1965. Master of Arts, University Essex, Colchester, England, l97l.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Essex, Colchester, England, 1978.
Teacher Wynnum North State Primary School, Brisbane, Australia, 1958-1960, Caboolture (Queensland) State High School, 1961-1963, Camp Hill State High School, Brisbane, 1963-1966. Subject master Bremer State High School, Ipswich, Queensland, 1967. Colombo plan expert Australian Department External Affairs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1968.
Subject master Brisbane State High School, 1969-1971. Lecturer, senior lecturer Mt Gravatt College Advanced Education, Brisbane, 1971-1983. Head teacher education Darwin (Australia) Institute of Technology, 1983-1986.
Director Institute Applied Linguistics, Brisbane College Advanced Education, 1986-1990. Professor applied liguistics, director Centre Applied Linguistics and Languages Griffith University, Brisbane, since 1990. Conference in field, Australia and foreign countries, since 1970.
Consultant Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Jakarta, 1983, Beijing, 1982, Australian Department Ters., Cocos Islands, 1985. Guest lecturer Guangzhou (People's Republic China) Institute Foreign Languages, 1980-1981, Akita University, Kapan, August 2000. Lecture tour, United States of America, 1981, The Netherlands, 1988.
Consultant various organizations, including Australian Language Levels Project, 1985-1989. Member Australian Language and Literacy Council, 1992-1996, language test development, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1999-2000.
Member various multicultural, race relations and education organizations, Brisbane, l970—. Chairman Brisbane Consultative Committee on Community Relations, l977-82. President Redlands Kindergarten, Cleveland, Queensland, 1997.
Member school council Cleveland State Primary School, since 1998, Cleveland District State High School, since 1999. Member World Federation Modern Language Teachers Association (vice president 1986-1991, regional representative for Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific), Australian Federation Modern Language Teachers Association (president 1982-1996), Applied Linguistics Association Australia, Modern Language Teachers Association Queensland (honorary life), Queensland Association Teachers English to Speakers Others Languages (honorary life), British Association for Language Learning.
Married Nelly Nohokau Airi, August l, l98l. Children: Haroro John, Renagi David, Palu Barbara, Kenina Nelly Beryl, Kiriloi Margaret.