Summary Curriculum Vitae of Dr Anne O’Keeffe 2015
Contact Details
Name:
Dr Anne O’Keeffe
Institutional Address: Department of English Language & Literature
Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
South Circular Road
Limerick.
Email:
anne.okeeffe@mic.ul.ie
Phone:
061 204957
Academic Qualifications
2003
PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick
Title:
Strangers on the line: a corpus-based lexico-grammatical analysis of
radio phone-in
Supervisors:
Prof. Angela Chambers & Prof. Michael McCarthy
1992
MA in English Language Teaching (Hons), University of Limerick
1989
Bachelors of Education (Hons), Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
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Publications (76 publications/works)
Books
O’Keeffe, A., Moriarty, M. and Vaughan, E. (In preparation) Social Interaction and Media Discourse.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (Studies in Social Interaction Series, edited by Steve Walsh,
Paul Seedhouse and Christopher Jenks)
Carter, R.A., McCarthy, M. J., Mark G. and O’Keeffe, A. (2011) English Grammar Today. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
[Extent 750 pages: grammar reference, with CD-ROM, based on analyses of grammar in 1.9 billion
word Cambridge English Corpus; translated into Chinese 2014; integrated into Cambridge Online
Dictionary in 2014, with over 800,000 hits to date]
Carter, R.A., McCarthy, M. J., Mark G. and O’Keeffe, A. (2011) English Grammar Today. Workbook.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Extent 152 pages: companion workbook to English Grammar Today, based on learner analytics of
most frequent grammatical errors in the 55 million-word Cambridge Learner Corpus. Translated into
Chinese]
O’Keeffe, A., Clancy, B. and Adolphs, S. (2011) Introducing Pragmatics in Use. London: Routledge.
[Extent 200 pages]
McCarthy, M. J., O'Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2009) The Vocabulary Matrix: understanding, learning,
teaching. Boston, MA: National Geographic/Cengage.
[Extent 165 pages. Shortlisted for 2009 ELTon Award]
O'Keeffe, A., McCarthy, M. J. and R. A. Carter (2007) From Corpus to Classroom: language use and
language teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Extent 332 pages]
O'Keeffe, A. (2006) Investigating Media Discourse. London: Routledge.
[Extent 193 pages]
Edited books
O’Keeffe, A. and McCarthy, M. J. (eds) (2010) The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics.
London: Routledge. (45 chapters)
[Extent 740 pages]
Journal articles
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (In press) “The English Grammar Profile – describing a criteria-based
empirical methodology for calibrating learner grammar competencies using the Cambridge Learner
Corpus”. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 20(4)
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Amador Moreno, C. P., McCarthy, M. J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Can English Provide a Framework
for Spanish Response Tokens?” The Yearbook of Pragmatics and Corpus Linguistics, 1(1):175-201.
O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2012) “Applying corpus linguistics and conversation analysis in the
investigation of small group teaching in higher education”. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory,
8(1): 159–181.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Teaching and Irish English”. English Today, 27(2), 57-63.
Morton, T. Walsh, S. and O'Keeffe, A. (2011) “Analyzing university spoken interaction: a corpus
linguistics/conversation analysis approach”. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 16(3): 326345.
Walsh, S. and O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “Investigating higher education seminar talk”. Novitas-ROYAL
(Research on Youth and Language), 4 (2), 141-158.
O'Keeffe, A. and Amador Moreno, C. P. (2009) “The pragmatics of the be + after + V-ing construction
in Irish English”. Intercultural Pragmatics ,6 (4): 517-534.
O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “‘Like the wise virgins and all that jazz’ – using a corpus to examine vague
language and shared knowledge”. Language and Computers, 52(1), 1-20. 1
McCarthy, M. J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “Research in the teaching of speaking”. Annual Review of
Applied Linguistics, 24, 26-43.
Farr, F., Murphy, B. and O'Keeffe, A. (2004) “The Limerick Corpus of Irish English: design,
description and application”. Teanga (Yearbook of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics), 21:
5-29.
O’Keeffe, A. and Farr, F. (2003) “Using Language Corpora in Language Teacher Education: pedagogic,
linguistic and cultural insights”. TESOL Quarterly, 37(3), 389-418.
McCarthy, M. and O'Keeffe, A. (2003) “‘What's in a name?’ - vocatives in casual conversations and
radio phone-in calls”. Language and Computers, 46(1) 153-185. 2
O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “Five ideas for using authentic television clips”. Forum for English Language
Teachers (Ireland), 3(3): 14-17.
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Invited reprint of: O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “‘Like the wise virgins and all that jazz’ – using a corpus to examine vague language
and shared knowledge”. In: U. Connor and T. Upton (Eds) Discourse in the Professions: Perspectives from Corpus
Linguistics. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 1-20.
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Invited reprint of: McCarthy, M. and O'Keeffe, A. (2003) “‘What's in a name?’ - vocatives in casual conversations and radio
phone-in calls”. In: P. Leistyna and C. Meyer (Eds), Corpus Analysis: Language Structure and Language Use, Amsterdam:
Rodopi, pp. 153-185.
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O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “TEFL in Ireland - reflecting a profession?”. Forum for English Language
Teachers (Ireland), 3(2): 6-11.
Barker, G. and O’Keeffe, A. (1999) “A Corpus of Irish English – Past, Present, Future”. Teanga
(Yearbook of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics), 18, 1-11.
Journals edited
O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (Eds) (In preparation) Classroom Discourse, special issue on “Discourse in
the Virtual Classroom”
O'Keeffe, A. and Farr, F. (Eds) (2011) International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, special issue on
“Applying Corpus Linguistics”. 16(3).
O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (Eds) (2007) Language Awareness, special issue on “Raising language
awareness through analysing discourse in context”. 16(3).
Farr, F. and O’Keeffe , A. (Eds) (2002) Teanga (Yearbook of the Irish Association for Applied
Linguistics), special issue on “Corpora, variation and the language classroom”. 21.
Journal editorials
O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (In preparation) “Introduction”. Classroom Discourse, special issue on
“Discourse in the Virtual Classroom”
Farr, F and O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Introduction”. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, special
issue on “Applying Corpus Linguistics”. 16(3): 151-156.
O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2007) “Introduction”. Language Awareness, special issue on “Raising
language awareness through analysing discourse in context”. 16(3): 149-154.
Farr, F. and O’Keeffe , A. (2002) “Introduction”. Teanga (Yearbook of the Irish Association for
Applied Linguistics), special issue on “Corpora, variation and the language classroom”. 21. 2-5.
Chapters in books
O’Keeffe, A. (In preparation) “Corpus-based function-to-form approaches”. In A. H. Jucker, K. P.
Schneider and W. Bublitz (Eds) Methods on Pragmatics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Moloney, D., Murphy, A., O’Keeffe, A. (In preparation) “Changing roles in Technology Enhanced
Learning in Irish Higher Education”. In Farrelly, T. and Risquez, A. (Eds) Virtual Learning
Environments in Ireland.
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O’Keeffe, A. and Moloney, D. (2015) “Blended Learning: a case study in language teacher education”.
In D. Marsh and M. J. McCarthy (Eds.) The Cambridge Guide to Blended Learning. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Clancy, B. and O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “Pragmatics”. In D. Biber and R. Reppen, (Eds) The Cambridge
Handbook on Corpus Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 235 – 251.
Vaughan, E. and O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “Corpus Analysis”. In K. Tracy, C. Ilie and T. Sandel (Eds) The
International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction, Denver, CO: John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. pp. 252-268.
O’Keeffe, A. and Cheng, W. (2014) “Vague Language”. In K. Aijmer and C. Ruehlemann (Eds) Corpus
Pragmatics: A Handbook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.686-869.
McCarthy, M.J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “Spoken Grammar”. In M. Celce-Murcia, D. M. Brinton, &
M. A. Snow (Eds) Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (4th ed.). Boston, MA:
National Geographic/Cengage, pp. 271 - 287.
O’Keeffe, A. and Farr, F. (2012) “Using Language Corpora in Language Teacher Education: pedagogic,
linguistic and cultural insights” 3. D. Biber and R. Reppen, (Eds) Corpus Linguistics (Volume 4):
Methods and Applications. London: Sage, 335- 365.
Clancy, B. and O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Using a corpus to enhance pragmatic awareness”. In M. D.
García-Pastor (ed.) Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Proposals for the language classroom.
Catarroja, València: Perifèric, pp. 27-60.
McCarthy, M.J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Analysing Speech Corpora”. In T. Cobb (Ed.) The
Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, pp.104-112.
O'Keeffe, A., (2012) “Corpora and Media Studies”. In K. Hyland, M. H. Chau and M. Handford (Eds)
Corpus Applications in Applied Linguistics. London: Continuum, pp. 117-131.
McCarthy, M.J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Competencies Explored and Exposed: Grammar, Lexis,
Communication and the Notion of Levels”. In T. Summer and M. Eisenmann (Eds) Basic Issues in
EFL-Teaching and Learning. Heidelberg Universitätsverlag Winter, pp. 55-67.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Vocabulary Instruction”. In A. Burns and J. Richards (Eds) The Cambridge Guide
to Pedagogy and Practice in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 236245.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Media and Discourse Analysis”. In J. P. Gee and M. Handford (Eds) The
Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis. London: Routledge, pp. 441-454.
