Contact Details
Muiris ÓLaoire PhD
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Muiris ÓLaoire
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Technology Tralee
Dromtacker
Tralee,
Co Kerry
Ireland
T: +353-(0)1-7145600
F: +353-(0)1-7145600
muiris.olaoire@staff.ittralee.ie
Publications
His publications appear in the Language Policy, Current Issues in Language and Society, Language Awareness International Journal of the Sociology of Language, the Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics (Elsevier Science) and Current Issues in Language Planning.
He guest edited two volumes of the International Journal of Multilingualism.
Books
Author |
Year of Publication |
Publication Title |
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Muiris ÓLaoire |
1999 |
Athbheochan na hEabhraise: Ceacht don Ghaeilge? (The Revival of Hebrew: A Lesson for Irish?)
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Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
Siollabais Chumarsáide na Gaeilge (A Communicative Syllabus for Irish)
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Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
From L2 to L3/L4: A Study of Learnersâ¿¿ Metalinguistic Awareness after 13 years of Learning Irish
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Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
Multilingualism in Educational Settings.
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Muiris ÓLaoire |
2006 |
Language Education in Ireland: Current Practice and Future Needs.
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Leah Roberts, |
2010 |
EUROSLA Yearbook Volume 10 Amsterdam:
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Muiris ÓLaoire |
2011 |
Multilingualism: A Textbook |
Editorship of Journals
Muiris ÓLaoire (with Helen Ó Murchú) |
2000 |
Teagasc na Gaeilge 7 (The Teaching of Irish) |
Muiris ÓLaoire (with Helen Ó Murchú) |
2005 |
Teagasc na Gaeilge 8 (The Teaching of Irish) |
Muiris ÓLaoire (with Nancy Stenson) |
2005 |
The Journal of Celtic Language Learning (USA and Canada) Issues 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
Guest Editor of International Journal of Multilingualism, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2006 |
Guest Editor of Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht 11, 1 (on-line) |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2006 |
Guest Editor of International Journal of Multilingualism, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters. |
Muiris ÓLaoire
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2010 |
Teagasc na Gaeilge 9 |
Journal Articles
Muiris ÓLaoire |
1999 |
Learning Irish for participation in the Irish language speech community outside the Gaeltacht Journal of Celtic Language Learning 5 (Refereed). |
Muiris ÓLaoire (with M. Burke and M. Haslam) |
2000 |
From L2 to L3/L4 An investigation of learnersâ¿¿ metalinguistic awareness and learner strategies Teangeolas 38/39. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2000 |
Teagasc na Gaeilge: Cén Treo Anois? (New directions in the teaching of Irish) Teagasc na Gaeilge 7 (The Teaching of Irish) 32-42 |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2000 |
The Effect of bilingualism on learners' self-awareness. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2002 |
Athbheochan na hEabhraise: Ceacht don Ghaeilge? (The Revival of Hebrew: A Lesson for Irish?) Feasta January and February. |
Muiris ÓLaoire (Co-author with M. Coady) |
2000 |
Dilemmas of language policy and practice in education: Gaelscoileanna in the Republic of Ireland. Language Policy 1 (2) (Kluwer). 143-158. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2001 |
An Ghaeilge san oideachas: Polasaí, pleanáil agus teagasc (Irish in Education: Policy, planning and pedagogy Léachtaí Cholm Chille XXXIII 74-104. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2002 |
Siollabais ag an Dara Leibhéal: Cúlra agus Cur Chuige (Syllabus Definition at Secondary Level for Irish) Teagasc na Gaeilge 8 15-22. |
Muiris ÓLaoire (with Larissa Aronin) |
2003 |
Multilingual studentsâ¿¿ awareness of their language teacherâ¿¿s other Languages in Language Awareness 12:3&4 204-219. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
Múineadh agus Tástáil na Litríochta (The teaching and assessment of literature) Teagasc na Gaeilge 8 144-156. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
Three languages in the schools in Ireland in International Journal of the Sociology of Language 171 95-115. |
Singleton, D & Ó Laoire, M. |
2006 |
La psychotypologie et le « facteur de la L2 »dans lâ¿¿interaction interlexicale: une analyse de lâ¿¿influence de lâ¿¿anglais et du gaélique sur le français des apprenants. in Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrangère 23. 101-117. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2006 |
Irish language revival or survival in a multilcultural society in TUI Congress Journal: All The Children 1916-2006. 27-31 |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2007 |
