Membership

Clive is Associate Professor in German & Applied Linguistics at Maynooth University. Using mixed methodologies, his research investigates and addresses existing and emergent multi-level challenges facing various countries’ language-in-education policies. In so doing, his work advances language policy theory.

Ana is Associate Professor in Spanish linguistics at Maynooth University. She uses variationist methods to study Spanish-English and Spanish-Catalan bilinguals to normalize bilingual speech and inform and propose theories of bilingualism.

Janire is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Spanish at Maynooth University. She uses quantitative and mixed methods to understand second and heritage language acquisition in order to advance theory and inform language pedagogy and policy across diverse contexts.

Elyse is Assistant Professor in French Applied Linguistics at Maynooth University. She investigates language endangerment and revitalisation as social phenomena, with a particular emphasis on the Occitan language.

Yulia is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and English at the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Maynooth University. She uses qualitative and mixed methods to study language use in education to inform multilingual pedagogy and language policies. 

Arnd is Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages at Maynooth University. He uses neo-phenomenological methods to explore the impact of the corporeal aspect in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) to propose corporeally attentive SLA theories as an amendment to dominant cognition-centred approaches.

Céline is a teacher educator and researcher in education at Maynooth University, School of Education. She uses qualitative arts-based approaches to study post-primary language teachers’ pedagogical practice in order to promote inclusive, innovative approaches to language learning, teaching and assessment.

Suzanne is Assistant Professor in Education at Maynooth University. She is particularly interested in silence and language, the varied ways that the unsaid ‘speaks’ and how silence is used in education.

Lorraine is Assistant Professor in Language and Literacy in the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education. She uses ethnographic approaches to examine and explore family language policy among transnational and multilingual families.

Aoife Ní Ghloinn is Director of Lárionad na Gaeilge at Maynooth University. She uses the tools of corpus linguistics to analyse learner language development and authentic language use in Irish, in order to gain insights that can inform Irish-language teaching and assessment, as well as curriculum and materials development.

Haya Alomeri is a PhD researcher in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies at Maynooth University. Her research investigates the cross-linguistic influence on the production of English consonants by Saudi L2 Learners of English speaking the Hwaiti and Hijazi dialects at Tabuk University, highlighting the effect of L1 dialectal variation on the acquisition of L2 consonant sounds.  Her research employs a Mixed Effect model to investigate the extent to which dialectal variation influences the acquisition of such English consonant sounds by Arabic-speaking learners of English in Saudi Arabia.

Mario is a PhD researcher in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies at Maynooth University. 
He uses mixed methods following a Grounded Theory approach to analyse the extent to which the two dominant forms of virtual exchange (lingua franca vs native and non-native) affect undergraduate students of German’s self-perceived development in terms of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) and Willingness to Communicate (WTC).

Chun is a PhD researcher in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies at Maynooth University. She employs corpus-based discourse analysis to examine food discourse in Irish newspapers in order to investigate trends and changes in Irish dietary patterns and the food system, while also exploring the role of neologisms in discourse to understand emerging trends and societal perceptions.

Mark is an Assistant Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (English) at Maynooth University’s School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures. His research utilises mixed-methods approaches to investigate assessment within in language-in-education policy and practice. His current research critically analyses the role of current international English-language testing systems’ (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS) and their efficacy in preparing international Masters-level students for studying in English-speaking higher education institutions.

Abosede Grace is a PhD researcher in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies at Maynooth University. Her comparative research employs mixed methods to explore the nexus between language identity, ethnonationalism and interculturalism in Nigeria and Ireland. This comparative study investigates how issues of language and identity shape and are shaped by local politics, intergroup relations and interculturalism in the Global North and South.

Deepak Singh is a PhD researcher in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies at Maynooth University. His research investigates cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of additional languages, with a focus on speakers of Hindi, English, and Spanish. Using a mixed-effects modeling approach, he explores patterns of multilingual transfer and their implications for language learning and teaching.

Wieteke is a PhD researcher in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies at Maynooth University. Her thesis examines the cross-linguistic influence that the learning German and English has on native Dutch bilinguals who have immigrated to Germany and Ireland, focusing on the specific linguistic feature of posture verbs, verb forms present in Dutch that are not present in German and English.