Mr Baden Eunson

Background

Baden Eunson has taught at secondary, TAFE and university levels, and worked in the private sector for ten years running a training, consulting and professional writing business.
He convenes the professional writing program in the school of English, Communications and Performance Studies at Monash University.
He is currently completing a PhD on the theme of Plain English and Jargon.
He has published numerous books and non-book materials in the areas of writing and communication for academic, training and general markets.
He is currently developing an archive of pre-tertiary English curricula to explore pedagogy and philosophy of English teaching and literacy.

Research interests

• Plain English, jargon, slang, and register
• Corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and stylistics
• Communication theory
• Professional Communication
• Professional Writing
• English for Special Purposes
• Tertiary writing and composition
• English curriculum and pedagogy in schools
• Historical analysis of English curriculum development
• Readability of texts
• Grammatical theory and practice
• Generic/transferable/graduate/”soft”/employability/interpersonal skills and knowledge
• Information Design

National Curriculum in English - 2008 University of Sydney

Literature, Literacy Literacy – Osmosis, False Dilemmas and Some Solutions (PDF)

Selected Publications

C21: Communicating in the 21st Century (second edition) (2008) is a professional communication textbook. It covers a variety of subjects such as negotiation, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, academic and professional writing, and research skills.

 

Business Writing (2007) is a book aimed at a general readership, covering topics such as letters, memos, reports, email and website text.

 

Communication in the Workplace (2007) is a book aimed at a general readership, covering topics such as models of communication, organisational structure and communication, the informal organisation, networking and knowledge management.

 

Conflict Management (2007) is a book aimed at a general readership, covering topics such as conflict processes and spirals, and negotiation planning, strategies and tactics.