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Sarah Sheridan - Assistant Professor in Deaf Studies

What I teach

• Modality and Second Language Learning (1st year undergrad)
• Translation and Interpreting: Philosophy and Practice (2nd year undergrad)
• Introduction to Interpreting (3rd year undergrad)
• Simultaneous Interpreting (4th year undergrad)
• I also teach postgraduate modules such as Multilingualism and Research Methodology on the taught MPhil programs offered by our School.
  

What I research

• Psychology of the Language Learner: Areas related to learning anxiety, motivation and learner strategies.
• Positive Psychology in the Classroom: Teacher and learner wellbeing and general workplace wellness issues.
• Corpus Linguistics: Co-PI on the Sign Language Acquisition Corpus, a cross-linguistic collaboration with Stockholm University.
• Sign Language Interpreting: Curriculum development and assessment techniques.
  

Recent Publications

• Irish Sign Language Interpreting in Higher Education in Ireland: The Experience of Deaf Students.
  
  • The data results indicate that Deaf students prioritise the need for quality interpreting over ‘access’ and place a high value on the relationship of trust they establish with their interpreter(s).
• Use of Corpora in L2/Ln Sign Language Pedagogy
  
  • The focus of this chapter is primarily concerned with the leveraging of existing sign language corpora in sign language teaching and learning.
• Hands in Motion: Learning to Fingerspell in Irish Sign Language (ISL).
  • Teanga Journal. Irish Association of Applied Linguistics. Special Volume on Irish Sign Language.
• Sign Language Interpreting
  • Encyclopedia entry exploring current trends in sign language interpreting research, as well as future directions.
    

Forthcoming Publications

• Psychology of the Sign Language Learner
  
  • A book manuscript focused on language learner identity, the performance of sign language, anxiety & motivation.

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