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Invited reprint of O’Keeffe, A. and Farr, F. (2003) “Using Language Corpora in Language Teacher Education: pedagogic,
linguistic and cultural insights”, TESOL Quarterly 37(3), 389-418.
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O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “The Media”. In J. Simpson (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics.
London: Routledge, pp. 67-80.
O'Keeffe, A. and McCarthy, M. J. (2010) “Historical perspective: what are corpora and how have they
evolved?” In: A. O’Keeffe and M.J. McCarthy (Eds) The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics.
London: Routledge, pp. 3-13.
O’Keeffe, A. and Adolphs, S. (2008) “Response tokens in British and Irish English”. In K.P. Schneider
and A. Barron (Eds) Variational Pragmatics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 69-98.
McCarthy, M.J. and O'Keeffe, A. (2008) “Corpora and the Study of Spoken Language”. In: A,
Ludeling, M. Kytö and T. McEnery (Eds). Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de
Gruyter, pp. 1-16.
O'Keeffe, A., McCarthy, M. & Walsh, S. (2008) “ ‘…post-colonialism, multi-culturalism, structuralism,
feminism, post-modernism and so on so forth’ – vague language in academic discourse, a
comparative analysis of form, function and context”. In: R. Reppen and A. Ädels (Eds), Corpora and
Discourse (SCL31). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 9-29.
Walsh, S. and O’Keeffe, A. (2007) “Applying CA to a modes analysis of third-level spoken academic
discourse”. In H. Bowles, and P. Seedhouse (Eds) Conversation Analysis and Languages for Specific
Purposes. Berlin: Peter Lang, pp. 101-139.
Evison , J., McCarthy, M.J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2007). “ ‘Looking out for love and all the rest of it’:
vague category markers as shared social space”. In J. Cutting (Ed.) Vague Language Explored.
Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp.138-157.
O’Keeffe, A. and Breen, M. (2007) “ ‘At the hands of the Brothers: a corpus-based lexico-grammatical
analysis of stance in newspaper reporting of child sexual abuse”. In J. Cotterill (Ed.) The Language of
Sex Crimes. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 217-236.
McCarthy, M.J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Second Language Speaking”. In K. Brown (Ed.)
Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 95-101.
O'Keeffe, A., (2005) “ ‘You’ve a daughter yourself?’: a corpus-based look at lexico-grammatical
choices and pragmatic effects in question forms in an Irish radio phone-in”. In: K.P. Schneider and A.
Barron (Eds) The Pragmatics of Irish English, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 339-366.
O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “‘Like the wise virgins and all that jazz’ – using a corpus to examine vague
language and shared knowledge”. In: U. Connor and T. Upton (Eds) Discourse in the Professions:
Perspectives from Corpus Linguistics. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 1-20.
McCarthy, M. and O'Keeffe, A. (2003) “‘What's in a name?’ - vocatives in casual conversations and
radio phone-in calls”. In: P. Leistyna and C. Meyer (Eds), Corpus Analysis: Language Structure and
Language Use, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 153-185.
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O’Keeffe, A. and Binchy, J. (2003) “Reading and writing at university – raising genre awareness as
initiation into a discourse community”. In G. Shiel and U. Ní Dhálaigh (Eds) Other Ways of Seeing:
Diversity in Language and Literacy. Dublin: Reading Association of Ireland, pp. 220-228.
Brosnan, G., O'Keeffe, A. and Binchy, J. (2003) “Feeding back feedback - towards a cyclical model for
learner support”. In: R. Tormey (Ed.) Teaching Social Justice: Intercultural and Development
Education Perspectives on Education’s Context, Content and Methods. Dublin and Limerick: Irish
Aid and Centre for Educational Disadvantage Research, pp. 191-199.
Farr, F. and O’Keeffe, A. (2002). “Would as a hedging device in an Irish context: an intra-varietal
comparison of institutionalised spoken interaction”. In: R. Reppen, S. Fitzmaurice and D. Biber,
(Eds), Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 25-48.
O'Keeffe, A. (2002) “Exploring indices of national identity in a corpus of radio phone-in data from Irish
radio”. In: A. Sánchez Macarro (Ed.), Windows on the World: Media Discourse in English, Valencia:
Universidad de Valencia, pp. 91-113.
O'Keeffe, A. (2000) “Exploring television as an exponent of pragmatic and sociocultural information in
foreign language learning”. In: T. Lewis and A. Rouxeville (Eds), Technology and the Advanced
Language Learner, London: CILT, pp. 23-52.
O'Keeffe, A. (2000) “Undergraduate Academic Writing: an analysis of errors and weaknesses in syntax,
lexis, style and structure”. In G. Shiel, U. Ní Dhálaigh and E. Kennedy (Eds), Language and Literacy
for the New Millennium. Dublin: Reading Association of Ireland, pp. 167-186.
Reports
Ring, E., Moloney, M., Breatnach, D., McCafferty, O’Keeffe, A., Leavy, A. Mhic Mhathúna, M.,
Hayes, N., Stafford, P., Keegan, S. and Kelleher, C. (2015) An Examination of Concepts of School
Readiness among Parents and Educators in Ireland, Dublin: Department of Children and Youth
Affairs.
O’Keeffe, A. 2006. First Certificate in English: Evaluation of modifications to Speaking Test. Report to
the University of Cambridge Local Exams Validation Centre on modifications to Speaking Test for
First Certificate level.
O’Keeffe, A. 2006. Certificate in Advanced English: Evaluation of modifications to speaking test.
Report to the University of Cambridge Local Exams Validation Centre on modifications to Speaking
Test for Advanced level.
O’Keeffe, A., Binchy, B. and Healy, C. 2008. Evaluation of interventions and supports to alleviate
educational disadvantage in three County Limerick schools. Report to Limerick County Vocational
Education Committee.
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O’Keeffe, A. and Breen, M. 2001, At the hands of the Brothers: A corpus-based lexico-grammatical
analysis of stance in newspaper reporting of child sexual abuse cases involving the Irish Christian
Brothers 1998-2000. Report to the Laffoy Commission on Child Sexual Abuse/The Commission to
Inquire into Child Abuse.
Breen, M. and O’Keeffe, A. 2001, Framing the Past: the reporting of the Christian Brothers in the Irish
Media, 1998-2000. Report to the Laffoy Commission on Child Sexual Abuse/The Commission to
Inquire into Child Abuse.
Resource/Materials
Brosnan, G., O'Keeffe, A., Binchy, J. and S. O'Halloran, (2000) Facing New Challenges: a study skills
handbook, produced by the Learner Support Unit, MIC,
[Funded by HEA Targeted Initiative Funding].
Syndicated online course
McCarthy, M. J., O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2007) An Introduction to Corpora in English Language
Teaching. National Geographic/Cengage Learning (formerly Heinle)
http://eltadvantage.ed2go.com/eltadvantage/
An online blended learning course which forms part of the ELT Advantage suite of teacher education
courses offered by National Geographic/Cengage Learning. It comprises 12 units (over 70,000 words
in total with interactive activities and videos). The course is recognised for professional development
credits in the US (certified by TESOL) and Latin America. This course was also recommended on the
New York Times “Knowledge Network”.
Online portal
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2015) The English Grammar Profile. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press. (beta version available at http://bit.ly/egponline
Full Open online English Grammar Profile Portal available at www.englishprofile.org )
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Conference papers (165 papers)
Since 1993, I have frequently presented at conferences, seminars and public fora, nationally and
internationally. I see this as essential for dissemination of research, stimulation for new ideas and
strategic networking with publishers and peers, as well as for professional development. I also regularly
engage in knowledge transfer through my professional development talks to English Language
Teachers. In total, I have presented my research in 22 countries in Asia; Europe and North, Central and
South America. In all, 37 of these talks have been as invited keynote / plenary speaker across 20
countries. Cambridge University Press funded three international lecture tours to showcase my work
with them: 1) a ten-day lecture tour of Japan (2006), 2) a six-day a lecture tour of Central America
(2007), which included keynotes at conferences in Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico (where I gave a
keynote to over 1,000 delegates), and 3) a six-day lecture tour of the South of Italy (2007).
Additionally, at a local institutional and Shannon Consortium level, in my role as Director of
Teaching and Learning, I regularly organise and present at seminars, workshops and conferences.
Presentations summary (165 papers)
Type
Invited international keynotes and plenary papers
Total
Peer-reviewed conference papers
80
37
Samples of non-peer reviewed
•
Sample of Professional Development Talks for Teachers, Guest Lectures
and Public Lectures.
27
•
Sample of Teaching and Learning conference papers, workshops and
posters.
21
Total
165
Invited international keynotes and plenary papers (37 in 20 countries)
O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “Spoken Corpora and Language Teaching: where are we now?”. Keynote paper to
be read to the SPERTUS Conference on Spoken Corpora, University of Santiago de Compostela,
Spain, 24th-25th September 2015.
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O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “The EFL Grammar Syllabus and Learner Grammar Competence”. Keynote paper
at the MATSDA Creating Motivation with L2 Materials, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland,
June 20th-21st, 2015.
O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “Investigating Learner Grammar Standards using Corpus Linguistics’”. Keynote
paper read at the One-Day Symposium on English Language Use in Malta: Standards and Creativity,
University of Malta, Malta, 8th May, 2014.
