Rate My Professor Jo Oranje

Oranje's research specializations encompass intercultural language teaching, language teacher cognitions, cultural portfolios in foreign language education, feedback in clinical learning environments, and the secondary-to-tertiary transitions of refugee-background students. She participates in multidisciplinary projects such as the University of Otago Transitions Project and the Teaching & Learning Research Initiative-funded Refugee-Background Students in Aotearoa project, which produced a 2023 report on supporting successful educational transitions. Key peer-reviewed publications authored or co-authored by Oranje include "Language teacher cognitions and intercultural language teaching: The New Zealand perspective" in Language Teaching Research (2018, 125 citations); "Adopting a cultural portfolio project in teaching German as a foreign language: Language teacher cognition as a dynamic system" in The Modern Language Journal (2015, 66 citations); "Advancing dental education: feedback processes in the clinical learning environment" in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2020, 20 citations); "Navigating the secondary-tertiary education border: Refugee-background students in Southern Aotearoa New Zealand" in Research Papers in Education (2023, 15 citations); "The role of culture in EAL students' lessons at a New Zealand primary school: A case study" in New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics (2013, 12 citations); and the book chapter "Intercultural language teaching: On reflection" (2021, 12 citations). Her body of work has accumulated approximately 149 citations, demonstrating impact on applied linguistics, intercultural education, and health sciences student support.