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Jennifer Bruen

Jennifer Bruen is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and German in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, DCU, and a Senior Fellow, Advance HE. She has degrees in International Business and Languages, Political Education, German Studies and Applied Linguistics. Jennifer has published in top journals in these fields and represents them nationally and internationally on bodies such as the European Commission (EACEA), the Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics.

Jennifer's research interests are primarily in applied linguistics. They encompass language planning and policy at national and EU level, as well as various aspects of foreign language acquisition, and language teaching and learning, including the impact of study abroad and the internationalisation of Higher Education.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Bruen, Jennifer; Cuenca López, Elena (2024) 'Delivering a pilot Institution Wide Language Programme (IWLP) at an Irish University: teachers’ perspectives'. LANGUAGE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 14 :481-496. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2024-0029
	2024	Bruen, Jennifer (2024) 'Applied Linguistics: Reflections on an evolving discipline with a focus on TEANGA, The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, from 2001 to 2023'. TEANGA, 31 :1-28. [Link] [DOI]
	2024	Bruen, Jennifer; López, Elena (2024) 'Piloting an Institution-Wide Language Programme in an Irish University: A longitudinal case study'. International Journal of Multilingualism, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2024.2365904
	2024	Bruen, Jennifer; Erdocia, Iker (2024) 'Formal and informal foreign language learning at university: blurring the boundaries'. THE LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNAL (ONLINE), . [DOI]
	2023	Bruen, Jennifer (2023) 'Foreign Language Learning in the Republic of Ireland: Developments, Challenges, Policy Implications'. Languages, Society & Policy, .
	2023	(2023) 'Teanga 30'. TEANGA, 30 (1). [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Bruen, Jennifer (2022) 'Teanga: Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, Volume 29 - Editorial'. TEANGA, 29 :i-v. [Link] https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v29i
	2022	Bruen, Jennifer; Buckley, Finian (2022) 'Strategic communication across languages in business environments: A study of the language management strategies of small and medium-sized enterprises on the island of Ireland'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE POLICY, 14 (1):xx-xx. [Link]
	2022	Bruen, Jennifer; Inmaculada Gómez Soler; Siobhán Ní Laoire; Lucía Pintado (2022) 'Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics. Volume 29 (Journal Editors)'. TEANGA, 29 (29). https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v29i
	2021	Bruen, Jennifer; Buckley, Finian (2021) 'Trusting the Future in Different Languages: Exploring Differences in Future-Focused Attitudinal Trust Among Speakers of Languages with Strong and Weak Future Time References'. Germanistik in Irland, 16 :79-91. [Link]
	2021	Bruen, Jennifer; Inmaculada Gomez Soler; Lucia Pintado; Siobhán Ní Laoire (2021) 'Teanga 28: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics'. TEANGA, 28 . https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v28i
	2021	Anne Marie Devlin; Barbara Siller; Sara Lis Ventura; Jennifer Bruen; Inmaculada Gomez Soler; Lucía Pintado; Siobhán Ní Laoire (2021) 'Teanga: The Journal of the irish Association for Applied Linguistics - Special Issue 12 (dis)Covering Discourses in Ireland'. TEANGA, (12). [Link] https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v12i
	2019	Bruen, Jennifer (2019) 'Languages Connect and the Languages of the New Irish'. TEANGA, 26 . [Link]
	2020	Bruen, Jennifer; Kelly, Niamh; Loftus, Maria (2020) 'Attendance policies on university language degrees: exploring attitudes, and measuring relationships with performance and progression'. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44 (7). [DOI]
	2020	Bruen, J.; Kelly, N.; Loftus, M. (2020) 'Attendance policies on university language degrees: exploring attitudes, and measuring relationships with performance and progression'. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Bruen, J. (2020) 'Language learning strategies for reading comprehension: assessing the strategy use of young adults at beginners’ level taking Chinese, German, Japanese or Spanish as foreign languages at university'. Language Learning Journal, 48 . [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Bruen, J; Kelly, N (2017) 'Mother-tongue diversity in the foreign language classroom: Perspectives on the experiences of non-native speakers of English studying foreign languages in an English-medium university'. LANGUAGE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 7 :353-369. [DOI]
	2017	Bruen, Jennifer (2017) 'Language learning strategies for reading comprehension: assessing the strategy use of young adults at beginners’ level taking Chinese, German, Japanese or Spanish as foreign languages at university'. THE LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNAL (ONLINE), :1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2017.1370606
	2017	Bruen, J. and Kelly, N. (2017) 'Using a shared L1 to reduce cognitive overload and anxiety levels in the L2 classroom'. THE LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNAL (PRINT), 45 (3):368-381. [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Sudhershan, Aleksandra and Bruen, Jennifer (2017) 'Building Virtual Bridges: Developing an international tandem link between universities in Austria and Ireland'. ETAS Journal, 34 (3):39-41.
