Biography

Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Spanish at University of Limerick. My main interests (teaching and researching) are in the broad area of Applied Linguistics.
In 2007 I was awarded with first prize in the II Premio Cristobal de Villalón for Pedagogic Innovation at Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. Since then, I have engaged in several European projects. Between 2017-2021 I was a national representative for the Cost Action EnetCollect (European Network for Combining Language Learning with Crowdsourcing Techniques) https://enetcollect.eurac.edu/ and from 2021-2023 I was a full member of the
consortium FRAMES, an European Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness 2020-1-IT02-KA226-HE-095196. I was also a member of the consortium Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership 2020-1-DE01-KA203-005712 DiCE.Lang (Digital Citizenship Education and Foreign Language Learning) from 2020-2023. Currently, I am a member of the project AI Write and I am co-leading with Dr Maria Reider the Limerick community based project Tell your own story www.tyos.ie

Research Interests

My Research interests revolve around the broad domain of Applied Linguistics. Currently I am working in the area of (Digital) Global Citizenship and Intercultural Communication, especially in the critical role that those have in education and their impact on learners, digital citizens and diverse communities in society. As a language teacher and researcher I also have a deep interest in Technology and Language Learning & Computer Mediated Communication; Visual Literacies in Education; SLA and Spanish Pronunciation. In addition, as a FL Teacher Trainer I am very committed researcher in the area of Second/Foreign Language Teacher Education research.

Professional Activities

Committee

  • 2021 AHSS Research Ethics Committee,
  • 2016 FAHSS Internationalisation Committee at UL,

Association

  • 2019 Member , Uni-Colllaboration: Uni-Colllaboration: Cross-Disciplinary Organisation for Telecollaboration and Virtual Exchange in Higher Education.
  • 2017 External member, TELNETCOM (Telecollaborative Networks for the Development of Generic Competences)
  • 2017 Member, EUROCALL (European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning)
  • 2015 Member, CALS (Center of Applied Linguistics studies)
  • 2010 Member, GREP (Grup de Recerca de l´entonació i la Parla)

Award

  • 2019 - Erasmus + DELTA Schoolarship
  • 2007 - Awarded with first prize in the II Premio Cristobal de Villalón for Pedagogic Innovation

Employment

  • 2016 University of Limerick - Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Spanish
  • 2015 NUIM, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. - Assistant Lecturer in Spanish
  • 2013 University of Limerick - PT Lecturer in Spanish and Research Assistant
  • 2011 Instituto Cervantes Leeds. (UK) - Permanent member of teaching staff
  • 2009 Instituto Cervantes Brasilia. (Brasil) - Permanent member of teaching staff
  • 2008 NUIG, National University of Ireland, Galway. - TA Spanish
  • 2001 St Patrick's College, Dublín. - PT Spanish Lecturer
  • 1999 Instituto Cervantes Dublín. - Fixt-term member of teaching staff

Peer Reviewed Journals

Books

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Book Chapters

2020

‘EVE-SFI: Developing L2 spoken interaction'

Vinagre, M.; Wigham, C.; Giralt, M. (2020) ‘EVE-SFI: Developing L2 spoken interaction'. Research-Publishing.net. : Research-Publishing.net. Designing and implementing Virtual Exchange in Europe – a collection of case studies. :105-115

2015

La presencia de la lengua escrita en los procesos de aprendizaje y adquisición de la pronunciación del español lengua extranjera: ¿podríamos hablar de interferencia?

Cantero, F.; Giralt, M. (2015) La presencia de la lengua escrita en los procesos de aprendizaje y adquisición de la pronunciación del español lengua extranjera: ¿podríamos hablar de interferencia?. Valencia : Tecnolingüística SL Perspectivas actuales en el análisis fónico del habla: tradición y avances en la fonética experimental :223-232

Edited Books

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Conference Publications

2017

MLAL Research Day

Batardière, M-T., Giralt, M., Jeanneau, C., Le Baron-Earle, F. and O'Regan, V. (2017) MLAL Research Day.

Conference Contributions

2024

Praguele V-2024

Villegas-Paredes, G; Beaumont, G; Giralt, M. (2024) Praguele V-2024.

2023

IRAAL

Giralt, M. ; Benini, S. ; Murray, L. (2023) IRAAL.

2022

IRAAL

Benini, S., Giralt, M., Murray, L. (2022) IRAAL.

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