Research Interests

• Multicultural Education / Language Immersion
• Second Language Acquisition
• Foreign Language Pedagogy.
• Interlanguage Development.
• Error Analysis.
• Fossilization

Papers Published

Refereed article:

• (with David Denby and Heinz Lechleiter) Language Learning and critical thinking, Proceedings of IRAAL conference held at the University of Limerick, November 1996

Papers presented:

• 'Grammar Teaching at Third Level - Aspirations and Limitations', IRAAL seminar, November 1999
• 'Levels of Motivation and Confidence among first year university learners', CILT conference in Nottingham, July 2000