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{"title":"“Oh My God, You Look Gorgeous”. Polite but Inappropriate? A Gendered Exploration of Compliment Perceptions Among Young Irish Adults","authors":"A. Devlin, Sarah Marnane","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.693","url":null,"abstract":"Set against the backdrop of the #metoo movement which has positioned inter-gender communication as a “locus of struggle” (Watts, 2003, p. 21) with respect to what constitutes appropriate means of communication, the current study aims to shed light on how young Irish adult females and males aged 18-25 perceive gendered compliments in terms of politeness and appropriateness. A questionnaire was developed using 24 compliments from a corpus of compliments generated from Irish participants of the same age (Marnane, 2020). Of the compliments presented, half originated from females and other half from males and they were evenly distributed between appearance and performance compliments. The participants were blinded to the gender of the complimenters, and although the situations were provided, it was not explicitly stated which compliments were appearance based and which were performance based. Participants were subsequently asked to rate the compliments in terms of politeness and appropriateness. A total of 150 replies were received which included 60 self-identifying males and 90 self-identifying females. The study finds that not only do Irish males and females perceive compliments differently but that these differences relate to compliment type and the gender of the person receiving the compliment. It is hypothesised that the differences between Irish males and females’ compliment perceptions are due to gendered enactment of compliments as well as changing cultural norms.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82423532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Broadening Language Learner Perceptions of \"Actual, Proper Study\" to be More Inclusive of Smartphones in Irish Secondary Schools: ‘‘For Like Actual Like Proper Study, and Schoolwork, I Wouldn’t Use My Phone at All Really’’","authors":"Martin Mullen","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.686","url":null,"abstract":"New digital and mobile technologies are appearing at an ever-increasing rate, and there are potentially valuable educational applications of many of these smartphone-mediated resources. In Ireland, although the Department of Education and Skills (DES) has long advocated for a role for technology into the classroom, an educational focus on integrating these new mobile resources into the daily practices of language learners remains the exception rather than the norm. This paper aims to describe the findings of a study conducted with third-level learners of modern languages at an Irish university, which involved surveys, case studies, and a group interview, and which revealed the limited and tangential role that smartphones play in the learning habits of the participants. The paper will also describe how interpretation of the data identified a clear perception among learners of a narrow range of resources and practices that constitute \"actual, proper study\", a perception in which there is little space for the kind of spontaneous, multimodal, autonomous learning afforded by smartphones, with learners instead displaying a clear preference for more traditional practices such as writing out lists of verbs, and traditional materials such as grammar books. This paper will argue that firstly, the teaching practices and the lack of focus on smartphones that exist at secondary school levels play a key role in learners’ developing these attitudes and perceptions towards language learning, and secondly, that there is a clear need to foster a broader perception of what constitutes language learning that encompasses a balanced approach to smartphone-enhanced language learning. This is important not only to help the students as language learners, but also to develop the digital literacy skills which are increasingly important across all aspects of Irish and global society. The paper concludes by providing a series of steps which teachers can take which will help both to broaden perceptions of what constitutes language learning, and to allow for supervised, structured use of smartphones in the classroom to allow learners develop their learning-related smartphone literacy and wider digital literacy.","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"369 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76429426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gendered Pronouns in Chinese EL2 Speech: The Case of Epicene Pronouns","authors":"Ashley Reilly-Thornton","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.697","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an exploratory study on the usage of epicene pronouns in the speech of Chinese EL2 students, who were undertaking a Master’s programme in the UK. The reasons for speakers’ use or non-use of epicene pronouns is also explored to provide a fuller picture of the speakers’ usage as well as their perceptions of gender-inclusive pronouns. An elicitation based speaking task was used to gather epicene pronoun usage. This was followed by a semi-structured interview utilizing stimulated recall techniques to gather data on the participants’ reasons for use or non-use of epicene pronouns as well as their perceptions of gender-inclusive pronouns. The findings showed that singular they was the epicene pronoun used most often, with the reason being that the participants were imagining a group of people. The avoidance strategy employed most often by participants was usage of the pronoun you, and the participants’ reasoning was that it made the response more personal for the listener. Regarding the different antecedent types, there was a higher number of avoidance strategies used with notionally plural antecedents. On the other hand, notionally singular antecedents were found to have a higher number of epicene pronouns used. For EL2 educators, these findings can inform the introduction of epicene pronouns to students.","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90866965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Case