Barbara Geraghty
Responsibilities
- Lecturer in Japanese
- Course Director: BA in Applied Languages (acting)
- Section leader in Japanese
- Erasmus coordinator for Japanese
Academic background:
- MA in English Literature (NUI Galway) 1988
- MA in Advanced Japanese Studies (University of Sheffield) 1999
- UL Award for Excellence in Teaching (small groups) 2001-02
Research interests:
- Motivation and language learning
- Self-directed learning
- Language and culture
- Okinawan literature
Teaching Interests:
- Self directed learning
- ICT and its use in teaching Japanese syllabary
- The promotion of autonomous language learning