Fiona Farr
@fionafarr.bsky.social
Prof of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, University of Limerick.
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Amazing opportunities for scholarships on our new ERASMUS Mundus MA programme in language teacher education. Applications now being accepted.
🌍 Interested in language education?
Apply now for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master TELME — study in multiple countries, gain intercultural experience, and receive an EU-funded scholarship.
👉 Apply now for Sept 2026: telme.hypotheses.org/application
Apply now for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master TELME — study in multiple countries, gain intercultural experience, and receive an EU-funded scholarship.
👉 Apply now for Sept 2026: telme.hypotheses.org/application
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Amazing opportunities for scholarships on our new ERASMUS Mundus MA programme in language teacher education. Applications now being accepted.
Really excited about this webinar with Ray Hickey!
Delighted to announce this week’s CALS webinar with Prof. Ray Hickey on Researching Language in Ireland. All welcome. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Upcoming Webinar: Prof. Ray Hickey: Researching Language in Ireland
Prof. Raymon Hickey: Researching Language in Ireland Bio: Raymond Hickey was born in Dublin in 1954 and studied for his MA in Trinity College, Dublin and did his PhD at Kiel, Germany in 1980. He comp...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really excited about this webinar with Ray Hickey!
TESOL post just advertised at UL. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
TESOL post just advertised at UL. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Delighted to share this corpus with fellow researchers. Enjoy! And many thanks to Anne O’Keeffe and others who have worked on developing it over the years. @calsul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
The Limerick Corpus of spoken Irish English (LCIE) is now in Sketch Engine. Many thanks to Prof. @fionafarr.bsky.social
, @unioflimerick.bsky.social, and Prof. Anne O’Keeffe, @micireland.bsky.social & UL, for permission to include it. www.sketchengine.eu/limerick-cor...
, @unioflimerick.bsky.social, and Prof. Anne O’Keeffe, @micireland.bsky.social & UL, for permission to include it. www.sketchengine.eu/limerick-cor...
August 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Delighted to share this corpus with fellow researchers. Enjoy! And many thanks to Anne O’Keeffe and others who have worked on developing it over the years. @calsul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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"Trump’s approach to trade, shaped by his hubris, poor grasp of policy tools & distrustful nature, has left trade partners wary & US industries in turmoil"
UL's Dr Scott Fitzsimmons analyses the aspects of Trump's personality that have led to tariff threats & trade wars
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UL's Dr Scott Fitzsimmons analyses the aspects of Trump's personality that have led to tariff threats & trade wars
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July 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Trump’s approach to trade, shaped by his hubris, poor grasp of policy tools & distrustful nature, has left trade partners wary & US industries in turmoil"
UL's Dr Scott Fitzsimmons analyses the aspects of Trump's personality that have led to tariff threats & trade wars
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
UL's Dr Scott Fitzsimmons analyses the aspects of Trump's personality that have led to tariff threats & trade wars
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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UL researcher, Dr Sarah Schaefer, has been awarded more than €600,000 through the Research Ireland Pathway Programme to investigate how media outlets can develop new ways to report issues of climate change to the public.
Read on: www.ul.ie/research/new...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/research/new...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
July 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
UL researcher, Dr Sarah Schaefer, has been awarded more than €600,000 through the Research Ireland Pathway Programme to investigate how media outlets can develop new ways to report issues of climate change to the public.
Read on: www.ul.ie/research/new...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/research/new...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
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New article out in Classroom Discourse!: "Forms of becoming: elementary students’ self-positioning in writing" (by Maryam Khosronejad, Mary Ryan & Lauren Alexandra Weber). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Forms of becoming: elementary students’ self-positioning in writing
This paper investigates 15 elementary aged children’s self-positioning in writing. To this purpose, we examine how children perceive and represent themselves through their engagement with writing r...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New article out in Classroom Discourse!: "Forms of becoming: elementary students’ self-positioning in writing" (by Maryam Khosronejad, Mary Ryan & Lauren Alexandra Weber). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fantastic achievement, Sarah! Well done! And such important work for the future of our planet!
Huge congratulations to CALS member, Dr Sarah Schaefer, on her prestigious Research Ireland Pathway award! The project focuses on developing new approaches to communicating climate change. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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July 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Fantastic achievement, Sarah! Well done! And such important work for the future of our planet!
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UL-led European alliance ‘to build a more connected and inclusive future through education’
Hear from Acting UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, speaking at the launch of the EMERGE European University Alliance
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#StudyatUL
Hear from Acting UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, speaking at the launch of the EMERGE European University Alliance
www.ul.ie/news/ul-led-...
#StudyatUL
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UL-led European alliance ‘to build a more connected and inclusive future through education’
Hear from Acting UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, speaking at the launch of the EMERGE European University Alliance
www.ul.ie/news/ul-led-...
#StudyatUL
Hear from Acting UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, speaking at the launch of the EMERGE European University Alliance
www.ul.ie/news/ul-led-...