O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “The Limerick Corpus of Irish English: what is it and what does it tell us about
Irish English?”. Plenary paper read at the 12th International AEDEI Conference on Voice and
Discourse in the Irish context, University of Extremadura, Spain, 30th May – 1st June, 2013.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “The Cambridge Learner Corpus and what it tells us about the grammar of
Spanish-speaking learners”. Keynote paper to mark the 70th anniversary of the Centro Colombo
Americano, Bogotá, Columbia, 20th September, 2012.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “The Application of Corpus Linguistics”. Plenary paper at the International
Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) Conference, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belguim, 30th May - 3rd June, 2012.
Clancy, B. and O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Spoken Discourse”. Plenary paper at the ISSP-CALS-Langnet
Summer Symposium: Using Discourse Analysis in Doctoral Research, University of Limerick,
Ireland, 1st - 4th June, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Grammar Profile: finding out more about our learners’ grammar”. Plenary talk at
the IATEFL/ELT Signpost Conference, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 9th - 11th
September, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Profiling the grammar learners should know”. Plenary paper read at The HUPE
Conference of English Language Teachers/IATEFL Croatia. Opatija, Croatia, 8th - 9th April, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. (2010) “English Profile: finding out what learners can do”. Keynote paper read at English
Central Anti-Conference Conference, Toronto, Canada, 26th November, 2010.
O’Keeffe, A. (2010) “Using a corpus to profile learner grammar empirically in line with the Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels”. Plenary paper read at Encontro de
Linguística de Corpus Conference (ELC), Pontifical Catholic University, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, 7th
- 8th October, 2010.
O’Keeffe, A. (2010) “Corpora, Pragmatics and Language Teaching”. Plenary paper read at EBRALC
Conference, Pontifical Catholic University, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, 6th - 7th October, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “What grammar should students know at different levels? An overview of English
Profile Reference Level Descriptors”. Plenary paper read at the LEND Teachers’ Conference, Porto
Novo, Ancona, Italy, 25th -27th August, 2010.
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O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “Learning from our learners’ grammar”. Plenary paper read at BILGI University
Teachers’ Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 15th – 16th May, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “Learning from our learners’ grammar”. Plenary paper read at the Dunya Aktuel
and Cambridge University Press Teachers’ Conference, Antalya, Turkey, 20st -21th May, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “Corpus linguistics and conversation: implications and applications for language
teaching”. Plenary paper read at the International Symposium on New Insights into the Study of
Conversion and Applications to the Language Classroom, University of Granada, Spain, 27th – 29th
May, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. (2009) “Using a corpus to design grammar materials”. Keynote paper read at the
conference on New Ideas and Resources in English Language Teaching, Università degli Studi Suor
Orsola Benincasa, Naples, Italy, 27th November, 2009.
O'Keeffe, A. (2009) “What can we learn from our learners’ grammar?”. Plenary paper read at English
Language Teaching Conference, University of Bern, Switzerland, 7th November, 2009
O'Keeffe, A. (2008) “What can a corpus tell us about teaching vocabulary?”. Plenary paper read at the
International Association of Teachers of English (IATEFL) Conference, Santiago, Chile, 1st August,
2008.
O'Keeffe, A. (2008) “Corpus Linguistics Applied”. Plenary paper read at the University of Newcastle
Research Symposium on Applied Linguistics, Newcastle University, U.K., 26th June, 2008.
O'Keeffe, A. (2008) “Teaching Spoken Grammar”. Plenary paper read at the conference of the Balkan
English Language Teachers Association (ELTA), Belgrade, Serbia, May 31st, 2008.
O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Ways of improving fluency”. Plenary paper read at MEXTESOL Nacional, Boca
del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, 8th – 11th November, 2007.
O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Developing fluency”. Plenary paper read at the English Language Teachers’
Conference, University of San Salvador, El Salvador, 8th November, 2007.
O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Developing conversation skills”. Plenary paper read at Guatemalan TESOL
Conference, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 5th - 8th November 2007.
O’Keeffe, A. (2007) “Corpus Linguistics Applied”. Plenary paper read at the Birmingham International
Corpus Linguistics Conference, U.K., 27th July, 2007.
O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Online and Blended Learning in Language Teaching”. Plenary paper read at the
English Language Teachers Conference, University of Valencia, Spain, 17th April, 2007.
O’Keeffe, A. (2007) “Hiberno-English: Who would be speaking it now and what would they be
saying?”. Plenary paper read at 1st First University College Dublin Public Lecture Series on
Hiberno-English, University College Dublin, Ireland, 12th February, 2007.
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O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Applying Corpus Linguistics to different areas of discourse analysis: what are the
core analytical functions?”. Plenary paper read at the (British) Arts and Humanities Research Council
(AHRC) Doctoral Research Training Scheme CLARET, University of Nottingham, U.K., 21st-22nd
January, 2007.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “The Grammar of Choice: why we say what we say”. Keynote talk at the Japan
Association of Language Teaching (JALT) Annual Conference, Kita Kyushu, Japan, 3rd – 5th
November, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “The Pragmatics of Corpus Linguistics”. Plenary paper read at Symposium on
Corpus Linguistics, Tuscany Word Centre, University of Sienna, Italy, 27th- 31st October, 2006.
McCarthy, M. J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Spoken Grammar and Written Grammar”. Plenary paper
read at the Cambridge University Press Teachers’ Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 16th June, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Corpus Linguistics and the study of spoken media discourse”. Plenary paper read
at the (British) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Research Training Scheme
CLARET, University of Nottingham, U.K., 25th January, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. (2005) “Corpus Linguistics and Conversation Analysis”. Plenary paper read at the Arts
Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Plenary paper read at the (British) Arts and Humanities
Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Research Training Scheme CLARET, University of Nottingham,
U.K., 25th May, 2005.
O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching”. Keynote paper read at Graduate
School of Education Research Day, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14th May, 2004.
O’Keeffe, A. (2003) “Spoken Language and the Media”. Plenary paper read at the Léargas Comenius
research seminar on Language and the Media, Dublin, Ireland, 14th November, 2003.
O’Keeffe, A. (2001) “Can Conversation be Taught?”. Plenary speaker at the Marketing English in
Ireland - Recognised English Language Schools (MEI-RELSA) Conference, University of Limerick,
Limerick, Ireland, 21st June, 2001.
O’Keeffe, A. (2001) “Corpus Linguistics: socio-cultural insights”. Plenary paper at the Applied
Linguistics Lecture Series, University of Northern Iowa, USA, 27th April, 2001.
Peer-reviewed conference papers
McCarthy, M. and O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “ ‘Tis mad, yeah’: Turn openers in Irish and British English”.
Paper read at The New Perspectives on Irish English 3 Conference, University of Limerick, Ireland,
18th - 19th June, 2015.
O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “Measuring grammar competence in learner corpora”. Paper read at the 15th IVACS
Annual Symposium, Shannon College of Hotel Management, Ireland, 20th February, 2015.
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Horan, K. and O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “Undergraduate presentations in the CLAS Corpus: a corpus-based
study of discourse features and language patterns”. Paper read at the 7th IVACS International
Conference. Newcastle University, U.K., 19 – 20th June, 2014.
Mark, G. and O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “Developing grammatical polysemy: a corpus-based view from the
English Grammar Profile”. Paper read at the 7th IVACS International Conference. Newcastle
University, U.K., 19 – 20th June, 2014.
Healy, M., Horan, K. and O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “A comparison of Native and Non-native speaker
undergraduate presentations in the CLAS Corpus”. Paper read at the 14th IVACS Annual Symposium,
Queens University Belfast, 23th January, 2014.
O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Using a corpus to examine the development of English grammar competency”,
Corpus Symposium, University of Limerick, Ireland, 13th March, 2013.
Farr, F. and O’Keeffe, A. (2013). “The Limerick Corpus of Irish English – an overview and appraisal”.
Paper read at The New Perspectives of Irish English 2 Conference, University College Dublin, Ireland,
21st-22nd May, 2013.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Ways of improving fluency”. Paper read at conference to mark 70th anniversary of
the Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Columbia, 20th September, 2012.
McCarthy, M. and O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “The use of continuous aspect in spoken English with stative
verbs”. Paper read at the 6th International Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS)
conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K., June 21st-22nd, 2012.
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2012) “Exploring spoken grammar competency”. Paper read at the 12th
IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Cambridge, U.K, 13th January, 2012.
Mark, G. and O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Exploring spoken grammar competency”. Paper read at the IVACS
Annual Symposium, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, U.K, 13th January, 2012.
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2011) “The English Grammar Profile: illustrating an iterative
methodology”. Paper read at English Profile Research Symposium, University of Cambridge, U.K,
3rd November, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. and Vaughan, E. (2011) “Interaction as practice: Investigating the co-creation of
knowledge through questioning techniques”, paper read at NAIRTL Conference, National University
of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, 9th June, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Accommodating the vox populi: in search of a new participation framework for
media discourse”. Paper read at 4th International Language in the Media Conference, University of
Limerick, Ireland, 6th – 8th June, 2011.
