SALIS

Biographical Details:

ESOL teacher/teacher trainer in the Sudan, Italy, Spain, Australia, Portugal and Ireland 1985 - 2003 University lecturer 2003 - to date

Research Interests:

Multicultural Education / Language Immersion Language Teaching Methodologies; Second Language acquisition; Immersion education; ESOL, Teacher Development; Materials design; Intercultural Communication; CLIL; EAP.

Selected Books

• Gallagher, Fiona. New Total English Elementary Teachers' Book (revised edition), Pearson Education Limited, 2011.
• Gallagher, Fiona; Crace, Araminta. New Total English Upper Intermediate Teachers' Book (2011 - revised edition), Pearson Education Ltd, 2011.
• Gallagher, F.; Toal, M. Energy 2 DVD: A Tale of Two Friends workbook, Pearson Longman, 2007.
• Gallagher, F. Total English Elementary: Teacher's Resource Book, Longman, 2005.
• Cleasby, S & Gallagher, F. Breakthrough: An English coursebook, Gill & Macmillan, 1995.

Selected Chapters

• Gallagher, F. 2005. Adjusting to a new culture of learning: teaching transferable skills on an International Foundation Course programme. Developing students' transferable skills in the language classroom, pp77-98.

• Gallagher, Fiona; Leahy, Angela, When is the teacher not a linguist? Language in the non-language classroom, Re-Imagining Initial Teacher Education: Perspectives on Transformation, 30-JUN-11 - 02-JUL-11, St. Patrick's College Drumcondra, Dublin
• Gallagher, Fiona, Leahy, Angela and Simon, Annette, Multilingual learning: voices and choices, New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe (LINEE), 11-APR-10 - 15-APR-10, Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Gallagher, Fiona, Leahy, Angela and Simon, Annette, ¿We¿d always win charades hands down¿ : Teachers¿ prespectives on immersion education, Language Learning - Language Teaching; Prospects for Education across Europe, 03-DEC-09 - 05-DEC-09, Vechta, Germany
• Gallagher, Fiona, Leahy, Angela, Simon, Annette., "It's kinda easy": children's perspectives on immersion education - Gaelscoileanna and multicultural classrooms, Multilingualism, Regional & Minority Languages: Paradigms for 'Languages of the Wider World', 16-APR-09 - 17-APR-09, SOAS, University of London, UK
• Gallagher, F. & McDermott, A., Teaching an Informationa Literacy Programme to meet the needs of Chinese students, CONUL Annual International Literacy Seminar, 31-MAY-07 - 31-MAY-07, Dublin
• Gallagher, F., Using transferable skills to support the needs of EAP students in Third Level institutions, In: Briony Beaven ed.IATEFL 2007: 41st International Annual Conference, 18-APR-07 - 22-APR-07, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Gallagher, F., Pechenart, J. & Sherry, R., Diverse Approaches to developing transferable skills in academic courses, SEDA/AISHE Spring Conference - Inspiring Learning: Diversity and Excellence, 12-MAY-05 - 12-MAY-05, Belfast