#StudyatUL
Delighted to announce that the Limerick Corpus of Irish English is now available on Sketch Engine!
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Delighted to announce that the Limerick Corpus of Irish English is now available on Sketch Engine!
Speaking about plurilingualism at the EMERGE University Alliance launch. @unioflimerick.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Speaking about plurilingualism at the EMERGE University Alliance launch. @unioflimerick.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social
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Delighted to be at the launch of the EMERGE project and alliance, with a strong focus on linguistic diversity.
June 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Delighted to be at the launch of the EMERGE project and alliance, with a strong focus on linguistic diversity.
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Our article (w/ Teppo Jakonen & Heidi Jauni ) on joint attention in #hybrid L2 #classroom group work has now been assigned to an issue in Applied Linguistics: academic.oup.com/applij/artic...
Achieving Joint Attention and Understanding of Task Responsibilities in Synchronous Hybrid L2 Classroom Group Work
Abstract. This article addresses the need to better understand interactional asymmetries, challenges, and solutions in implementing synchronous hybrid lang
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June 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our article (w/ Teppo Jakonen & Heidi Jauni ) on joint attention in #hybrid L2 #classroom group work has now been assigned to an issue in Applied Linguistics: academic.oup.com/applij/artic...
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Annual CALS research day underway with Dr Laura Keyes from the Centre for Implementation Research @unioflimerick.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Annual CALS research day underway with Dr Laura Keyes from the Centre for Implementation Research @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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Renata Trunen from Inland Norway University presenting at our CALS Day. @unioflimerick.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Renata Trunen from Inland Norway University presenting at our CALS Day. @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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Our very own CALS colleagues, Dr Brona Murphy and Dr Elaine Riordan presenting their research on doctoral intelligences.
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our very own CALS colleagues, Dr Brona Murphy and Dr Elaine Riordan presenting their research on doctoral intelligences.
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PhD student Nadia Youcefi presenting her research on EAP at the CALS Research Day.
May 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
PhD student Nadia Youcefi presenting her research on EAP at the CALS Research Day.
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Marta Fortes talking about virtual exchanges for LSP
May 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Marta Fortes talking about virtual exchanges for LSP
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It has been eye opening for me to listen to the perspectives of student-teachers on their use of an AI tool for #reflective #practice: Partnering with #AI in #teacher #education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on #classroom #interaction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Partnering with AI in teacher education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on classroom interaction
In this paper, I investigate a group of student-teachers’ insights into an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automatic question-detection tool designed for reflective practice: Question Bot (QBo...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It has been eye opening for me to listen to the perspectives of student-teachers on their use of an AI tool for #reflective #practice: Partnering with #AI in #teacher #education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on #classroom #interaction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New article out! Repairing problems of acceptability in pre-task interaction (by David Shimamoto, Kobe University, Japan) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Repairing problems of acceptability in pre-task interaction
In task-based language teaching methodology, one way to familiarise learners with the upcoming task is through question-and-answer sequences that target task-relevant topics. In such instances, lea...
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May 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New article out! Repairing problems of acceptability in pre-task interaction (by David Shimamoto, Kobe University, Japan) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Delighted to be at our first EMERGE project meeting in Paris! Lots of energy in the room. @calsul.bsky.social @ul-gps.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Delighted to be at our first EMERGE project meeting in Paris! Lots of energy in the room. @calsul.bsky.social @ul-gps.bsky.social
Delighted to be presenting a keynote talk at the joint NAES and EFACIS conference in Turku, Finland next week. Now, back to writing it!
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Delighted to be presenting a keynote talk at the joint NAES and EFACIS conference in Turku, Finland next week. Now, back to writing it!
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🎤 Announcing our next #eurocall2025 plenary speaker: Marina Orsini-Jones!
A pioneer in CALL, VE, and multilingual education, she brings decades of expertise in digital learning and global collaboration.
⏳ Submit your paper by 17th February: eurocall2025.com
📍 Join us in Milan!
#eurocall #CALL
A pioneer in CALL, VE, and multilingual education, she brings decades of expertise in digital learning and global collaboration.
⏳ Submit your paper by 17th February: eurocall2025.com
📍 Join us in Milan!
#eurocall #CALL
EuroCALL 2025 - Milano
Università Cattolica | 27-30 August 2025
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February 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🎤 Announcing our next #eurocall2025 plenary speaker: Marina Orsini-Jones!
A pioneer in CALL, VE, and multilingual education, she brings decades of expertise in digital learning and global collaboration.
⏳ Submit your paper by 17th February: eurocall2025.com
📍 Join us in Milan!
#eurocall #CALL
A pioneer in CALL, VE, and multilingual education, she brings decades of expertise in digital learning and global collaboration.
⏳ Submit your paper by 17th February: eurocall2025.com
📍 Join us in Milan!
#eurocall #CALL