Dr. Sarah Sheridan

• Sarah Sheridan, Translating Idiomatic Expressions from English to ISL: Theory and Practice, The Sign Language Translator and Interpreter, 3, (1), 2009, p69 - 83Journal Article, 2009, TARA - Full Text
• Sarah Sheridan, Patrick A. Matthews and Lorraine Leeson, Uncharted Territory - Exploring L2/M2 Sign Language Acquisition using Corpus Data, IRAAL 40th Anniversary Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 21 November 2015, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
• Patrick A. Matthews, Sarah Sheridan, Digging into Signs - Irish Sign Language, Digging into Signs Workshop: Developing Annotation Standards for Sign Language Corpora, University College London, 31st March, 2015, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
• Sarah Sheridan, Grounded Theory Working Seminar, Grounded Theory Online: Supporting Grounded Theory Researchers, Middle Temple Hall, London, 3rd - 5th December, 2015Oral Presentation, 2015
• Sarah Sheridan, Grounded Theory Workshop , School of Nursing and Midwifery, Winter Research School, Trinity College Dublin , 2016Oral Presentation, 2016
• Sarah Sheridan, Grounded Theory: Using it to your advantage as a research student, School of Education , Trinity College Dublin, 2016Oral Presentation, 2016
• Sarah Sheridan, Sign Language Learning:user experiences, Thesis-in-3, Trinity Long Room Hub, 11th May, 2016, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
• Sarah Sheridan, Lorraine Leeson, What it takes to be a second language learner with a goal on becoming an interpreter, 5th Community Interpreting Conference, University of Limerick, 20th May, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
• Matthews, P.A., Sheridan, S. and Leeson, L., 'Sign Language Acquisition Corpus (SLAC) - ISL', Sign Language Acquisition Corpus (SLAC), Trinity College Dublin, 2015, -Digital research resource production, 2015
• Sarah Sheridan, Staying Grounded - An example of how grounded theory methods have been applied to L2-M2 research, IRAAL Annual Conference, Paradigm shifting in Applied Linguistics: New theories and new methods, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 19th November, 2016, edited by Irish Association for Applied Linguistics , 2016Conference Paper, 2016
• Sarah Sheridan , The New Signer: L2/M2 Sign Language Acquisition, 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism Conference , University of Limerick, Ireland, 11 - 15 June, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Sarah Sheridan , Thesis in Three - L2/M2 Acquisition, EUROMEC Summer School, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 10 - 13 July, 2017, edited by Jean Monnet Network , 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Sarah Sheridan , PhD Troubleshootee Presentation, Grounded Theory Troubleshooting Seminar, Grounded Theory Institute, Mill Valley, California, 21-23 June, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Sarah Sheridan , Exposure Anxiety - the case of sign language learners, The third international Psychology of Language Learning conference (PLL3), Tokyo, Japan, June 7-10, 2018, pp15-16Conference Paper, 2018
• Sarah Sheridan , PhD Troubleshootee Presentation, Dec 8th & 9th, Grounded Theory Troubleshooting Seminar, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 8-9th Dec, edited by Grounded Theory Online , 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Use of Corpora in L1/L2/Ln Sign Language Pedagogy in, editor(s)Rosen, Russell , Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Pedagogy, London , Routledge, 2019, pp339-354 , [Leeson, Lorraine, Jordan Fenlon, Johanna Mesch, Sarah Sheridan and Carmel Grehan]Book Chapter, 2019
• Sign Language Interpreting , Baker, Mona and Gabriela Saldanha, Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, London , Taylor and Francis, 2019, pp526-531 , [Leeson, Lorraine and Sarah Sheridan]Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2019
• Sarah Sheridan, Composing L2/M2 Self and Performances: A grounded theory study of adult sign language learners, Irish Deaf Research Network, Irish Deaf Research Conference 2018, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 09/11/2018, 2018, pp19-20Conference Paper, 2018
