Browsing Race and Equality (Special Research Collection) by Author "Carson, Lorna"
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The affordances of virtual exchange for developing global competence and active citizenship in content-based language learning
NICOLAOU, ANNA (Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2020)In times characterised by constant technological growth and increased mobility of people and ideas within complex societies across the globe, initiatives such as virtual exchange can be seen as attempts to cross global ... -
Conducting Longitudinal Research Among Adult Refugees
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Multilingualism in Dublin: Home Language Use Among Primary School Children, Report on a Pilot Survey
Carson, Lorna (2010)Travellers who arrive at Dublin airport from abroad easily receive the impression that they have arrived in a bilingual country. However, whilst both English and Irish appear on official signage, the languages they ... -
Multilingualism is Lived Here
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Refugee Agency and Autonomy in English Language Acquisition
Carson, Lorna (2008)This article looks at an ethnographic study conducted at Integrate Ireland Language and Training1, an organization which provides English language courses for adult refugees. The research project was a qualitative, ... -
Relatedness and learner autonomy: a case study of an adult refugee learning English
Carson, Lorna (2007)Ireland has only recently become a country of immigration and asylum. Provision of English language training is a priority both for refugees and for the host community. There has been very little research in Ireland on ... -
The Sights and Sounds of the Multilingual City
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Some adult refugees learning English in Ireland : the motivational role of goal-setting and the European Language Portfolio
Carson, Lorna (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2006)This thesis examines how goal-setting in the L2 classroom, supported by the European Language Portfolio, contributes to learner motivation. It is argued that a sociocultural understanding of leaming, and an approach to the ...