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McCarthy, M. J., O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2011) “What should a learners’ grammar for B1/B2
learners include?”. Paper read at the 45th International Association of Teachers of English as a
Foreign Language Annual Conference, Brighton, U.K., 22th – 26th April, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Exploring B1 and B2 learner grammar in Cambridge exams”. Paper read at The
HUPE conference of English Language Teachers. Opatija, Croatia, 8th-9th April, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2011) “Grammar Profile Project: syntagmatic and paradigmatic
perspectives”. Paper read at English Profile Seminar, University of Cambridge, U.K, 10th-11th
February, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2011) “Approaches to profiling grammar competence”. Paper read at the
11th IVACS Annual Symposium, Newcastle University U.K., 21st January, 2011.
O’Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2010) “Using a corpus to empirically profile the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) for English”. Paper read at the Irish Social Sciences
Platform, University of Limerick, Ireland, 2nd - 3rd December, 2010.
O’Keeffe, A. (2010) “What grammar should students know at different levels? An overview of English
Profile Reference Level Descriptors”. Paper read at English U.K. Teachers’ conference, London,
U.K., 13th November, 2010.
O’Keeffe, A. and G. Mark, (2010) “Cambridge Learner Corpus Grammar Profile Project”. Paper read
at the English Profile Research Symposium, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., 29th
September, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. and McCarthy, M. J. (2010) “Collocation and learner spoken language”. Paper read at the
Fifth IVACS International Biennial Conference, University of Edinburgh, U.K, 18th -19th June, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. and Mark, G. (2010) “What grammar should students know? A corpus-based look at
English Profile Reference Level Descriptors”. Paper read at the Fifth IVACS International Biennial
Conference, University of Edinburgh, U.K, 18th – 19th June, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. and Good, M., (2010) “English Profile: why we want you in our community”. Paper read
at the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), Harrogate,
U.K., 7th – 11th April, 2010.
O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “Key concepts that teachers need to know about vocabulary teaching”. Paper read
at the ELT UK Managers Conference, Reading, U.K, March 5th- 6th, 2010.
O’Keeffe, A. (2010) “What learners can do, could do better or should do more of? A look at the
Cambridge Learner Corpus and what it might tell you”. Paper read at the 10th IVACS Annual
Symposium, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K, 22nd January, 2010.
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O’Keeffe, A. and Healy, M., (2010) “Cambridge, Limerick and Shannon (CLAS) corpus project”.
Paper read at the English Profile Symposium, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, U.K, 4th - 5th
January, 2010.
Amador Moreno, C. P. and O’Keeffe, A. (2009) “From arrah to like: Irish English discourse markers in
fictional and non-fictional corpora”. Paper read at the 9th IVACS Annual Symposium, University of
Edinburgh, U.K., 22nd January, 2009.
McCarthy, M. J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2009) “Exploring delexical verbs across registers”. Paper read at the
9th IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Edinburgh, U.K., 22nd January, 2009
O'Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2009) “Appropriate methodologies for investigating classroom discourse”.
Paper read at the British Association for Applied Linguistics Seminar on Applied Linguistics.
University of Edinburgh, U.K., 7-8th May, 2009.
O'Keeffe, A. (2008) “What vocabulary can help our fluency?”. Paper read at the International
Association of Teachers of English (IATEFL) conference, Santiago, Chile. 1st August, 2008.
McCarthy, M.J., O'Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2008) “Applying Corpus Linguistics to Language
Teaching: what are the critical skills and knowledge needs for teachers?”. Paper read at the 4th
International IVACS conference, University of Limerick, Ireland, 13th-14th June, 2008.
Morton, T., O'Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2008) “Space for learning: applying corpus linguistics and
conversation analysis in the investigation of small group teaching in higher education”. Paper read at
4th International IVACS Conference, University of Limerick, Ireland, 13th-14th June, 2008.
O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Teaching Spoken Grammar”. Paper read at the English U.K. Teachers'
Conference London, U.K., 17th November, 2007
O'Keeffe, A. and Amador, C. (2007) “The pragmatics of the be + after + V-ing construction in Irish
English: age and gender?” Paper read at the 10th International Pragmatics Conference, Göteborg,
Sweden, 8th-13th July 2007.
O'Keeffe, A. and Amador, C. P. (2007) “ ‘Your tart is just after falling down your lap’: the pragmatic
implications of the after construction in Irish English/Hiberno-English”. Paper read at 7th IVACS
Annual Symposium, University College Dublin, Ireland, 9th March, 2007.
McCarthy, M. J. and O'Keeffe, A. (2007) “Specialised corpora: a look at spoken academic and business
corpora and what they can tell us about language use”. Paper read at IVACS Annual Symposium,
University College Dublin, Ireland, 9th March, 2007.
O'Keeffe, A., McCarthy, M.J., and Carter, R. (2007) “Current trends in the use of corpora”. Paper read
at the 41st TESOL Convention, Seattle, USA, March 21st -24th , 2007.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “The Grammar of Choice: why we say what we say”. Keynote talk at the Japan
Association of Language Teaching (JALT), Kita Kyushu, Japan, 3rd – 5th November, 2006.
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O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “What is Fluency in English? Teaching Frequent Words and Chunks”. Paper read
at the Japan Association of Language Teaching (JALT) Annual Conference, Kita Kyushu, Japan, 3rd
– 5th November, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Creating and sustaining participation frameworks in spoken media discourse”.
Paper read at the Joint Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics and the
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, University College Cork, Ireland, 7th -9th September, 2006.
Amador, C. P. and O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “He's after getting up a load of wind: a corpus-based
exploration of be +after + V-ing constructions in the Limerick Corpus of Irish English”. Paper read at
Joint Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics and the Irish Association
for Applied Linguistics, University College Cork, Ireland, 7th -9th September, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Using language corpora to study inter- and intra linguistic varieties: the case of
non-minimal response tokens in Irish English”. Paper read at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 16,
University of Limerick, Ireland, July 6th-9th, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Manufacturing pseudo-intimacy in media discourse”. Paper read at the 3rd IVACS
International Conference, University of Nottingham, U.K. 23rd – 24th June 2006
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Offering and re-offering in Irish English”. Paper read at the 6th IVACS Annual
Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, February 10th, 2006.
O’Keeffe, A. and Adolphs, S. (2005) “Using a corpus to look at variational pragmatics: listenership in
British and Irish discourse”. Paper read at the 9th International Pragmatics Association Conference,
Riva del Garda, Italy, 10th – 15th July, 2005.
Amador Moreno, C. P., McCarthy M. J. and O'Keeffe, A. (2005) “Language corpora in new learning
environments: an examination of response tokens in spoken corpora of Spanish, French and British
and Irish English”. Paper read at the 10th International Colloquium on Foreign Language Teaching,
University of Limerick, Ireland, 10th-11th June, 2005.
McCarthy, M.J., O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2005) “ ‘…post-colonialism, multi-culturalism,
structuralism, feminism, post-modernism and so on so forth’ – vague language in academic discourse,
a comparative analysis of form, function and context”. Paper read at the American Association for
Applied Corpus Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 12th- 15th May 2005.
Murphy, B., O’Boyle, A., O’Keeffe, A. and Walsh, S. (2005) “The Limerick-Belfast Corpus of
Academic English (LI-BEL): A cross border corpus”. Paper read at the 5th IVACS Annual
Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 4th February, 2005.
O’Keeffe, A. and Farr, F. (2004) “A Spoken Corpus of Irish English Discourse – many contexts, many
uses”. Paper read at the 2nd IVACS International Conference, Queen’s University Belfast, 25th-26th
June, 2004.
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McCarthy, M. J., O’Keeffe, A., Evison, J. Koester, A. (2004 ) “How to be vague and that kind of thing”.
Paper read at the 35th International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Annual Conference, Liverpool, U.K., 13th-17th April, 2004.
O'Keeffe, A. (2004) “Lexico-grammatical encodings of socio-cultural nuance across varieties”. Paper
read at the 4th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University, Belfast, 23rd January, 2004.
O’Keeffe, A., Adolphs, S. and McCarthy, M. J. (2003) “ ‘Mm, yeah, absolutely!’ - Forms and functions
of listenership in conversation”. Paper read at the 34th International Association of Teachers of
English as a Foreign Language Annual Conference, Brighton, U.K., 22th – 26th March, 2003.
O’Keeffe, A. and McCarthy, M. J. (2003) “ ‘Hybridized orbitals and everything’: vague categories and
shared knowledge”. Paper read at the 3rd IVACS Annual Symposium University of Nottingham, U.K.,
24th January, 2003.
O’Keeffe, A., (2002) “Like the wise virgins and all that jazz – using a corpus to examine vague
language and shared knowledge”. Paper read at the 4th Conference of the American Association for
Applied Corpus Linguistics, Indianapolis, USA, 1st – 3rd November, 2002.
McCarthy, M. J. and O'Keeffe, A. (2002) “Vague Language and Participation Framework: indices of
identity among group, culture and nation”. Paper read at the 35th Annual Conference of the British
Association for Applied Linguistics, University of Cardiff, U.K. 12th - 14th September, 2002.
Adolphs, S. and O’Keeffe, A., (2002) “Response in British and Irish English: go away!”. Paper read at
the 1st IVACS International Conference, University of Limerick, Ireland, June 14th -15th, 2002.
