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Deirdre Ní Loingsigh
Responsibilities
- Stiúrthóir na Gaeilge: www.ul.ie/aonadnagaeilge
Academic Qualifications
- B.A Physical Education/Irish, UL
- M.A. sa Nua-Ghaeilge, NUI Galway
- MA in History & Local Studies, UL
- Currently registered on EdD at NUI Maynooth
Teaching
- GA4115: Irish Language 1
- GA4006: An Ghaeilge Ghairmiúil
- GA5104 Béaloideas: The Excluded Voice? Methods and Cases in Oral History and Béaloideas / Folklore
Publications
2005 “Seabhac na hAmharclainne” in Stáitse 2005, Seán Ó Morónaigh (ed.), Clódóirí Lurgan Teo.
“The Bibliographical Legacy of An Seabhac” in The History of the Irish Book, Vol. 2 Oxford University Press. (forthcoming)
Research Interests
Adult learning; workbased language learning; implementation of language policy and organisational change; self-directed language learning, language support networks, language teacher education, and the life & work of An Seabhac
Other Activities
- Membership Secretary, Cumann Merriman
- Member of Coiste na nOifigeach agus na Stiúrthóirí Gaeilge Ollscoile
- Member of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
- Member of Meitheal um Theagasc na Gaeilge ar an Tríú Leibhéal (see www.teagascnagaeilge.ie for further information)
- Executive Secretary, Coiste na Gaeilge, University of Limerick
- Member of the UL Official Languages Act Implementation Group
- Member of Centre for Applied Language Studies, UL
- Associate of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society (ISKS), UL
Conference Papers/Presentations 2009
“The Irish language education of third level staff: Meeting legislative requirements – The case for “perspective transformation”, IRAAL Conference, University of Limerick, June 2009.
“Scéimeanna teanga agus an oiliúint foirne: Taithí Ollscoil Luimnigh”, presentation to Support Network of the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga, Letterkenny, October 2009.