Colin Flynn
Contact Information
Email: cjflynn@tcd.ie
Address: Centre for Language and Communication Studies,
Arts Building,
Trinity College Dublin,
College Green,
Dublin 2
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Research Interests
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Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism, Minority/heritage language education and maintenance, Language learner identity.
Current Projects
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Thesis: Relationships between identity and attitudes to the achievement of native speaker norms in adult L2 learners of Irish (working title)
Publications
- Murphy, D., & Flynn, C. J. (submitted). Common ground between minority and majority languages: The case of identity. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics.
- Flynn, C. J. (2012). The role of culture in minority language learning: the case of adult learners of Irish. In F. Farr & M. Moriarty (Eds.), Language, learning and teaching: Irish research perspectives (pp. 41-64). Oxford: Peter Lang.
- Ó Floinn, C. (2008). Review of the film Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle. Film Ireland, 121, March/April, p. 40.
Conference presentations
- Flynn, C. J. (2013, June). Attitudes and orientations towards varieties of the Irish language among adult learners. Paper presented at 5th AILA-Europe Junior Research Meeting in Applied Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
- Ó Floinn, C. (2013, March). Múineadh na Gaeilge do Mheiriceánaigh: Roinnt léargas nua (Teaching Irish to Americans: Some new insights). Paper presented at Éigse Cholm Cille, University of Ulster, Derry, Northern Ireland.
- Murphy, D., & Flynn, C. J. (2012, September). Common ground between minority and majority languages: The case of identity. Paper presented at 45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, University of Southampton, UK.
- Flynn, C. J. (2011, October). Should I sound like you? And who are you anyway? Adult Irish learners’ attitudes towards the achievement of native speaker norms. Paper presented at Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Flynn, C. J. (2010, October). Towards an understanding of integrative and cultural motivation in adult learners of Irish. Paper presented at IRAAL Postgraduate Symposium, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Talks
- ‘Language and identity’, invited talk, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, New York, USA, February 22, 2012
- ‘An cur chuige cumarsáideach’ (The communicative approach), invited workshop, Daltaí na Gaeilge Irish Language Group, Esopus, New York, USA, February 19, 2012.
- ‘Ról an chainteora dúchais i múineadh agus i bhfoghlaim na Gaeilge’ (The role of the native speaker in teaching and learning Irish), invited talk, Daltaí na Gaeilge Irish Language Group, Esopus, New York, USA, February 18, 2012.
- ‘Ceardlann oiliúna ar son lucht múinte na Gaeilge do dhaoine fásta’ (A workshop for teachers of adult learners of Irish), invited workshop, Manchester Irish Language Group, Manchester, UK, October 23, 2010.
- ‘Ceardlann oiliúna ar son lucht múinte na Gaeilge do dhaoine fásta’ (A workshop for teachers of adult learners of Irish), invited workshop, Pobal an Chaistil, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, October 17, 2008.