O’Keeffe, A. (2002) “Listening for a living: role-specific listening devices in radio phone-in discourse”.
Paper read at the American Association of Applied Linguists Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,
6th – 9th April, 2002.
Farr, F. and McCarthy, M. J., O’Keeffe, A. (2002) “Can conversation be taught?”. Paper read at 36th
Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA, April, 2002.
Farr, F. and O’Keeffe, A. (2002) “Why and How to Hedge in English”. Paper read at the 33rd
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Annual
Conference, University of York, U.K., 24th – 27th March, 2002.
Adolphs, S., R..A. Carter, F. Farr, M. J. McCarthy O’Keeffe, A. (2002) “There is Possibly More to
Modality than Modal Verbs”. Panel presentation at the 33rd International Association of Teachers of
English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Annual Conference, University of York, U.K., 24th -27th
March, 2002.
O'Keeffe, A. (2002) “Lexico-grammatical encodings of socio-cultural nuance across varieties”. Paper
read at the 2nd IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 25th, January, 2002.
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O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “Researching radio phone-in talk using corpus linguistics”. Paper read at the 1st
IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 16th November, 2001.
O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “Lexico-grammatical encodings of socio-cultural nuance across varieties”. Paper
read at a colloquium on Varieties of Spoken English and the Classroom, at the Conference of the
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland, 25th 26th October, 2001.
O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “All those pronouns - cruel and kind”. Paper read at a colloquium on: Interactional
language across varieties and registers of spoken English: issues of unity and diversity at the 34th
Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, University of Reading, U.K.,
6th - 8th September, 2001.
McCarthy, M. J. and O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “The glory and the nothing of a name - vocatives in spoken
language”. Paper read at the 34th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied
Linguistics, University of Reading, U.K., 6th - 8th September, 2001.
McCarthy, M. J., Farr F. and O'Keeffe, A. (2001) “Bringing Real language into the classroom:
possibilities, procedures and problems”. Paper read at the ELT Author's Conference, University
College Dublin, Ireland, 14th - 16th June, 2001.
Carter, R.A., F. Farr, M. J. McCarthy O’Keeffe, A. (2001) “Can conversation be taught?”. Paper read at
the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language, Brighton, U.K., 17th -21st April, 2001.
McCarthy, M. J. and O’Keeffe, A. (2001) “What's in a name? - vocatives in casual conversations and
radio phone in calls”. Paper read at the 3rd North American Symposium on Corpus Linguistics and
Language Teaching, Boston, USA, 23 rd - 25th March, 2001.
McCarthy, M. J. and O'Keeffe, A., Koester, A. and Farr F. (2001) “Varieties of Spoken English and the
Classroom”. Panel Presentation at the 35th Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 28th February – 3rd March, 2002.
O’Keeffe, A., (2001) “Relational Language in talk radio – endearment among strangers”. Paper read at
the American Association of Applied Linguists Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 24th to 27th
February, 2001.
Farr F. and O’Keeffe, A. (2000) “Using Language Corpora in Language Teaching: Cultural and
Linguistic Insights”. Paper read at the 8th Symposium for Language Teacher Education, Institute for
Applied Language Studies, University of Edinburgh, U.K., 14th - 17th November, 2000.
McCarthy, M. J. and O'Keeffe, A., Koester, A. and Prodromou, L. (2000) “Varieties of Spoken English:
same difference?”. Panel Discussion at the 34th International Association of Teachers of English as a
Foreign Language Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 27th – 31st March, 2000.
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Farr F. and O’Keeffe, A. (2000) “Hedging the Issues of Language Corpora and Language Varieties: as
you would”. Paper presented at the 2nd North American Symposium on Corpus Linguistics and
Language Teaching, Northern Arizona University, USA, 31st March – 2nd April, 2000.
O’Keeffe, A., (1999) “Questions of Endearment - asking questions based on expectation in radio phone
in”. Paper read at the North West Linguistics Conference, University of Liverpool, U.K., 12th –14th
November, 1999.
Barker ,G. and O’Keeffe, A. (1998) “A Corpus of Irish English”. Paper read at the Conference of the
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL), University College Dublin, Ireland, November
14th, 1998.
O’Keeffe, A. (1998) “Undergraduate Writing: an analysis of errors and weaknesses in syntax, lexis,
style and structure”. Paper read at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland,
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 17th - 19th September, 1998.
O’Keeffe, A. (1994) “Adapting Video Material for Use in Language Teaching”. Paper read at the
Fourth Conference of the School of Languages and Literature on Language Teaching Methodologies,
University College, Cork, Ireland, 23rd January, 1994.
O’Keeffe, A. (1994) “Using Authentic Television Material in the EFL classroom”. Paper read at the
Annual Conference of the National Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, St
Patrick’s College, Dromcondra, Dublin, Ireland, 22nd May, 1994.
O’Keeffe, A. (1993) “Communicative functions of the visually-perceived aspects of communication”.
Paper read at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language, Dublin, Ireland, 22nd May, 1993.
Professional Development Talks for Teachers, Guest Lectures and Public Lectures (sample of 27)
Ring, E., Moloney, M., Breathnach, D., Carswell, D., McCafferty, D., O’Keeffe, A., Leavy A., Madden,
R. (2015) “An examination of concepts of school readiness among parents and educators in Ireland:
context, methodology and overview”. Paper read at the launch of the Institute for Education and
Policy Studies, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland, 8th June 2015.
O’Keeffe, A. and McCarthy, M. J. (2014) “Optimising co-authoring in research writing”. Workshop
facilitated at the MIC Writers’ Retreat, Coolbawn, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 29th June, 2014. [Funded
by Training of Trainers’ grant]
O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “Learner Grammar under the Microscope”. Plenary speaker at Cambridge
University Press Teacher Development Day, Dublin, Ireland, 11th October, 2014.
O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Corpus linguistics and language teaching: what’s the link for teachers and
students?”. Plenary speaker at Cambridge University Press Teacher Development Day, Galway,
Ireland, 9th March, 2013.
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O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Corpus Linguistics as a research tool in Applied Linguistics”. Guest lecture to
MA in Applied Linguistics, University College Cork, Ireland, 2nd December, 2013.
O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Building a new corpus: overview of the latest IVACS resource”. Paper read at the
MIC Research Showcase, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 2nd September, 2013.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “The Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Research Centre”. Paper read
at the MIC Research Showcase, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 3rd September, 2012.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching: what’s the link for teachers and
students?”. Public lecture sponsored by Cambridge University Press, St Giles International, Russell
Square, London, U.K., 4th December, 2012.
Clancy, B. and O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Hiberno-English: is it still spoken?”. Paper read at The Arts
Faculty Public Seminar Spring Series, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 6th March,
2012.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “The English Profile Grammar Project”. Guest talk at The British Council (funded
by Cambridge University Press), Prague, Czech Republic, 9th September, 2011.
O'Keeffe, A. (2010) “Taking a close look at student grammar in Cambridge exams”. Two-day
workshop (funded by Cambridge University Press) for EFL Teachers at the LEND Teachers’
Conference, Porto Novo, Ancona, Italy, 26th-27th August, 2010.
O’Keeffe, A. (2009) “Analysing Corpus Linguistics to different empirical contexts”. Guest lecture to
MA ELT (now MA TESOL), University of Limerick, Ireland, 30th March, 2009.
O’Keeffe, A. (2008) “Analysing spoken media discourse: integrating methodological approaches”.
Guest lecture to MA ELT (now MA TESOL), University of Limerick, Ireland, 15th February, 2008.
March 12th-16th (2007) - Cambridge University Press Lecture Tour of the South of Italy, presenting
papers and workshops at Teacher professional development conferences in the following Italian
cities: Foggia, Lecce, Campobasso and Caserta.
November 3rd - 10th (2006) - Cambridge University Press Lecture Tour of Japan, presenting papers,
workshops and public lectures:
• Kita Kyushu,
• Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka,
• Public lecture hosted by the British Council, Osaka,
• Public lecture in Tokyo.
O’Keeffe, A. (2006) “Spoken Grammar, Written Grammar”. Guest lecture at Secondary School English
Teachers’ Professional Development Day, Dublin, Ireland, 16th October, 2006.
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O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “Literature review and referencing”. Guest lecture at Research Methodology in
Languages and Cultural Studies 2004/2005 (RM6001), University of Limerick, Ireland, 11th
November, 2004.
O’Keeffe, A. (2004) “Corpus Linguistics and its applications in linguistic research”. Guest lecture to
MA and PhD TESOL, Graduate School of Education research day, Queen’s University, Belfast, 12th
December, 2004.
O’Keeffe, A. (2002) “'Methodologies for English language teaching – from Grammar Translation to
present day”. Guest lecture at the ACELS English Language Teaching, Training and Courses Teacher
Development Programme, Teachers’ Club, Dublin, Ireland, 9th Feb., 2002.
O’Keeffe, A. (2001) “Teaching English to non-English speaking children in Irish Primary Schools”.
Invited workshop to the Mid-West Learning Support Teachers Association, Limerick Education
Centre Limerick, Ireland, 17th May, 2001.
O’Keeffe, A. (2000) “Researching Language and Language Use”. Invited workshop to Research Special
Interest Group at the 34th International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 27th March, 2000.
