Completed Doctoral Theses 2019 - 2024

2024

  • Abdulmajeed Al-Jehani - Teaching English Pronunciation in Saudi Arabia: An Exploration of the Flipped Classroom within the Communicative Language Teaching Approach. 
    Supervisors: Prof. Fiona Farr and Dr Elaine Riordan
  • Sean O'Connell - Investigating a Speech and Language-Therapy Approach to Pronunciation Teaching in the English Language Teaching Classroom. 
    Supervisors: Prof. Máiréad Moriarty and Dr Cinta Ramblado

2023

  • Samah A. Alenezi - Implementing Online Blogging in EFL Process-Genre. 
    Supervisors: Prof. Fiona Farr and Dr Ide O'Sullivan

2022

  • Ibrahim Al Saab - Investigating the Role of Social Media in the Formation of Intellectual Deviation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
    Supervisor: Prof. Liam Murray

2021

  • Chris Fitzgerald - The Discursive Construction of Truth Commitment in Historical Witness Testimonies. 
    Supervisors: Dr Elaine Vaughan and Prof. Máiréad Moriarty
  • Martin Mullen - Left to Their Own Devices: An Investigation of Learner Perceptions of Smartphones as Tools of Language Learning. 
    Supervisors: Prof. Liam Murray and Dr Freda Mishan

2020

  • Kholoud Hussain - Between Tradition and Technology. 
    Supervisor: Prof. Helen Kelly-Holmes
  • Gyorgy Nagy - Towards Intercultural Competence: Fostering ESOL Learners’ Cultural Awareness in Ireland through Learning Materials
    Supervisors: Dr Freda Mishan and Dr Marta Giralt

2019

  • Sara Aljohani - Implementing a Multimodal Corpus of TED Talks for Teaching Academic Presentations: Perspectives on EFL Learners’ Attitudes.
    Supervisors: Dr Íde O’Sullivan, Dr Elaine Riordan and Prof. Liam Murray
  • Steven Byrne -  Nou Estat d’Europa: Globalisation, Language and Identity in Catalonia: A Contemporary Perspective.
    Supervisors: Dr David Atkinson and Prof. Máiréad Moriarty