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Biography

Emma Riordan is College Language Teacher and lecturer in Applied Linguistics at University College Cork, Ireland where she teaches translation, reading and writing, grammar and Language Policy. She has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College Dublin, and an MPhil in Teaching German as a Foreign Language and a BA Language and Cultural Studies from UCC. She has taught English language and cultural studies at the University of Magdeburg, Germany, German language and linguistics at UCC and lectured in German at Waterford Institute of Technology. Her research interests include classroom discourse, target language use, language education policy, teacher education and Language for Specific Purposes. Her Twitter handle is @EmmaTRiordan and email address is emma.riordan@ucc.ie

Emma has been awarded significant funding by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for her project A profile of skills for teachers of languages in higher education. UCC is the lead institution with partners in Maynooth University, Waterford  Institute of Technology and Dublin City University. https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/funding/call-for-funding-under-teaching-and-learning-enhancement-...‍

Research Interests

Language teaching and learning
Classroom discourse analysis
Curriculum design
Language for Specific Purposes
Language education policy

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Publications

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Books

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	Language for Teaching Purposes: Bilingual classroom discourse and the non-native speaker language teacher. Emma Riordan (2018) Language for Teaching Purposes: Bilingual classroom discourse and the non-native speaker language teacher. London: Palgrave Macmillan.   [DOI] [Details]

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	'Various lesson plans' Emma Riordan (2011) 'Various lesson plans' In: Grundy, Peter, Bociek, Hania & Parker, Kevin (eds). English through Art. London: Helbling. [Details]

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	'Language education for non-native speaker language teachers' Emma Riordan (2016) 'Language education for non-native speaker language teachers'. Teanga: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, (24) [Details]
	(2015)	'The policy and practice of teacher target language use in post-primary foreign language classrooms in Ireland' Emma Riordan (2015) 'The policy and practice of teacher target language use in post-primary foreign language classrooms in Ireland'. European Journal of Language Policy, :165-181 [Details]
	(2015)	'Factors affecting target language use in the post-primary classroom in Ireland' Emma Riordan (2015) 'Factors affecting target language use in the post-primary classroom in Ireland'. Germanistik In Ireland, 10 :109-125 [Details]

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Unpublished Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Language support for post-primary language teachers: The example of German. Emma Riordan (2014) Language support for post-primary language teachers: The example of German. Unpublished Reports [Details]

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Thesis/Dissertation

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Language for Teaching Purposes: An analysis of the spoken language needs of non-native speaker language teachers. Emma Riordan (2014) Language for Teaching Purposes: An analysis of the spoken language needs of non-native speaker language teachers. Thesis/Dissertation [Details]

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Other

	Year	Publication
	(2010)	Drinking with the Irish: Examining cultural stereotypes. Emma Riordan, Reinhold Wandel (2010) Drinking with the Irish: Examining cultural stereotypes. https://www.buhv.de/unterrichtsmaterial/sekundarstufe-ii/englisch-betrifft-uns.html: Other [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2012	Travel Grant	Trinity Trust
	2005	Boyle Scholarship in German Studies	German Department, UCC
	2010	IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship	Irish Research Council
	2011	Travel Grant	Trinity Trust
	2006	Studentship	German Department, UCC

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Irish Association for Applied Linguistics	Executive Committee Member	20-NOV-15 /
	German Studies Association of Ireland	Secretary	19-NOV-16 /

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Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	30 of Years Erasmus in Ireland: Study abroad in research and practice conference, Emma Riordan; Anne Marie Devlin; Siobhan Mortell (2017) Conference Chair. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 30 of Years Erasmus in Ireland: Study abroad in research and practice conference, University College Cork , 16-JUN-17 - 16-JUN-17. [Details]
	(2016)	Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI), Emma Riordan (2016) Digilanguages; Language learning in a digital age. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI), Dublin City University , 18-NOV-16 - 19-NOV-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, Emma Riordan (2016) Native and non-native speaker language teachers: Who's worth more?. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin , 19-NOV-16 - 19-NOV-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, Emma Riordan (2016) Executive committee member and panel chair. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin , 19-NOV-16 - 19-NOV-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Annual Conference of the Association of German Studies (AGS), Emma Riordan (2016) The policy and practice of teacher target language use in post-primary German language classrooms in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Association of German Studies (AGS), Newcastle University , 31-AUG-16 - 02-NOV-16. [Details]
	(2016)	AILA Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics, Emma Riordan (2016) Communicative language teaching in the Irish context. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], AILA Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics, University of Tallinn, Estonia , 19-MAY-16 - 21-MAY-16. [Details]
	(2015)	40th Anniversary Conference Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, Emma Riordan (2015) Is communicative language teaching the right approach for post-primary modern language teaching in Ireland?. [Oral Presentation], 40th Anniversary Conference Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin , 21-NOV-15 - 21-NOV-15. [Details]
	(2015)	Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI), Emma Riordan (2015) Eliciting in the language classroom: Teachers’ use of open, closed, display and referential questions. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI), NUI Galway , 13-NOV-15 - 14-NOV-15. [Details]

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Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2004	University College Cork	BA (Hons)	Language and Cultural Studies with German
	2007	University College Cork	Master of Philosophy	Teaching German as a Foreign Language
	2014	Trinity College Dublin	PHD	Applied Linguistics

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Journal Activities

	Journal	Role	To / From
	Teanga: The Irish Yearbook Of Applied Linguistics	Guest Editor	20-NOV-15 - 19-NOV-16
	Trinity College Dublin Journal Of Postgraduate Research	Editor	01-JAN-11 - 01-AUG-11

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Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	German	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent

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Outreach Activities

	Description
	Emma has been the third level liaison for the post-primary level German Teachers' Association of Ireland (GDI) since 2014.

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Teaching Activities

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Teaching Interests

Linguistics
Applied Linguistics
German Culture
German Language
Translation