Teaching and Learning conference papers, workshops and posters (sample of 21)
MacLaren, I., Ryan, D., McSharry, B., Galvin, A., Dore, L., O'Keeffe, A., Geraghty, A., O'Riordan, G.
(2015) “All Aboard: Enabling and Empowering Staff and Students to Flourish in the Digital Age”.
Paper read at The 15th Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology
Association, University of Limerick, Ireland, 28th- 29th May, 2015.
Risquez, A., McAvinia, C., Desmond, Y., Bruen, C., Flynn, S., Rooney, P., Ryan, D., O’Keeffe, A.
(2015) “Where next for Open Educational Resources in Higher Education in Ireland?”. Paper read at
The 15th Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association,
University of Limerick, Ireland, 28th- 29th May, 2015.
Dore, L. Galvin, A., Geraghty, A., MacLaren, I., Ryan, D., McSharry, B., O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “Digital
Literacy: a skill for life”. E-poster at The 15th Educational Technology Conference of the Irish
Learning Technology Association, University of Limerick, Ireland, 28th- 29th May, 2015.
Brosnan, G., O’Keeffe, A., Denny, E., Farr, F., Risquez, A., Hoyne, S., Fitzgerald, M., Ryan, M.F.
(2015) “Transitions from Second Level and Further Education to Third Level: the case of Ireland.”
Poster at the launch of the Institute for Education and Policy Studies, Mary Immaculate College,
Limerick, Ireland, 8th June 2015.
O’Keeffe, A., Denny, E., Brosnan, G., Farr, F., Fitzgerald, M., Dowling, F. (2015) “Transition from
Second Level and Further Education to Third Level: insights from a qualitative study”, paper read at
the Inaugural European Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (EUROSOLT):
Bridging Boundaries through the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, University College Cork,
June 8th-9th, 2015.
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O’Keeffe, A. and Ryan, D. (2015) “ ‘I hate group work’ - Strategies for addressing the challenges of
group assessment”. Paper read at Conversations in the Consortium, Spring Series, Limerick Institute
of Technology, Ireland, 25th March, 2015.
Moloney, D. and O’Keeffe, A. (2015) “Individual versus Collaborative Online Assessment Tasks”,
paper read at National Forum National Seminar on Building an evidence base for enhanced digital
pedagogy for online learning, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 17th February, 2015.
Gardner-Hyland, F., Moloney, D. and O’Keeffe, A. (2014). “Trialling Socrative App (an online student
response system) to promote student engagement.” Paper read at the Blended Learning Special
Interest Group, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 12th June 2014.
O’Keeffe, A. and Moloney, D. (2014). “Degrees of Self-Regulation: the task effect”, paper read at
National Forum National Seminar on Skills for transition to higher education learning environments:
focussing on learner independence and self-regulation, Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland,
14th May, 2014.
Hyland, P., Moloney, D. and O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “How to easily create live online lectures or prerecorded vodcasts using webinar software Adobe Connect”. Paper read at Conversations in the
Consortium, Spring Series, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 14th March, 2014.
O’Keeffe, A. (2014) “Managing Student Progress”, MIC Research and Graduate School Doctoral
Supervision Workshop Series, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 10th February, 2014.
O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Blended and Online Learning in Mary Immaculate College: our journey so far”,
paper read at 11th Biennial Conference of ICUSTA at University in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. 11th
– 13th June, 2013.
Downes, G., Kindler, J., Hyland P., Moloney, D. and O’Keeffe, A. (2013) “Piloting eportfolios using
Mahara”. Paper read at the Blended Learning Special Interest Group, Mary Immaculate College,
Limerick, Ireland, 13th December 2013.
O’Keeffe, A. and Moloney, D. (2013) “Evaluating a one-year experiment in Blended Learning with
undergraduates”. Paper read at Conversations in the Consortium, Autumn Series, Mary Immaculate
College, Limerick, Ireland, 21st October, 2013.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “A survey of Faculty Professional Development needs for online and blended
teaching”. Paper read at the Blended Learning Special Interest Group, Mary Immaculate College,
Limerick, Ireland, 2nd November, 2012.
O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Experiments in lecture recording and casting”. Paper read at Conversations in the
Consortium, Autumn Series, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 22nd October, 2012.
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O’Keeffe, A. (2012) “Exploring the challenges of group assignments with undergraduates”. Paper read
at Conversations in the Consortium, Spring Series, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland,
13th February, 2012.
O’Keeffe, A. (2011) “Teacher talk: investigating the discourse of third-level teaching”. Paper read at
Conversations in the Consortium, Autumn Series, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland,8th
November, 2011.
O'Keeffe, A. and Binchy, J. (2001) “Reading and writing at university - raising genre awareness as
initiation into a discourse community”. Paper read at the 12th European Conference on Reading,
Dublin City University, Ireland, July 1st - 4th, 2001.
O’Keeffe, A. and Brosnan, G. (2001) “Learning from students and enhancing students learning”.
Workshop at the Spring Teaching and Learning Series, University of Limerick, Ireland, 4th April,
2001
O’Keeffe, A. and Childs, A. M. (2000) “Researching Literacy” Paper read at the Social Research and
Policy Group Methodology Forum, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 22nd February,
2000.
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Language Corpora Developed (4)
A corpus is a collection of texts, spoken or written, transcribed, coded and stored in an electronic form.
In their design, they require a carefully drawn up representative matrix so as to ensure the optimum
relevance as a research tool. I have been central to the fundraising, contract negotiation, matrix design,
building, transcription, coding and project managing of four corpora, three of which were funded by
Cambridge University Press:
Development
Period
Corpus and description
Funding body
2010 –
2013
Newcastle Corpus of Academic Spoken English Cambridge
University Press
(NUCASE)
One and a half million words of spoken data
recorded in Newcastle University, in small group
teaching contexts, stratified by discipline. This
allows for the empirical analyses of student-led
communities of practice across disciplines.
Cambridge
University
Press,
Nottingham
University,
Mary
Immaculate College and
research students of Prof.
Steve Walsh and Dr Anne
O’Keeffe, in perpetuity.
2009 2012
Cambridge
Cambridge Limerick and Shannon (CLAS)
One-million words of spoken data recorded in University Press
Shannon College of Hotel Management. These data
feed into the greater Cambridge University-led
English Profile project, which aims to empirically
profile competencies in English in line with the
Common European Framework of Reference for
Languages (CEFR). They are also part of the
Cambridge English Corpus.
Cambridge
University
Press, Mary Immaculate
College
and
Shannon
College
of
Hotel
Management and research
students of Dr Anne
O’Keeffe, in perpetuity.
2005 2006
Cambridge
University
The Limerick-Belfast Corpus of Academic Cambridge
University Press, Press, Queen’s University
Spoken English (LIBEL)
Belfast, Mary Immaculate
One-million words of academic spoken data MIC and QUB
recorded in Limerick and Belfast, transcribed and
College
and
research
coded for the analysis of Academic English.
students of Prof. Steve
Walsh and Dr Anne
O’Keeffe, in perpetuity.
1998 –
2000
Limerick Corpus of Irish English (LCIE)
One-million words of spoken Irish English,
transcribed and coded to parallel the Cambridge and
Nottingham Corpus of Discourse in English
(CANCODE)
University of
Limerick
(University of
Limerick
Foundation),
MIC (Seed
Funding)
Owner/Research rights
and access to data
University of Limerick and
Mary Immaculate College
and research students of Dr
Fiona Farr and Dr Anne
O’Keeffe, in perpetuity.
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The IVACS Research Centre ( http://www.ivacs.mic.ul.ie/ )
Background
In an attempt to build a critical mass of researchers interested in the application of Corpus Linguistics to
the study of language in use across different contexts, situations, and varieties of English, I established
the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Research Centre in 2002, at Mary Immaculate
College. Its goal was to establish a formal inter-institutional research network between Mary
Immaculate College, University of Limerick, University of Nottingham and Queen’s University Belfast
(QUB), (an informal collaborative research relationship had been in existence between corpus linguists
in these intuitions since 1998). The IVACS network grew quickly and now links over 35 corpus
linguists across 21 institutions.
The aims of the IVACS research centre and network are:
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to bring together a critical mass of researchers with a common focus on Corpus Linguistics
research.
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to nurture a critical mass of researchers, working within a community of practice, to produce
international peer-reviewed research outputs.
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to optimise corpus resources by data- and expertise-sharing.
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to mentor postgraduate students through inter-institutional collaboration, whereby they benefit
from methodology seminars across institutions as well as synergies gained through contact with
PhD students and researchers in other institutions.
List of institutions linked to Mary Immaculate College through the IVACS research network:
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Bath Spa University
Cardiff University
Durham University
Leeds Beckett University
Maître de conférences à l’INALCO, Paris-Sorbonne
Newcastle University
Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona)
Queen’s University Belfast
Shannon College of Hotel Management (NUIG)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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University of Aberdeen
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
University of Extremadura
University of Limerick
University of Malta
University of Nottingham
University of Stirling
University of Tokyo
University of Valencia
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The network has grown strategically so as to broaden its expertise base through links with key corpusbased researchers and research centres, especially in the U.K. and Europe. This has facilitated the
pooling of research resources (especially corpora) and has resulted in the branding of the "IVACS
network" within the corpus linguistics community. It has also resulted in over 15 co-authored books,
almost 50 co-authored journal articles, 5 journal co-editorships and almost 70 co-authored chapters in
books, as well as numerous conference paper collaborations.