Anglais et irlandais: hybridité dans un espace de transition. Droits et Cultures 54. 157-176. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2007 |
An approach to developing language awareness in the Irish language classroom: A case study, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 10:4, 454-470. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
Cothú scileanna labhartha sa rang Gaeilge Eachtra An tSeirbhís Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal don Ghaeilge Fómhar lgh 3-7. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
Caomhnú na hOidhreachta: Spléachadh ar fhoras céime sa téatar tuaithe. The Kerry Magazine lgh34-35. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
Attitudes towards trilingualism: A comparison between the Basque and Irish contexts. Teanga 22, 132-147. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
Indigenous language revitalization. Te Kaharoa 1 (1) 203-221. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2010 |
Dea-fhoghlaimeoirí teanga i mbun foghlama. Cad iad na bealaí éifeachtacha foghlama a bhíonn acu? Teagasc na Gaeilge 9, 47-57. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2010 |
Irish learners of German as L3: Self-knowledge, linguistic and intercultural developments during the study abroad period in Proceedings of EDULEARN10 Conference: Barcelona. ISBN-978-84-613-9386-2 |
Book Chapters
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2001 |
Minority Language Broadcasting: A Response in Minority Language Broadcasting CILS, (pp. 63-68) Multilingual Matters, Clevedon. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2001 |
Balanced Bilingual and English Dominant Learners of L3 in Ireland. In Jasone Cenoz, Britta Hufeisen, Ulrike Jessner (eds.) Looking beyond second language acquisition Studies in tri- and Multilingualism (pp.153- 160) Tübingen: Stauffenburg |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2002 |
Pleanáil agus Athbheochan Teanga: Scéal na hEabhraise (Language planning and revitalization) in |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a notion of Multilinguality (with Larissa Aronin), in C. Hoffmann and Jehannes Ytsma (eds.) Trilingualism in Family, School and Community (pp. 11-29) Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
Language policy and practice in the classroom in Language in the Primary School. (pp. 93-100) Dublin: INTO. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
Cultural awareness in the Irish language classroom: an overview in M. Smith (ed.) Readings in the Teaching of Culture. (pp.9-14) Dublin: ITÉ. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
L3 in Ireland: A preliminary study of learnersâ¿¿ metalinguistic awareness in B.Hufeisen, B. R. Fouser (eds.) Introductory Readings in L3. (pp.47-54) Tubingen: Stauffenburg Verlag. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2004 |
Diglossic pattering in all-Irish schools? The case of Gaelscoileanna in the Republic of Ireland (with Maria Coady) in: M.Lorenzo Suárez, Fernando Ramallo, Xoan Paulo Rodriguez-Yánez (eds.) Bilingual Socialization and Bilingual Language Acquisition. (pp.465-481) Vigo: Servizo de Publicacións de la Universidade de Vigo |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
An Overview of Bilingualism and Immersion Education in Ireland: Complexity and Change in Xoan Paulo Rodriguez-Yanez (ed.) Bilingualism and Education: From Family to School. (pp. 275-82)Munich: Lincom Europa. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
Bilingualism in School Settings in Ireland: Perspectives on the Irish L2 Curriculum in J. Cohen, K. McAlister, K.Rolstad, J. MacSwan. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
New Speech Communities in Ireland: Competitors or Partners for Irish Gaelic? In S. May, M. Franken, R. Barnard (eds.), LED2003: Refereed Conference Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language,Education and Diversity. Hamilton: Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
Múineadh teangacha ag an dara leibhéal: I dTreo an lteangachais, in 1+ 1+1: Ceist na dTeangacha I gCóras Oideachais na hÉireann. (Towards multilingualism: Teaching languages at second level) (pp.21-35) Baile Átha Cliath: Conradh na Gaeilge. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2006 |
Pyschotypology and the L2 factor (with David Singleton) in M. Bendsten et al (eds.) Sprak larade och utbilding i sikte. (pp.191â¿¿206) Abo Akademi, Finland. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2006 |
13-16 Years learning Irish as L2: A challenge for a linear concept of progression in T. Harden et al (eds.) The Concept of Progression in the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages. (pp.111-126) Oxford: Peter Lang. |
Muiris ÓLaoire (with David Singleton) |
2006 |
Pyschotypologie et facteur L2 dans lâ¿¿influence translexicale in : AILE (Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Étrangère) 24 101-117. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2007 |
