Browsing Open Research by Author "Neill, L"

Choosing texts for today's students: do they understand language?

Kirkness, A; Neill, L (Learning and Teaching Support Network, 2009)

This study examines the language demands of a textbook chapter and a journal article from the course readings for first-year students in a hospitality degree. The classroom teacher and an academic developer compared the ...

Hospitality report: reporting on New Zealand's hospitality industry 2013

Williamson, D; Neill, L; Kruesi, M; Waldren, N (Restaurant Association of New Zealand/Auckland University of Technology, 2013)

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Journalist Integrity or Arbiters of Taste: The Case Study of Restaurant Critic Peter Calder

Williamson, DD; Goodsir, W; Neill, L; Brown, A (Elsevier, 2014)

It is generally believed that the power of popular media is such that restaurants can be both positively and negatively impacted by the restaurant critic. With the growing public interest the opinions of critics are deemed ...

Journalistic integrity or arbiter of taste? The case study of restaurant critic Peter Calder

Williamson, D; Goodsir, W; Neill, L; Brown, A (Elsevier, 2014)

In these times of interactive IT it seems that ‘almost anyone’ has the potential to become a restaurant critic. However, with growing public interest in food and dining out, the opinions of dedicated food critics are ...

'Savoy Truffle': Love, Lust and Longing in a Box of Chocolates

Neill, L; Hemmington, N (Ingenta, 2018)

This article re-reads The Beatles’ song, ‘Savoy Truffle’, not as an ode to Eric Clapton’s rotting teeth and chocolate consumption, but rather as a thinly veiled rock music metaphor reflecting the triptych love relationship ...

What's More Kiwi Than a Buzzy Bee? An Exploration of Kiwi Identity and Kiwiana

Neill, L (Electric Kiwi, 2018)

Why did you choose those readings? A case study in text selection for first year university students

Neill, L; Kirkness, A; Gossman, P; Neill, L; Kirkness, A; Gossman, P (AUT University, 2010)

This paper evaluates the reading and vocabulary demands in five texts used in a first-year undergraduate paper in hospitality management at a multicultural university in New Zealand. There were two research perspectives: ...