for Sign Bilingualism in Irish Deaf Education","authors":"Noel P. O’Connell","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.1275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.1275","url":null,"abstract":"Sign bilingual education, for the purpose of this article, is defined as a program at primary or secondary school where sign language is used as the first language of instruction with spoken/written language (e.g. English) as the second language (Knoors et al., 2014). International research on sign bilingual education has been on the rise over the last twenty years to the extent that researchers can no longer ignore its importance in an Irish context. The aim of this article is to establish whether or not a case should be made for sign bilingual education in Ireland. Based on a review of international literature, the article begins by discussing the historical development of sign bilingualism. It then discusses each of the key objectives for such a programme outlined in Marschark et al. (2014): (1) the promotion of first (sign) language acquisition to support literacy and numeracy skills in the second (spoken) language; (2) to use an accessible, visual language as a way to unlock the curriculum for deaf students; (3) to improve proficiency in the written and spoken language of the majority population; (4) to enhance deaf children’s social, emotional and positive identity development and their academic achievement. The study concludes with the argument that, although empirical evidence is limited, there are sufficient grounds for promoting a debate on sign bilingual education at policy level in Ireland.  ","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80982972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Classroom Intervention Strategies on Language Learner Motivation","authors":"M. Kelly","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.683","url":null,"abstract":"This article reports on a study that deals with learner motivation in adolescent language learning. Specifically, it focuses on the impact on motivation following the introduction of two intervention strategies into the adolescent classroom: delegation of material and task selection to the student and promotion of self-evaluation. The study involved 32 students learning Spanish as a foreign language in a secondary school in Ireland. One teacher from the school helped facilitate the study. The results indicate that motivation levels increased significantly among those students who participated in learning using the intervention strategies. The findings suggest that adolescent learners should actively participate in the learning process and would gain from the implementation of these or similar intervention strategies in the classroom context.","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"124 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82068141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Challenges of Irish Language Acquisition for Students with Special Educational Needs in Irish-medium Primary Schools.","authors":"S. Nic Aindriú","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.654","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the challenges faced by students with special educational needs (SEN) when acquiring Irish as a second language (L2) in Irish-medium (IM) primary schools. Case studies were undertaken on four students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), three with a specific speech and language disorder (SSLD), and three with dyslexia enrolled in four IM primary schools. Three of these schools were situated in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) and one was situated in Northern Ireland (NI). As part of the research, class teachers (N=10) and parents (N=9) undertook semi-structured interviews. These categories of SEN are listed within the five most frequently reported categories of SEN in IM schools. They were chosen as the focus of this study because students with these SEN often experience language and communication difficulties. Also, there is often a lot of debate as to whether bilingualism and/or learning through an L2 is appropriate for children with these categories of SEN. The research question addressed within this study was: what are the challenges faced by students with SEN learning through Irish as an L2? The findings of the present study suggest that some students with these categories of SEN can be slow at acquiring Irish as an L2 and that some do encounter challenges when learning through Irish. However, some of the challenges encountered by this group of students are also encountered by students learning through Irish without SEN. It was also reported by a number of parents and teachers, that the Irish language did not pose a challenge for some of the students.","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74880722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sense of Community: The Irish Deaf Community","authors":"John Bosco Conama","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.681","url":null,"abstract":"There is a strong perception among members of the Irish deaf community that the community is in gradual decline, with dwindling traditional bases for producing Irish Sign Language (ISL) users. For instance, enrolments in residential schools for the deaf have been declining steadily, and the numbers involved in social, sports and cultural activities in the community have been falling. Technological advances, consolidation of educational policies for deaf children in mainstream education, and individualisation and increased social mobility have also had an impact on how this community operates. However, there is paltry research on how such changes have affected deaf community cohesion, especially in the Irish context. Therefore, this ongoing research entitled Sense of Community – the Irish Deaf Community, seeks to explore the notion and strength of community belonging amongst the deaf community in Ireland. This project report presents the results of one element of this research, i.e. an online survey study conducted in June 2020. Initial analysis of the results of this survey indicate that ISL is one of the