Biography
Fiona Farr is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics. She is also Director of the CALS (Centre for Applied Language Studies) research centre, and Research Director in MLAL. Her key areas of expertise are teacher education, reflective practice, continuous professional development, applied corpus linguistics, and technology-enhanced language learning. She has been published widely in high impact journals in her field and is author of Teaching Practice Feedback: an investigation of spoken and written modes (2011, Routledge) and Practice in TESOL (2015, Edinburgh University Press). She is co-editor (with Joan Cutting) of the EUP Textbooks in TESOL Series and co-editor (with Liam Murray) of the Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology (2016). Her new book 'Social Interaction in Language Teacher Education' (with Angela Farrell and Elaine Riordan) has been published in 2019 by EUP. She has recently been Visiting Research Scholar at Lancaster University where she was part of a large ESRC-funded research project Corpus Approaches to Social Science'. She has also led a large-scale national project funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning on 'Enhancing Digital Literacies for Language Learning and Teaching' (2016-2017). She is currently part of the project team for the EU-funded Shout4HE project, led by Cardiff Met University.
Research Interests
Spoken language corpora and their application; intervarietal comparative discourse analysis; Southern-Irish English; language teacher education/development, specifically teaching practice and feedback; language learning and technology
Publications
Book
Social Interaction in Language Teacher Education
Farr, F., Farrell, A and Riordan E.
Practice in TESOL
Farr, F.
Book Chapter
Using corpus approaches in English language teacher education
Farr, F. and O'Keeffe, A.
Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education
Prospective and practising teachers look backwards at the theory-practice divide through blogs and E-portfolios
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
TESOL Voices: Insider Accounts of Classroom LifePreservice Teacher Education
Turn initiators in professional encounters: Teacher education discourse in an Irish university setting
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Pragmatic Markers in Irish English
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
Im fine girl, and how are you?: the use of vocatives in spoken Irish-English
Murphy, B. and Farr, F.
New Perspectives on Irish English
Using language corpora in initial teacher education: pedagogic issues and practical applications
O'Keeffe, A. and F. Farr
Corpus Linguistics (Vol. 4)
Polish teenagers integration into Irish secondary schools: language, culture, and support systems
Baumgart, J. and Farr, F.
Polish-Irish Encounters in the Old and New Europe (Reimagining Ireland).
How can corpora be used in teacher education?
Farr, F.
Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics
Corpora for materials development in language teacher education: underlying principles and useful data
Farr, F., Chambers, A. and O'Riordan, S.
Perspectives on Language Learning Materials Development
Spoken language as an aid to reflective practice in language teacher education: using a specialised corpus to establish a generic fingerprint
Farr, F.
Spoken Corpora in Applied Linguistics
Engaged listenership in spoken academic discourse: the case of student-tutor meetings
Farr, F
Corpus Linguistics: Critical Concepts in Linguistics.
Modality in context: spoken language, variety and the classroom
Farr, F
Language Education in Ireland: Current Practice and Future Needs.
Reflecting on reflections: the spoken word as a professional development tool in language teacher education.
Farr, F
Spoken English, Applied Linguistics and TESOL: Challenges for Theory and Practice
Relational strategies in the discourse of professional performance review in an Irish academic environment: the case of language teacher education.
Farr, F
Variational Pragmatics: The Case of English in Ireland.
The Limerick Corpus of Irish English: design, description and application.
Farr, F; Murphy,B; O'Keeffe, A
Teanga 21
Would as a hedging device in an Irish context: an intra-varietal comparison of institutionalised spoken interaction
Farr, F; O'Keeffe, A
Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation
Conference Contribution
European Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (EUROSOLT): Bridging Boundaries through the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Denny, E., OKeeffe, A., Brosnan, G., Farr, F., Fitzgerald, M., Dowling, F
EuroSoTL (European Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learnig)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
EdTech 2015
Riordan, E. and Farr, F.
Legal Pedagogy in Transition
Farr, F.
Acedle Annual Conference
Farr, F.
EdTech 2015
Farr, F. and E. Riordan
EdTech 2015
Farr, F. and L. Murray
CALS (Centre for Applied Language Studies) Research Day
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
EuroCALL (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
New Horizons for Reflective Practice
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
British Association of Applied Linguistics
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
EuroCALL (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
New Perspectives on Irish English
Farr, F. and A. O'Keeffe
EuroCALL
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
IVACS (Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
MATSDA
Chambers, A. and Farr, F.
Observation and Feedback
Farr, F.
Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Observation and Feedback
Farr, F.
CALS (Centre for Applied Language Studies) Research Day
Chambers, A., Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Irish Social Sciences Platform
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Supporting you supporting your ESL students
Baumgart, J. and Farr, F.
New Perspectives on Irish English
Murphy, B. and Farr, F.
ISSP (Irish Social Sciences Platform)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
British Association of Applied Linguistics
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
EuroCALL
Riordan, E. and Farr, F.
EuroCALL (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning)
Riordan, E. and Farr, F.
Language Planning and Language Learning
Baumgart, J. and Farr, F.
IRAAL Language Policy and Language Learning Conference
Baumgart, J. and Farr, F.
IVACS (Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies)
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Conference Publication
2nd International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd16
Farr, F. and Murray, L.
Edited Book
Other Journal
Classroom Interrogations - how productive
Farr, F
The Teacher Trainer
The Word is Mightier than the Sword
Farr, F
FELT Ireland Newsletter
Other Publication
Introduction to Special Issue of the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
Farr, F; O'Keeffe, A
DOI: 10.1075/ijcl.16.3.01far
Using language corpora in language teacher education: cultural and linguistic insights.
Farr, F; O'Keeffe, A
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Peer Reviewed Journal
PENSER: A Data-Informed Reflective Practice Framework for Novice Teachers
Farr, F.; Farrell, A
The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL
Research in progress, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick
Chambers, A., Atkinson, D. and Farr, F.
Language Teaching
Tracing the reflective practices of student teachers in online modes
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
ReCALL journal
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344014000299
Students engagement in reflective tasks: An investigation of interactive and non-interactive discourse corpora
Farr, F. and Riordan, E.
Classroom Discourse
DOI: 10.1080/19463014.2012.716622
Research in Progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick
Chambers, A., Atkinson, D. and Farr, F.
Language Teaching
Language teachers with corpora in mind: From starting steps to walking tall
Chambers A., Farr F., O'Riordan S.
Language Learning Journal
DOI: 10.1080/09571736.2010.520728
Religious references in contemporary Irish English: 'For the love of God almighty .... I'm a holy terror for turf'
Farr, F; Murphy, B
Intercultural Pragmatics
DOI: 10.1515/IPRG.2009.027
Evaluating the Use of Corpus-based Instruction in a Language Teacher Education Context: Perspectives from the Users
Farr, F
Language Awareness
DOI: 10.2167/la414.0
Reflecting on Reflections: the Spoken Word as a Professional Development Tool in Language Teacher Education
Farr, F,Hughes, R
Spoken English, Tesol And Applied Linguistics: Challenges For Theory And Practice
Using language corpora in initial teacher education: Pedagogic issues and practical applications
O'Keeffe, A; Farr, F
Tesol Quarterly
Engaged listenership in spoken academic discourse: The case of student-tutor meetings
Farr F.
Journal Of English For Academic Purposes
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1585(02)00035-8
Published Report
Research in progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Chambers, A., Atkinson, D., Farr, F.
Research in progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Chambers, A., Atkinson, D. and Farr, F.