Research outputs and activities
IVACS publishing partnership with Routledge
In 2013, the network negotiated an IVACS book series with Routledge publishers to publish
monographs from IVACS network researchers. The IVACS series was launched in 2014 and is entitled
Routledge Applied Corpus Linguistics. It is a series of monographs studies exhibiting cutting-edge
research in the field of corpus linguistics and its applications to real-world language problems.
Researchers from the IVACS network are invited to submit proposals to the Editorial Panel, of which I
am chair. The series is edited by IVACS members Prof. Ronald Carter and Prof. Michael McCarthy and
all editorial royalties go to the IVACS Research Centre at MIC.
Titles published and commissioned in the Routledge Applied Corpus Linguistics Series to date:
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Collins, Luke (2015) Language, Corpus and Empowerment – applications to deaf education,
healthcare and online discourses. London: Routledge.
Amador Moreno, Carolina (In press) Orality in Written Texts. London: Routledge.
Vaughan, Elaine (In preparation) Corpus Linguistics, Community and Identity. London:
Routledge.
Timmis, Ivor (In preparation) Historical Corpus Research on Spoken Language: The
Bolton/Worktown Corpus’. London: Routledge.
Conferences and Symposia
Since its inception, two events have been central to bringing IVACS researchers together: 1) the Annual
One-Day IVACS Symposium, and 2) the Biennial International IVACS conference:
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Annual One-Day IVACS Symposia
Since its establishment, the IVACS Research Centre has brought researchers together for an annual oneday symposium. The aim of the symposia is to nurture new researchers to present their research along
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with senior researchers, in a supportive plenary setting. The mentoring focus of the IVACS network is a
high priority and for many flourishing Corpus Linguists this symposium was where they presented their
first paper at the early stage of their research but they did so side-by-side with internationallyestablished researchers. In total, 15 IVACS Symposia have taken place to date and the 16th, in 2016, will
be hosted by Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The venue for these events rotates annually:
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16th IVACS Annual Symposium, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, 22nd January, 2016.
15th IVACS Annual Symposium, Shannon College of Hotel Management, 20th February, 2015.
14th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen’s University Belfast, 23th January, 2014.
13th IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 17th January, 2013.
12th IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Cambridge, 13th January, 2012.
11th IVACS Annual Symposium, Newcastle University, 21st January, 2011.
10th IVACS Annual Symposium, Leeds Metropolitan University, 22nd January, 2010.
9th IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Edinburgh, 22nd January, 2009.
8th IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 23rd January, 2008.
7th IVACS Annual Symposium, University College Dublin, 9th March, 2007.
6th IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, February 10th, 2006.
5th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, February 4th, 2005.
4th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 23rd January, 2004.
3rd IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Nottingham, 24th January, 2003.
2nd IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 25th, January, 2002.
1st IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 16th November, 2001.
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Biennial International Conferences
The IVACS Research Centre hosts an international conference biennially, with the venue rotating
between member institutions. These events usually attract between 150 and 200 international researchers
and have led to journal special issues, and other publications. To date, there have been seven
international conferences and the next one will be hosted by Bath Spa University, in June 2016:
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8th IVACS International Conference, Bath Spa University, 23 – 24th June, 2016.
7th IVACS International Conference, Newcastle University, 19 – 20th June, 2014.
6th IVACS International Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, June 21st-22nd, 2012.
5th IVACS International Conference, University of Edinburgh, 18th -19th June, 2010.
4th IVACS International Conference, University of Limerick, 13th-14th June, 2008.
3rd IVACS International Conference, University of Nottingham, 23rd - 24th June 2006.
2nd IVACS International Conference, Queens University Belfast, 25th-26th June, 2004.
1st IVACS International Conference, University of Limerick, June 14th -15th, 2002.
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Postgraduate examination and supervision
PhD theses examined (Total 9)
2013 Eric Lin
University of Nottingham
Intercultural Communication and Adolescent Learners: A
Corpus-based Approach to Online and Face-to-face Interaction
2013 Helen Doherty
Trinity College Dublin
Shifting Fields: A Critical Analysis of Film Studies, Media
Studies and Media Literacy 1990 to 2009
2013 Pascal Maher*
University of Limerick
The Rhetorical Functions of Semi-technical Language in Postgraduate Academic Legal Writing [*‘internal’ examiner]
2012 Warrin Laopongharn The Modal “can” as a Hedging Device in Thai Student Writing
Newcastle University
2011 Pino Cutrone
University of Reading
Towards the Learning of Listener Responses in the Japanese EFL
Context
2010 Andrew Caines
University of Cambridge
You talking to me? Zero Auxiliary Constructions in
British English
2010 Aisling O’Boyle
Queen’s University Belfast
The Dialogic Construction of Knowledge in University
Classroom Talk: a corpus study of spoken academic
discourse
2010 Keiko Tsuchiya
University of Nottingham
A Culturally-Sensitive Taxonomy of Response Tokens:
Moving from Listenership to Speakership
2004 Radka Obrtelová
Palacký University, Czech
Republic 4
The Same and The Other, European and nonEuropean Czech Republic, Western and Eastern: A
Critical Discourse Analysis of the Conference FORUM 2000
Master by Research theses examined (Total 1)
2014 Noura Bashir
University of Malta
Use of First Language by English Language Teachers in
Libyan Secondary Schools
Completed PhD theses under my supervision (Total 7)
2013 James Binchy
Apparent randomness and chaotic non-linearity: changes over time in
the essays of a cohort of philosophy undergraduates
2013 Tania Fahey Palma
Investigating Communicative Strategies in Novice Professional
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Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic, Doctoral Committee
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Communities of Practice: a comparative study of Engineering and
Marketing meetings”
2013 Geraldine Brosnan
An Examination of Adult Access in Higher Education in Ireland: Policy
and Practice
2010Barbara Malveira Orfano A corpus-based study of the representation of spoken language in
sitcom discourse
2010
Brian Clancy
‘Hurry up baby son all the boys is finished their breakfast’: s sociopragmatic analysis of Irish settled and Traveller family discourse
2009
Elaine Vaughan
‘Just say something and we can all argue then’: community and identity
in the workplace talk of English language teachers
2005
Maria Palma Fahey
A cross-cultural discourse and pragmatic analysis of two soap operas:
Fair City and Amores del Mercado compared
Current PhDs under my supervision (Total 7)
Graham Burton
An Analysis of the English Language Teaching Grammar Canon and
Comparison with the English Grammar Profile
Abdullah Almuhaya
A study of the Discourse and Pedagogy of Online English Grammar
Instructional Vodcasts, Comparing Native and Non-native Speaking
Teachers in a Virtual Classroom
Kristin Onderdonk
A Linguistic Study of the Discourse Features of Student Academic
Presentations in Higher Education
Margaret Healy
A Linguistic Case Study of the Development of a Community of Practice
within the Irish Hotel Management Training Sector using the Cambridge
Limerick and Shannon (CLAS) corpus.
Justin McNamara
A longitudinal empirical study of the lexical development of adult learners
of English across two levels of the Common European Framework of
Reference
Kieran Harrington
A Study of Communication in English used as the Lingua Franca
by a Community of Speakers of Other Languages
Yuko Taniguchi
Affect and Pragmalinguistic Creativity: Addressing between Teachers and
Students in EFL Classroom
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Completed Research Masters theses which I supervised (Total 2)
2004
James Hurley
The Print Media and Democracy: a case study of Uganda
2002
Margaret Ann Childs A Lexico-Grammatical Analysis of the Conversational Language of Two
Adult Learner Readers: investigating differences between spoken and
written English
Visiting Research Fellowship under my supervision (Total 5)
The following postgraduate and post-doctorate researchers received funding to come to MIC to study
under my supervision in the IVACS Research Centre:
Researcher:
Institution:
Scholarship:
Research:
Period:
Dr Barbara malveira Orfano,
Federal University of São Jão del-Rei, Brazil.
Postdoctoral Scholarship from Federal University of São Jão del-Rei
A Corpus-Based Study of the Academic Writing of Brazilian Learners of
English.
August 2015-July 2016
Researcher:
Institution:
PhD Scholarship:
Research:
Period:
Saira Khan, Department of English
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan,
Government of Pakistan
A Corpus-Based Analysis of Pakistani Political Talk Shows
Researcher:
Institution:
PhD Scholarship:
Research:
Period:
Alba Mila Garcia
Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), Spain
Catalan Government Visiting Researcher Grant (FI-DGR 2014)
A Corpus-Based Study of Agreement and Disagreement in Spoken Catalan
1st April – 4th July, 2014.