Language use and language attitudes in Ireland in D. Lasagabaster and A. Huguet (eds) Language Use and Attitudes. (pp.164- 84). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
The language situation in Ireland: An update. In R. B. Kaplan and R.B. Baldauf Jr. (eds.) Language Planning and Policy. Europe Vol 3: The Baltic States, Ireland and Italy. (pp.164-184) Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
Education for participation in a bilingual or multilingual society? Challenging the power balance between English and Irish (Gaelic) and other minority languages in Ireland. In C.Hélot and A.M de Mejía (eds.) Forging Multilingual Spaces. Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education. (pp. 256-264) Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. |
Muiris ÓLaoire with |
2008 |
Attitudes towards trilingualism: a comparison between the Basque and Irish contexts. Teanga 22, 132-147. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2008 |
Indigenous language revitalization and globalization. In Te Kaharoa 1 (1) 203-215. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2009 |
Siollabas na Gaeilge ar an dara leibhéal: Impleachtaí don tríú leibhéal. In Ní Fhrighil, F and M. Nic Eoin (2009) (eds) Ó Theagasc Teanga go Sealbhú Teanga (pp. 88-121) Dublin: Cois Life. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2009 |
Transformative Pedagogy and Language Learning in Maori and Irish Contexts. Language Education and Diversity. Refereed Proceedings. University of Waikato, New Zealand. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
(forthcoming) |
Out of the Post-Colonial and into the Globalised: Language Revitalisation in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Éire (Ireland) The Ethnographies: Indigenous Imagination and Expression and will be published by Orient BlackSwan in New Delhi. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2009 |
Siollabas na Gaeilge ar an dara leibhéal: Impleachtaí don tríú leibhéal. In Ní Fhrighil, F and M. Nic Eoin (2009) (eds) Ó Theagasc Teanga go Sealbhú Teanga (pp. 88-121) Dublin: Cois Life. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2009 |
Transformative Pedagogy and Language Learning in Maori and Irish Contexts. Language Education and Diversity. Refereed Proceedings. University of Waikato, New Zealand |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2009 |
The role of prior knowledge in L3 learning and use: Further evidence of psychological dimensions. In L.Aronin and B.Hufeisen (eds.)The Exploration of Multilingualism. (pp. 79-102) Amsterdam: John Benjamins. |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2010 |
Challenge and change in the teaching of Irish. In B.Oâ¿¿ Rourke and L.Carson (eds.) Language Learner Autonomy. (pp. 231-251) Oxford: Peter Lang |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2010 (forthcoming) |
Out of the Post-Colonial and into the Globalised: Language |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2010 (forthcoming) |
An Ghaeilge Sa Chóras Oideachais in Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin, Máire Ní Neachtain (eds) An tSochtheangeolaíocht: Feidhm agus Tuairisc Cois Life BAC |
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2010 (forthcoming) |
Shaping Language Policy on the Ground:The Official Languages Act (2003) in Ireland in Pol Cuvelier, Theodorus du Plessis, Michael Meeuwis, Reinhild Vandekerckhove & Vic Webb (eds.) (in press): |
Encyclopedia/Reference Article
Muiris ÓLaoire |
2005 |
Language Education for Language Revival in Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd Edition. Elsevier |
Presentations 2009
[with Smita Sinha] Implementing a language policy in education for endangered and minority languages: Diagnosing the challenge for linguistic rights at The Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies at the Basha Centre, Baroda & Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh Gugarat, India January 2009
â¿¿All for one and one for all!â¿ New paradigms and new challenges for a languages-in education policy in Ireland Plenary Talk at International Conference Language Policy and Language Learning: New Paradigms and New Challenges University of Limerick June 2009
So can a language policy help? International Conference Language Policy and Language Learning: New Paradigms and New Challenges University of Limerick June 2009
The teaching of Chinese and a languages-in-education policy. Inaugural Conference of Chinese Teachers Association in UCC, May 2009
[with Clare Rigg] The Policy Process in Language Education- A Policy Trajectory Approach International Conference Language Policy and Language Learning: New Paradigms and New Challenges University of Limerick June 2009
[with Kristin Brogan] The influence of L2 on L3 in proficiency and intercultural developments during the year abroad. International Conference on Multilingualism Bolzano, Italy, September 2009.