• Leeson, Lorraine and Sarah Sheridan (with Katie Cannon, Helen Newman, Tina Murphy and Heidi Veldheer) , Hands in Motion: Learning to Fingerspell in Irish Sign Language , International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2019, Cardiff, Wales, 22-26 July 2019, 2019Oral Presentation, 2019
• McGrotty, Caroline and Sarah Sheridan, Irish Sign Language Interpreting in Higher Education in Ireland: The Experience of Deaf Students, REACH Journal of Special Needs Education in Ireland, 32, (2), 2019, p72-83Journal Article, 2019, URL
• Sheridan, Sarah, Revisioning the deaf community: the journey to developing a mixed-modality multilingual identity, International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2020),, Groningen, The Netherlands, August, 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
• Sheridan, Sarah, Performing Irish Sign Language: A Concern for University Learners, 21st Association of University Language Communities Annual Conference, Maynooth, Ireland, 9-10 Jan 2020, 2020, pp12 - 13Conference Paper, 2020
• Leeson, Lorraine Sarah Sheridan, Katie Cannon, Tina Murphy, Helen Newman and Heidi Veldheer, Hands in Motion: Learning to Fingerspell in Irish Sign Language (ISL) , Teanga, 2020, p120-141Journal Article, 2020, URL , TARA - Full Text
• SUPERVISED Carmen María Ortiz Granero, International student adjustment in Irish universities: Language-related challenges and the role of EAP, Doctor in Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin , 2021Thesis, 2021
• Sheridan, Sarah, Revisioning the deaf community: the journey to developing a mixed-modality multilingual identity , The Language Learning Journal, 2021Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Translation as a pedagogical tool in, editor(s)Stone, C., Adam, R., Müller de Quadros, R. & Rathmann, C. , Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Translation and Interpreting, Oxfordshire, UK, Routledge, 2022, pphttps://doi.org/10.4324/978100 , [Sheridan, S. and Lynch, T. ]Book Chapter, 2022
• Sign Language Interpreting in Ireland in, editor(s)Napier, J., Adam, R., and Webb, S. , International perspectives on sign language interpreter education (2nd Edition), Gallaudet University Press, 2022, [Sheridan, S., Lynch, L. and Leeson, L.]Book Chapter, 2022
• Coppinger, Lucy; Sheridan, Sarah, Accent Anxiety: An Exploration of Non-Native Accent as a Source of Speaking Anxiety among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students, JOURNAL FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, 4, (2), 2022, p1 - 20Journal Article, 2022, TARA - Full Text
• Linguistic Profile of Migrants in, editor(s)Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca , GUIDE FOR THE LINGUISTIC INCLUSION OF MIGRANTS, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2022, pp36 - 59, [Carson, Lorna; Sheridan, Sarah; O'Brien, Caitríona; El-Hossary, Yomna Mohamed Hassan]Book Chapter, 2022, TARA - Full Text
• European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters, Rights. Right?, 2023, Greece, 15th - 17th September, A member of the Scientific CommitteeMeetings /Conferences Organised, 2023
• European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters, EFSLI2022: #Awkward, September 3rd - 4th, 2022, Manchester, UK, A member of the Scientific CommitteeMeetings /Conferences Organised, 2022
• Sign Language Interpreting in Ireland in, editor(s)Stacey Webb, Jemina Napier, and Robert Adam , Sign language translation and interpreting education two decades on, Washington DC, Gallaudet University Press, 2025, pp265 - 298, [Sarah Sheridan, Teresa Lynch, and Lorraine Leeson]Book Chapter, 2025, TARA - Full Text
• Sheridan, Sarah, Irish Sign Language Interpreter Workplace Wellness during COVID-19: Looking back and moving forward, Journal of Interpretation, 31, (1), 2023, p1 - 25Journal Article, 2023
• Lourdes Calle, Lorraine Leeson, Sarah Sheridan, Ellen Lennon-Bowman and Haaris Sheikh, efsli Working Seminar -III, 27-28 February 2013, In:efsli Working Seminar -III, 2013, Trinity College Dublin, DublinMeetings /Conferences Organised, 2013
• Haaris Sheikh, Lorraine Leeson, Ellen Lennon-Bowman and Sarah Sheridan, Medisigns, 1-2 March 2013, In:Medisigns, 2013, Trinity College DublinMeetings /Conferences Organised, 2013