Researcher:
Institution:
PhD Scholarship:
Kathrin Luckmann de Lopez
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Forschungsstipendium fuer Doktoranden from the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD)
An Inter-Varietal Corpus-Based Study of Clause-Final Pragmatic Markers
in Irish and Scottish English
7th April – 6th May, 2013
Research:
Period:
Researcher:
Institution:
PhD Scholarship:
Research:
Period:
28th May, 2014 to 25th Nov. 2014
Teresa Jenke
University of Jena, Germany
Forschungsstipendium fuer Doktoranden from the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD)
Discourse Markers in Irish English
19th July, 2012 – 23rd November, 2012
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Editorial Boards and Reviews
Editorial Boards
Editorial board member of the following international journals:
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International Journal of Corpus Linguistics (Benjamins)
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Classroom Discourse (Routledge)
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Journal of English for Academic Purposes (Elsevier)
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Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics (Springer)
Routledge Series Consultant for Applied Corpus Linguistics Series (Routledge) to the following titles:
• Collins, Luke (2015) Language, Corpus and Empowerment – applications to deaf education,
healthcare and online discourses. London: Routledge.
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Amador Moreno, Carolina (In press) Orality in Written Texts. London: Routledge.
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Vaughan, Elaine (In preparation) Corpus Linguistics, Community and Identity. London:
Routledge.
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Timmis, Ivor (In preparation) Historical Corpus Research on Spoken Language: The
Bolton/Worktown Corpus’.
Edinburgh University Press Textbooks in TESOL series editorial board to the following titles:
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Farr, F. (2015/Forthcoming) Practice in TESOL. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
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Mishan, F. and Timmis, I. (2015) Materials Development for TESOL. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press.
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Cutting, J. (2014) Language in Context in TESOL. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
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Brown, J. (2014) Mixed Methods Research in TESOL. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
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Spiro, J. (2013) Changing Methodologies in TESOL. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Journal Reviews
Reviewer of journal articles for the following journals:
Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press)
Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier)
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Journal of English for Academic Purposes (Elsevier)
Corpora (Edinburgh University Press)
System (Elsevier)
Journal of English for Specific Purposes (Elsevier)
Teanga (Yearbook of Irish Association for Applied Linguistics)
International Journal of Corpus Linguistics (Benjamins)
Classroom Discourse (Routledge)
Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics (Springer)
Book proposal and manuscript reviewer
Regular book proposal and manuscript reviewer for the following publishers:
Cambridge University Press (Language and Linguistics and English Language Teaching)
Routledge (Language and Linguistics)
University of Edinburgh Press (Language Education)
Conferences reviewed and organised
Conferences and symposia organised
I have extensive experience at organising research conferences and symposia. I have been Chair or CoChair of Conference Organising Committees of all IVACS Research Centre events and peer-review
structures:
Annual IVACS Annual Symposia:
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16th IVACS Annual Symposium, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, 22nd January, 2016.
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15th IVACS Annual Symposium, Shannon College of Hotel Management, 20th February, 2015.
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14th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen’s University Belfast, 23th January, 2014.
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13th IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 17th January, 2013.
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12th IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Cambridge, 13th January, 2012.
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11th IVACS Annual Symposium, Newcastle University, 21st January, 2011.
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10th IVACS Annual Symposium, Leeds Metropolitan University, 22nd January, 2010.
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9th IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Edinburgh, 22nd January, 2009.
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8th IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 23rd January, 2008.
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7th IVACS Annual Symposium, University College Dublin, 9th March, 2007.
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6th IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, February 10th, 2006.
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5th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, February 4th, 2005.
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4th IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 23rd January, 2004.
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3rd IVACS Annual Symposium, University of Nottingham, 24th January, 2003.
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2nd IVACS Annual Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 25th, January, 2002.
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1st IVACS Annual Symposium, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 16th November, 2001.
Biennial International Conferences
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8th IVACS International Conference, Bath Spa University, 23 – 24th June, 2016.
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7th IVACS International Conference, Newcastle University, 19 – 20th June, 2014.
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6th IVACS International Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, June 21st-22nd, 2012.
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5th IVACS International Conference, University of Edinburgh, 18th -19th June, 2010.
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4th IVACS International Conference, University of Limerick, 13th-14th June, 2008.
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3rd IVACS International Conference, University of Nottingham, 23rd - 24th June 2006.
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2nd IVACS International Conference, Queens University Belfast, 25th-26th June, 2004.
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1st IVACS International Conference, University of Limerick, June 14th -15th, 2002.
Additionally, I have been on the Programme Committee of the following conferences, which involved
peer reviewing of abstracts:
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2015 University of Birmingham Programme Committee for the Corpus Linguistics 2015
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2013 University of Birmingham Programme Committee for the Corpus Linguistics 2013
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2011 University of Lancaster Programme Committee for the Corpus Linguistics 2011
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2009 Liverpool Corpus Conference Programme Committee
In my role as Director of Teaching and Learning, I organise all Teaching and Learning events in Mary
Immaculate College and work collaboratively with Shannon Consortium Teaching and Learning
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partners in organising Consortium-wide professional development. These usually amount to between 10
to 15 events, per academic year, and include:
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The Conversations in the Consortium series
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The Blended Learning Special Interest Group End-of Semester Showcase
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National Forum Seminars
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Training of Trainers Professional Development Workshops.
Membership of Professional Organisations
I am a member of the following organisations:
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Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL)
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British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
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American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
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International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
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Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
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Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN)
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Academic Posts and Teaching
Academic posts
Period
2008 –
present
1996 –
2008
1994 –
1996
1991 –
1992
1991 1992
Post
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Dept of
English Language and Literature
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Dept of English
Language and Literature
Part-time Lecturer in English Language Teaching
Institution
Mary Immaculate College
Part-time Lecturer in English Language Teaching
1989 1990
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
English Department, University
College Cork
Dept of Languages and Cultural
Studies, University of Limerick &
University of Limerick Language
Centre
Inlingua Idiomas, Manresa,
Barcelona, Spain
Part-time Lecturer in English Language Teaching
Mary Immaculate College
Mary Immaculate College
Volunteer Adult Literacy Tutor:
1991 2001
Adult Literacy Tutor
Limerick VEC (now ETB)
Visiting Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Malta:
2012 Present
Visiting Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (Department
of English)
University of Malta
Teaching
Summary of modules that I have designed, coordinated and lectured on:
Programme
MA in English Language &
Literature
Module
Analysing English in Context
Institution
Mary Immaculate
College
Research Methods for English Language Research
MA in Applied Linguistics
Core Features of Language: Grammar, vocabulary
and phonology
Mary Immaculate
College
Approaches to Language in Context
Issues in Applied Linguistics
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Classroom and Learner Discourse
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching
Phonetics and phonology
Discourse and Pragmatics
MA in English Language
Teaching and MA in
English Language and
Literature
Advanced English Grammar and Discourse
Methods 5
University of Malta
BA Liberal Arts
Teaching English as a Foreign Language I (second Mary Immaculate
year)
College
Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
(second year)
Academic Writing (first year)
Introduction to Research (first year)
Research Methods for Undergraduate Dissertation
(fourth year)
B.Ed.
Teaching English as an Additional Language (in
Primary Schools) (third year)
Mary Immaculate
College
Erasmus/International
modules
English as a Foreign Language
Mary Immaculate
College
English for Academic Purposes
English for Cambridge Exams
English for Legal Purposes
English for Teachers
English for Business
English for Pilots
5
University College
Cork
University of
Limerick
Facultés
Universitaires
Notre-Dame de la
Paix, Namur,
I teach this module through online webinars and a one-day face-to-face visit to University of Malta.
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Belgium
English for Ministerial Translators
Inlingua Language
School, Manresa,
Barcelona, Spain.
Undergraduate Dissertations (formerly called Final Year Projects)
Since 1996, I have supervised the Undergraduate Dissertations of over 180 students on the following
themes:
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Irish English
English Language Teaching Methodologies
English as an Additional Language in Ireland
Language and the Media
Error Analysis and Language Transfer
Language Immersion Models in Irish Gaelscoileanna
English Learner Grammar and Language Transfer
Off-Campus Placement Supervision
Since 1996, I have supervised almost 100 undergraduates on Off-Campus Placement year. Almost all of
these have been in ELT positions in European language centres and language teaching assistantship
posts.
Posts of Responsibility
Summary of roles and responsibilities
Period
2012 –
Present
2007 –
2012
2007 –
present
2002present
1997 –
2010
Position/role
Director of Teaching and Learning
Academic Coordinator of Teaching and Learning
MIC Shannon Consortium Coordinator
Director of Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS)
Research Centre
Coordinator, Learner Support Unit
Institution
Mary Immaculate
College
Mary Immaculate
College
Mary Immaculate
College
Mary Immaculate
College
Mary Immaculate
College
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External Examinerships
2013 – 2016 School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast
Programme: Educational Doctoral (EdDoc) Programme
Modules:
Educational Research: an Overview
TESOL: Discourse and Pedagogy
TESOL: Issues in Language Learning
Education in Divided Societies
Researching Children and Young People in Educational Settings
Educational Research: an Overview
Quantitative Research: Methods, Data & Theory
Qualitative Research: Methods, Data & Theory
Assessment and Testing: Concepts and Issues
Educational Special Needs: Policy and Partnerships for Inclusion
Education and the Law
Children's Rights - Research and Practice
The Professional as Researcher
Experimental Methods in Educational Research
Survey Methods in Education
Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Educational Research
Narrative and Arts-based Research Approaches
2008 – 2012
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Programmes: All undergraduate English Language Programmes
MA in TESOL
2004 – 2008
Shannon College of Hotel Management, National University of Ireland, Galway
Programmes: All undergraduate English Language Programmes on the BSc in Hotel Management
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