[with Smita Sinha] The challenge of diversity: Implementing a language education policy [LEP] in multilingual contexts .International Conference on Multilingualism Bolzano, Italy, September 2009.
[with Clare Rigg and Vasiliki Georgiu] The Policy Practice Gap â¿¿ insights from policy discourse & institutional theory: case study of the Irish Official Languages Act (2003). International Conference Multilingualism from Below. University of Antwerp, September 2009.
[with Clare Rigg and Vasiliki Georgiu] Shaping language policy on the ground. International Conference New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe Multilingualism Dubrovnik April 2010.
[with Kristin Brogan] 4th LKPA Conference, KaunasLithuania May 2010 â¿¿The influence of L3 on L2 in proficiency and intercultural developments during the year abroadâ¿
[with Kristin Brogan] EDULEARN 10 â¿¿ Barcelona, Spain - July 2010 "Irish Learners of German as L3: Self-Knowledge, Linguistic and Intercultural Developments during the Study Abroad Period"
[with Kristin Brogan ] 21st Space conference, Kavala, Greece, October 2010 â¿¿Insights into language proficiency development and intercultural learning during the year abroadâ¿
[with Kristin Brogan] Intercultural Competence Conference, NUI Maynooth, September 2010 â¿¿Intercultural Learning in the Study Abroad Contextâ¿
[ with Kristin Brogan] 1st International Language Conference at NUI Galway Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning
10th-11th December 2010 â¿¿Irish Learners of German as L3: Self-knowledge, Linguistic and Intercultural Developments during the Study Abroad Periodâ¿
Invited Talks and Plenary Lectures 2010
Les politiques linguistiques aux sites locaux. CAREL University of Strasbourg: October 2009: Invited public lecture.
Cothú na Feasachta Teanga sa scoil lánGhaeilge. Keynote at Gaelscoileanna (Irish Immersion Schools) Keynote Address AGM Kilkenny October 2009
The Greening of English. University of Koblenz, Germany, Angilisk January 2010. Invited seminar presentation
Promoting Language Awareness in the FL Classroom. Keynote address to UTELI University of Tel Aviv, February 2010
CLIL and the Irish Context. Invited lecture at CLIL agus Teagasc na Gaeilge Galway University Education Department February 2010
Subaltern agency and language policy on the ground- Invited Workshop. Who needs languages? Micro and macro perspectives into language education policies University of Jyvaskyla Finland 7-10 June, 2010
Reconceptualising language policy and pedagogy for minority language education in Ireland: Re-exploring the issues at invited seminar Bilingual Education and Minority Languages: Issues for Europe and the United States~A Workshop and Symposium~ Sponsored by the Leir-Luxembourg Program, Clark University US June 25 â¿¿ 27, 2010 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg.
Dr Larissa Aronin Dr Muiris Ó Laoire, The Multiple Faces of Multilingualism: Language Nominations Bloomsbury Round Table on Communication, Cognition & Culture: The Multiple Faces of Multilingualism. University of London, Birkbeck College June 24 2010
Professional Body Membership
President IRAAL (Irish Association of Applied Linguistics) 2001-2004.
Member of Irish Country Profile Authoring Group on
Language Policy Council of Europe
Chair of National Jury European Award for Languages
(The Language Label) 2003- present.
Member of Modern Languages Committee, RIA (Royal Irish Academy).
Member of Working Party on the Humanities and Social Sciences RIA (Royal Irish Academy).
International Conference Organising Committee EUROSLA UCC September 2009
Fellowships
IRCHSS Government of Ireland Post-doctoral Research
Fellowship. Monograph on Language Policy and Language
Planning (see Section 4.4) 2003.
Honorary Fellow Te Mata o te Tau -Academy for MÄori
Research and Fellowship 2006
Williams Evans Visiting Fellow, Otago University New
Zealand. 2007