primary bonds holding the Irish deaf community together and that issues that divide the community include trustworthiness, feelings of exclusion, and the notion of leadership.","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"255 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73207062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Telecollaboration: Creating International Bridges in Socially Distanced Times","authors":"Una Carthy","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.701","url":null,"abstract":"Since it emerged in the 1990s, telecollaboration has evolved from being the reserve of linguists and language educators to a more broadly applicable approach that can be used in diverse academic contexts. Web 2 technologies have been used to transform learning spaces, by creating dynamic communication channels and authentic interaction. This project report describes a recent transnational exchange project (TEP). The TEP created a much-needed alternative to Erasmus mobility for students whose year abroad was abruptly aborted in March 2020, effectively harnessing Web 2 technologies to create social presence in socially distanced times.  ","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"300 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74646155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language","authors":"Shawn D. Forde","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.611","url":null,"abstract":"The current paper investigates the construction of nationhood in the Irish language through the use of a Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) looking at terms coding identity in the Irish language. Using the New Corpus for Ireland the terms Gael, Gaelach and Éireannach were analysed for frequency of occurrence, semantic prosody and semantic preference in the corpus. Furthermore a collocation analysis of each of the terms was carried out. Through the use of these analytical techniques insight was gathered into the contextual usage of these terms. These insights were analysed through the prism of Kolakowski’s (1995) criteria for the establishment of a nation in order to ascertain whether the usage of these terms reflected the conceptualisation of speakers’ nationhood in terms of a separate and unique national identity. Findings showed evidence of a distinct national spirit, historical memory and a national body among Irish-language speakers, three of Kolakowski’s criteria. While evidence surrounding Kolakowski’s other criteria of a nameable beginning and an orientation to, and consciousness of, the future may be drawn from the findings, ultimately more work is needed to more rigorously establish that these criteria have been met.","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90790867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comhtháthú Ábhar agus Teanga le Cuidiú Teicneolaíochta san Ardoideachas (E-CÁTA): Eispéiris Mac Léinn Iarchéime","authors":"T. Ó Ceallaigh","doi":"10.35903/teanga.v28i.700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i.700","url":null,"abstract":"Úsáidtear an iliomad téarmaí chun tagairt do chuir chuige theagaisc ina ndéantar an fhoghlaim ábhair agus an fhoghlaim teanga a chomhtháthú, mar shampla tumoideachas, teagasc ábharbhunaithe (CBI), foghlaim chomhtháite ábhair agus teanga (FCÁT), cé go bhfuil mar an cuspóir coiteann acu go léir  an dátheangachas suimitheach ina ndírítear ag an am céanna ar an bhfoghlaim ábhair agus ar an bhfoghlaim teanga.  Tá fás tagtha ar an teagasc i dteanga iasachta ar fud na cruinne san ardoideachas (i.e. CÁTA) ach níl tuiscint iomlán againn go fóill ar conas an cumasc is éifeachtaí agus is éifeachtúla a dhearadh san ardoideachas ná ar conas a théann CÁTA i bhfeidhm ar eispéiris mac léinn iarchéime atá mar fhoghlaimeoirí teanga agus ábhar araon. Sa pháipéar seo, dírítear ar pheirspictíochtaí agus ar eispéiris mac léinn iarchéime agus iad ag gabháil le clár CÁTA le cuidiú teicneolaíochta (i.e. E-CÁTA) ar mhaithe le solas a chaitheamh ar an ábhar seo. Bailíodh sonraí cáilíochtúla agus cainníochtúla ó fhoinsí éagsúla, mar shampla meastóireachtaí deireadh modúil ar líne, meastóireachtaí na modúl le mic léinn ar an láthair, fócasghrúpaí, obair na mac léinn, breathnóireacht á déanamh ag teagascóirí, agus nótaí a scríobh na teagascóirí ar an láthair. Soláthraítear leis na torthaí léargais uathúla maidir lena éifeachtaí atá E-CÁTA mar a léirítear le hinspreagadh, neamhspleáchas agus rath na mac léinn. Cothaíodh pobal agus acmhainneacht, mar aon le hinniúlacht dhigiteach na mac léinn. Mar fhocal scoir, roinntear freisin na ceachtanna a foghlaimíodh mar aon le príomhthréithe a bhaineann le heispéiris foghlama E-CÁTA atá éifeachtach, faoi mar a léirítear sa staidéar seo, ar mhaithe leis an ngort a shaibhriú.\u0000[A wide range of terms are used to refer to instructional approaches for the integration of content and language learning e.g. immersion, content-based instruction (CBI), content and language integrated learning (CLIL), although they all commonly share the purpose of additive bilingualism via a dual focus on content and language learning.  Instruction in a foreign language in higher education (i.e. ICLHE) has increased around the globe but we still have an incomplete understanding of how to design the most effective and efficient blend in higher education and of how ICLHE affects the experiences of postgraduate students who are both language and content learners. In this paper, perspectives and experiences of postgraduate students who are undertaking a technology-enhanced ICLHE programme (i.e. ICLHE) are explored in order to shed light on this topic. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from a variety of sources e.g. online end-of-module evaluations, on-site student evaluations of modules, focus groups, students’ work, tutor observations, and tutor field notes. Findings provide unique insights in relation to the effectiveness of E-ICLHE as indicated by student motivation, autonomy and success. Community and capacity were cultivated and students’ digital c","PeriodicalId":36036,"journal":{"name":"Teanga","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81943758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}