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Research Interests

Elaine's research interests include English language teaching and language teacher education, reflective practice, blended learning and computer-mediated communication, and corpus-based discourse analysis.

Teaching Interests

Language Teacher Education, TESOL, Reflective Practice, Blended Learning, Corpus Linguistics.      

Biography

Elaine Riordan is Associate Professor in TESOL in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Here she is involved in English language teacher education and applied linguistics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is the Associate Director of the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), and a member of the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Research Group. Her research interests include language teacher education, reflective practice, blended learning and CMC, and corpus-based discourse analysis.                                                                                               

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, PhD

Award Date: 1 Jan 2013

Masters, MA

Award Date: 1 Jan 2005

Bachelor, BA

Award Date: 1 Jan 2002

External positions

Lecturer in TESOL/Second Language Acquisition (July 2011 - August 2013), University of Hull

1 Jul 2011 → …

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