• Sarah Sheridan, Amanda Mohan , ISL/English Interpreting in Ireland, SIGNALL 3 Seminar: Lecturer & Student Presentations , KU Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium, 1st March, 2012Invited Talk
• SUPERVISED: Caroline McGrotty, Quality of Irish Sign Language Interpretation in Higher Education in Ireland., Trinity College Dublin , 2016Thesis
• CO-SUPERVISING: Ploss, Jessica, Bimodal Language Learning: Reflections on the effects of learning more than one sign language, Trinity College Dublin, 2016Thesis
• SUPERVISED: Akatsu, Tsuneki, Teacher's Psychology: How Negative and Positive Factors Affect Their Teaching, Trinity College Dublin , 2019Thesis
• SUPERVISED: Gibey, Clodagh, Deafblind Interpreting in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin , 2018Thesis
• SUPERVISED: Farrell, Aaron, Male Students and Deaf Studies: An Exploration of Gender and Career Choice within the Irish Deaf Community, Trinity College Dublin , 2018Thesis
• Sheridan Sarah , Empathising with Learners of Irish Sign Language , Workshop for the Council of Irish Sign Language Teachers, Trinity College Dublin, 2019Invited Talk
• CO--SUPERVISED: O'Donnell, Joanne, An Exploration into how Interpreters Cope when Interpreting Metaphorical Language within a Political Inaugural Speech from English into Irish Sign Language, Trinity College Dublin, 2017Thesis
• Co-SUPERVISED: O'Neill, Abbie, Do Irish Healthcare Staff Serve the Deaf Community based on the HSE Guidelines for Provision of Sign Language Interpreters, Trinity College Dublin , 2017Thesis
• CO-SUPERVISED: Kelly, Vanessa, Continuous Professional Development for Sign Language Interpreters in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin , 2017Thesis
• CO-SUPERVISED: Privett, Kate, Provision of Irish Sign Language Interpreters during National Weather Emergency Broadcasts : A Case Study, Trinity College Dublin , 2017Thesis
• CO-SUPERVISED: Parkinson, Shelley, An Examination of When ISL/English Interpreters Choose to Employ Constructed Dialogue in Order to Reflect Empathy, Trinity College Dublin , 2017Thesis
• Sheridan, Sarah, Interview with Sarah Sheridan on sign language acquisition , Irish Sign Language Awareness Week, Online, 22nd September, 2020, Irish Deaf SocietyInvited Talk
• Sheridan, Sarah , The Psychology of Sign Language Learning , Language Teacher Psychology Conference 2021, Graz, Austria, 06-08 September, 2021, University of Graz, AustriaInvited Talk
• SUPERVISED Willoughby, Roy, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT) IN IRELAND: IS IT A CAREER?, Trinity College Dublin , 2020Thesis
• SUPERVISED Liu, Jun, Using curriculum design theory to analyze the newly designed New Standard English textbook, 2020Thesis
• SUPERVISED Gao, Runlin, Preschool English Education in China: Teaching Practice and Teacher's Qualification, Trinity College Dublin , 2020Thesis
• SUPERVISED Nolan, Isabelle, Arabic, a language of Islam? How the nature of the debate on teaching Arabic in public French schools furthers the stigmatisation of the language and its speakers, Trinity College Dublin , 2020Thesis
• SUPERVISED Liang, Jinwei, The Comparative Study of Content and Language Integrated Learning and Immersion Language Teaching From the Perspective of Second Language Acquisition, 2020Thesis
• SUPERVISED Xin, Xin, Motivation and autonomous learning of an L2 in Network-based environments, Trinity College Dublin , 2020Thesis
• SUPERVISED Coppinger, Lucy, Accent Anxiety: An Exploration of Non-Native Accent as a Source of Speaking Anxiety among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students, Trinity College Dublin , 2021Thesis
• SUPERVISED Smick, Benjamin, An Analysis of English Language Teacher's Perceptions of Online Language Learning in the Era of Covid-19, Trinity College Dublin , 2021Thesis
• SUPERVISED Yuan, Fei, Foreign Language Learning Anxiety in the Classroom: A Scoping Review, Trinity College Dublin , 2021Thesis
• Sarah Sheridan, Psychology of Language Learning, BAQONDE Summer School, Trinity College Dublin, 05 Aug, 2022Invited Talk
• SUPERVISED Reyes, Brandon, Perception of Reflective Practice and Meditation in Language Education, Trinity College Dublin , 2022Thesis
• SUPERVISED Dempsey, Michael Bernard, Effects of Cultivating Bilingualism in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Trinity College Dublin, 2022Thesis
• SUPERVISED Garcia, Katty, The multilingual Latinx: translation and language mixing in contemporary Latin pop, Trinity College Dublin , 2022Thesis
• SUPERVISED Sheng, Yingli, Perceptions of Oral English Teaching and Learning in China: Do learners experience positive psychology in the classroom?, Trinity College Dublin , 2022Thesis
• Sheridan, Sarah, Irish Sign Language Interpreter Workplace Wellness during COVID-19, An event part of Deaf Awareness Week (19 - 23 September), Citizens Information Board, September 23rd, 2022Invited Talk

