Biography
Elaine Riordan is a lecturer in TESOL in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Here she is involved in English language teacher education and linguistics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), and the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Research Group. She has been involved in many EU funded projects, the Backbone Project, which developed multi-modal corpora and accompanying materials for language learning across a range of European languages and varieties. More recently she worked on the JOYN 2.0 and Euroversity projects (EU Lifelong Learning in conjunction with the University of Hull, UK), both of which examine social networking and language learning.
Research Interests
Elaine's research interests include English language teaching and teacher education, the discourse of communities of practice, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, new technologies and language teaching/learning and computer-mediated communication.
Teaching Interests
Language Teacher Education, Systems of the English Language, ICT and Language Learning, Corpus Linguistics, TESOL
Professional Activities
Award
- 2014 - UL Excellence in Teaching Award (small group teaching)
- 2007 - IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar
Education
- 2013 University of Limerick - PhD
- 2005 University of Limerick - MA
- 2002 University of Limerick - BA
Employment
- 2011 University of Hull - Lecturer in TESOL/Second Language Acquisition (July 2011 - August 2013)
- University of Limerick - Lecturer in TESOL (Sep. 2013 - Present)
- University of Limerick - PT TESOL Tutor (Sep 2005 - June 2011)
- Mary Immaculate College, Limerick - PT TESOL Tutor (Jan. 2010 - June 2011)
Association
- Member, Centre of Applied Language Studies (CALS)
- Member, Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS)
- Member, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
- Member, European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EuroCALL) Teacher Education SIG
Publications
Book
Book Chapter
Corpus Types and Uses
B. Murphy and E. Riordan
The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology
Thinking about your materials
Riordan, E.
Practice in TESOL by F. Farr
Facilitating identity construction through narratives: A corpus-based discourse analysis of student teacher discourse
Riordan, E. and Farr, F
Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research
Online reflections: The implementation of blogs in Language Teacher Education
Riordan, E.
Language, Learning and Teaching: Irish Research Perspectives
Assessing the integration and quality of online tools in language teacher education: The case of blogs, chat and discussion forums
Riordan, E.
Quality Issues in ICT Integration: Third Level Disciplines and Learning Contexts
Conference Contribution
Invited Lecture, Castel Education, Tralee
Riordan, E.
IVACS (Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies)
Riordan, E.
Conversations in the Consortium
Riordan, E. and Vaughan, E.
BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics)
F. Farr and Riordan, E.
Reflective Practice Seminar
F. Farr and Riordan, E.
Invited Lecture, Castel Education, Tralee
Riordan, E.
CMC for Language Teaching/Learning Series
Riordan, E.
Research Exchange Series
Riordan, E.
PIXEL ICT for Language Learning
Riordan, E.
IVACS (Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies)
Vaughan, E. and Riordan, E.
MA TESOL Seminar, UL
Riordan, E.
MA TESOL Seminar, UL
Riordan, E.
Mary Immaculate College Seminar Series
Riordan, E.
IVACS (Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies)
Riordan, E.
UL Faculty Teaching Day
Riordan, E. and Hourigan, T.
UL Humanities Seminar
Riordan, E.
EuroCALL (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning)
Jeanneau, C. and Riordan, E.
Conference Publication
PIXEL Conference: ICT and Language Learning
Riordan, E. and James, P.
Edited Book
Other Publication
Blended Learning in English Language Teaching: Course Design and Implementation
Tomlinson, B., Whittaker, C.
ReCALL
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344014000366
Peer Reviewed Journal
Comparing the representation of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the Irish and UK press: A corpus-based critical discourse analysis
O'Regan, Veronica; Riordan, Elaine
Journal Of Language And Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.17043.ore
A corpus-based analysis of online synchronous and asynchronous modes of communication within language teacher education
Riordan, E. and Murray, L.
Classroom Discourse
DOI: 10.1080/19463014.2010.514728