Academic biography

Is Ollamh Cúnta le Gaeilge in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge é an Dr Conchúr Mac Lochlainn, ag díriú ar réimsí an inspreagtha, sícitheangeolaíochta, sochtheangeolaíochta agus na teangeolaíochta feidhmí. D’fhreastail Conchúr ar Choláiste Chilliain, Cluain Dolcáin, agus chéimnigh sé le B.A. sa Ghnó agus Gaeilge (2014) agus Ph.D. (2023) ó Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath. Fiosraíonn sé ceisteanna an fhéin, féiniúlachta, agus inspreagtha i leith fhoghlaimeoirí fásta na Gaeilge, mar aon leis na deiseanna agus deacrachtaí féiniúlachta a bhaineann le foghlaim na Gaeilge. 

Tá spéiseanna taighde leithne ag Conchúr, idir tionchar na teicneolaíochta ar fhoghlaim teangacha, an nasc idir an fhoghlaim sheachfhoirmiúil agus foirmiúil, difríochtaí síceolaíochta idir foghlaimeoirí Gaeilge de chúlraí ilchineálacha, agus ról na Gaeilge mar léiriú féiniúlachta. Cuireann sé spéis fosta i dtionchar an Bhéarla ar fhoghlaim mionteangacha, agus róil mionteangacha i sochaithe ilchineálacha/ilteangacha. 

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Dr. Conchúr Mac Lochlainn is an Assistant Professor of Irish in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, focusing on the fields of motivation, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. Conchúr attended Coláiste Chilliain, Clondalkin, and graduated with a B.A. in Business and Irish (2014) and Ph.D. (2023) from Dublin City University. He examines questions of the self/selves, identities, and motivations of adult learners of Irish, as well as the opportunities and difficulties regarding identity when learning Irish. 

Conchúr has broad research interests, including the impact of technology on language learning, the link between non-formal and formal learning, psychological differences between diverse learners of Irish, and the role of Irish as an expression of identity. He is also interested in the impact of English on minority language learning, and the roles of minority languages in diverse/multilingual societies.