• Title

  Promoting Excellence in Language Teaching
  Summary

  An event and report progressing with the ProSign project at B2+ competency levels and developing content and assessment instruments (specifically ELP) for sign language learners In-depth exploration of ELP and how educators can implement it into our programmes. Opportunity to network and learn from best practice initiatives throughout Europe. Further consider how ELP can be successfully utilised and continue to develop materials, which will enable learners to progress beyond B1 competency.
  Funding Agency

  Léargas & The European Centre for Modern Languages
  Date From

  2017
• Title

  The Performance of Language and the Psychology of the Sign Language Learner
  Summary

  This book stems from my PhD research and is due to be published in Spring 2023. It is an exploration of both the performance of language and the psychology of the language learner. There is minimal data on the formal assessment of learner proficiency and very little empirically driven analysis of all aspects of L2-M2 teaching, learning and assessment. There is also an absence of literature on the learner experience, which was a driver for this research. The span of the research is broad and it provides a coherent and readable synthesis of a range of psychology of language learning perspectives (anxiety, learner strategies and motivation) that tend to be treated separately. Therefore, it will appeal to both sign and spoken language researchers and is likely to attract international attention from scholars within my discipline and from tangential fields (educational psychology, spoken language learning, etc.).
  Funding Agency

  Office of the Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2022
• Title

  Sign Language Acquisition Corpus
  Summary

  The Second Language Acquisition Corpus project was developed by the Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin and the Sign Language Department, Stockholm University, Sweden. It represents the world's first multi-modal data set of adult learners of a signed language (Irish/Swedish Sign Language) as a second or subsequent language in a second modality (sign languages are visual-spatial languages). The digital data set will be annotated in ELAN for a number of key points of interest, including: multi-modal code-mixing components, the use of fingerspelled items, the phonological in/accuracy of articulation of lexical signs and the use of signing space. This 'first pass' will inform our consideration of higher order questions around language acquisition in a new modality, and allow for the documentation of longitudinal development on issues surrounding the development of L2 proficiency in a signed language. This is a key step in bridging the significant gap in knowledge about sign language acquisition pathways.
  Date From

  September 2013
  Date To

  Present
• Title

  Workplace Wellbeing during COVID-19: The Case of Irish Sign Language Interpreters
  Summary

  An unexpected global pandemic has greatly impacted the work of SLIs and changed the 2020 interpreting landscape. COVID-19 resulted in a sudden decrease in work volume, which forced many SLIs to apply for the COVID payment. Those who continued to interpret operated in a very different way, predominately interpreting in remote settings. The aim of this research is to explore the range of demands and wellbeing issues currently experienced by SLIs since COVID-19 entered our lives. There is also potential to explore some of the merits and drawbacks of interpreting remotely (for appointments that would be traditionally face-to-face) and to ascertain if SLIs are experiencing additional stress and burnout compared to pre-COVID times. If so, how have SLIs engaged in self-care in order to navigate their way through these turbulent times?
  Funding Agency

  Citizens Information Board & TCD Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2022
• Title

  Dublin Language Garden
  Summary

  The Dublin Language Garden is a student and postdoc-led event highlighting the contribution of Linguistics and Communications Sciences to Irish society. The entire event is put together by early stage career (ESC) researchers (MPhil, PhD and Postdoc level) and showcases their research in a manner that is both imaginative and informative. The activities reflect the research being undertaken by ECR researchers, and the talks feature both senior lecturers and ESC researchers alongside one-another.
  Funding Agency

  Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  Date From

  2017
• Title

  Development and delivery of an accredited training programme for Deaf Irish Sign Language Interpreters
  Summary

  Deaf Interpreters (DIs) are Deaf or hard-of-hearing people who possess fluency in a national or regional sign language and have recognised skills in interpretation and translation between their working languages/varieties/modes. Deaf interpreters often work in tandem with another interpreter. They provide supports that bridge a cultural or linguistic barrier that has been recognised within the community. Their in-depth lived knowledge of Deaf culture and the Deaf community supports hearing ISL interpreters, most of whom are L2 users of ISL DIs may work interlingually (e.g. between two varieties of Irish Sign Language, or indeed, cross-modally, working from Irish Sign Language to "hands-on" mode for DeafBlind clients). DIs can also work inter lingually, for example from another sign language to/from ISL. With commencement of the Irish Sign Language Act in December 2020, interpreters recruited by the public services must be formally registered with SLIS - graduates of this programme will be prepared to meet the requirements for membership of the register. This CPD course was delivered across 2020-21 in monthly weekend blocks, with a final summer school in July 2021. Students completed four modules introducing them to linguistics, ethics, interpreting theory and practice, with content delivered by CDS colleagues and leading experts in the field of interpreting studies. Graduates of this programme are now prepared to meet the criteria for registering on the Register of Irish Sign Language interpreters, managed by SLIS.
  Funding Agency

  Sign Language Interpreting Service
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2021
• Title

  INCLUDEED
  Summary

  (Social cohesion and INCLUsion: DEveloping the EDucational possibilities of the European Multilingual Heritage through Applied Linguistics) is a multilingual project whose main objective is the integration of immigrant and refugee groups in Europe through one of Europe's main assets: its languages. It involves the participation of leading universities in Applied Linguistics, especially language teaching and with previous joint experience in creating materials for the use of these socially disadvantaged groups. This project has the inclusion of disadvantaged groups as a central aim of its actions. With this, it responds directly to the priority "Social inclusion", and does so with an innovative approach in two ways: on the one hand, it addresses the sociolinguistic and cultural integration of groups of immigrants and refugees who already have basic linguistic skills in the host language. It is therefore a further step in their process of adaptation to the new environment, acquiring very important skills in the development of their professional and personal activities.
  Funding Agency

  Erasmus + K2
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2024

Psychology and cognitive sciences, Education, Other social sciences, Law and legal studies, Languages and literature,

• Teaching Hero Award - National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in collaboration with the Union of Students in Ireland 2021
• Special Commendation, Thesis in Three, EUROMEC SUMMER SCHOOL, Trinity College Dublin 2017
• Selected by Léargas to attend an expert workshop on Promoting Excellence in Language at the European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz, Austria) 2017

• International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning Present
• European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters Present
• European Second Language Association Present
• Irish Association of Applied Linguistics Present
• Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters Present

• Member of the Deaf Education Partnership Group 2019 - Present
• External Examiner for the BA and MA sign language interpreting programmes at the University of Wolverhampton 2021 - 2023
• Committee Member of the Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters 2011-2013
• A member of the Scientific Committee for EFLSLI2022: The European Forum of Sign Language Interpreter Annual Conference. Manchester, U.K., September 2022. 2022
• A member of the Scientific Committee for EFLSLI2022: The European Forum of Sign Language Interpreter Annual Conference. Manchester, U.K., September 2022. 2022
• External Examiner - Queens University Belfast, Masters in Interpreting 2013
• Board Member - Sign Language Interpreting Service 2013 - 2016
• External Examiner - Queens University Belfast, Masters in Interpreting 2013
• Board Member - Sign Language Interpreting Service 2013 - 2016
• Committee Member of the Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters 2011-2013
• Member of the Deaf Education Partnership Group 2019 - Present
• Member of the Deaf Education Partnership Group 2019 - Present
• A member of the Scientific Committee for EFLSLI2022: The European Forum of Sign Language Interpreter Annual Conference. Manchester, U.K., September 2022. 2022
• Committee Member of the Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters 2011-2013
• External Examiner - Queens University Belfast, Masters in Interpreting 2013
• Board Member - Sign Language Interpreting Service 2013 - 2016