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-...
Classroom discourse analysis
Curriculum design
Language for Specific Purposes
Language education policy
Applied Linguistics
German Culture
German Language
Translation
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.ieEmma 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 learningClassroom discourse analysis
Curriculum design
Language for Specific Purposes
Language education policy
Publications
Books
Year | Publication | |
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(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] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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(2011) | 'Various lesson plans' Emma Riordan (2011) 'Various lesson plans' In: Grundy, Peter, Bociek, Hania & Parker, Kevin (eds). English through Art. London: Helbling. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(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] |
Unpublished Reports
Year | Publication | |
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(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] |
Thesis/Dissertation
Year | Publication | |
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(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] |
Other
Year | Publication | |
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(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] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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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 |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Irish Association for Applied Linguistics | Executive Committee Member | 20-NOV-15 / | |
German Studies Association of Ireland | Secretary | 19-NOV-16 / |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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(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] |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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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 |
Journal Activities
Journal | Role | To / From | |
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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 |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
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German | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
Outreach Activities
Description | |
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Emma has been the third level liaison for the post-primary level German Teachers' Association of Ireland (GDI) since 2014. |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
LinguisticsApplied Linguistics
German Culture
German Language
Translation