	2017	Bruen, J. and Kelly, N. (2017) 'Mother-tongue diversity in the foreign language classroom: Perspectives on the experiences of non-native speakers of English studying foreign languages in an English-medium university'. LANGUAGE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 7 (2). [Link] https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2017-0014
	2016	Bruen, J.; Crosbie, V.; Kelly, N.; Loftus, M.; Maillot, A.; McGillicuddy, Á.; Péchenart, J. (2016) 'Teaching controversial topics in the humanities and social sciences in Ireland: Using structured academic controversy to develop multi-perspectivity in the learner'. Journal Of Social Science Education, 15 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, Jennifer; Sheridan, Vera (2016) 'The impact of the collapse of communism and EU accession on language education policy and practice in Central and Eastern Europe: two case-studies focussing on English and Russian as foreign languages in Hungary and Eastern Germany'. Current Issues in Language Planning, 17 (2). [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, Jennifer; Crosbie, Veronica; Kelly, Niamh; Loftus, Maria; Maillot, Agnès; Péchenart, Juliette (2016) 'Teaching Controversial Topics in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Ireland: Using Structured Academic Controversy to develop multi-perspectivity in the learner'. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (ONLINE), 15 (3). [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, Jennifer; Kelly, Niamh (2016) 'Language teaching in a globalised world: harnessing linguistic super-diversity in the classroom'. International Journal of Multilingualism, 13 (3). [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, Jennifer and Grammes, Tilman (2016) 'Controversial issues in the Political Classroom [Special Issue]'. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (ONLINE), 2 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, J.; Kelly, N. (2016) 'Language teaching in a globalised world: harnessing linguistic super-diversity in the classroom'. International Journal of Multilingualism, 13 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Bruen, Jennifer and Sheridan, Vera (2015) 'The Impact of the Collapse of Communism and EU Accession on Language Education Policy and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe: Two case-studies focussing on English and Russian as foreign languages in Hungary and Eastern Germany'. Current Issues in Language Planning, . [DOI]
	2015	Niamh Kelly , Jennifer Bruen (2015) 'Translation as a pedagogical tool in the foreign language classroom. A qualitative study of attitudes and behaviours'. LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH (ONLINE), 19 :150-168. [DOI]
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer (2014) 'Politics: Interest, Participation and Education. Comparing the Republic of Ireland with Germany'. Irish Educational Studies, . [DOI]
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer and Kelly, Niamh (2014) 'Using a shared L1 to reduce cognitive overload and anxiety levels in the L2 classroom'. THE LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNAL (PRINT), .
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer, Grammes, Tilman (Eds.) (2014) 'Social Sciences in Higher Education [Special Issue]'. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (ONLINE), 13 . [DOI]
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer, Grammes. Tilman (Eds.) (2014) 'Insights into Citizenship Classrooms: The art of documentation and description [Special Issue]'. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (ONLINE), 13 . [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Bruen, Jennifer (2013) 'Civic Education and Democratic Socialisation: From Passive Subject to Active Citizen in Post-Communist States and Beyond [Politische Bildung und demokratische Sozialization: Vom passiven Untertan zum aktiven Bürger in sowohl Staaten, die den Kommunismus durchlaufen haben als auch darüber hinaus]'. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (ONLINE), 12 :8-15. [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Bruen, Jennifer (2013) 'The impact of study abroad on language learners perceptions of the concept of citizenship. Some preliminary considerations'. AISHE-J: THE ALL IRELAND JOURNAL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 5 :13410-13420.
	2013	Bruen, Jennifer (2013) 'Towards a national policy for languages in education: The case of Ireland [Vers une politique nationale pour les languages dans l'éducation: le cas de l'Irlande]'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE POLICY, 5 :99-114.
	2015	Bruen, J.; Sudhershan, A. (2015) '“So They’re Actually Real?” Integrating E-Tandem Learning into the Study of Language for International Business'. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 26 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, J.; Sheridan, V. (2016) 'The impact of the collapse of communism and EU accession on language education policy and practice in Central and Eastern Europe: two case-studies focussing on English and Russian as foreign languages in Hungary and Eastern Germany'. Current Issues in Language Planning, 17 . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer (2014) 'Politics: interest, participation and education. Comparing the Republic of Ireland with Germany'. Irish Educational Studies, 33 (1). [DOI]
	2014	Bruen, J. (2014) 'From Dictatorship to Democracy? The Impact of the Collapse of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) on Political Education in its Schools'. Journal of Political Science Education, 10 . [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Kennedy, Fionnuala, Bruen, Jennifer and Pechenart, Juliette (2011) 'Using an e-portfolio to facilitate the self-assessment of language and intercultural learning: a case-study approach'. LANGUAGE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1 :229-247. [DOI]
	2009	Bruen, Jennifer and Sudhershan, Aleksandra (2009) 'Intercultural Encounters and the European Language Portfolio: Some thoughts on the development of the LOLIPOP-ELP and its potential role in language teaching and learning'. 4 :87-102.
	2008	Bruen, Jennifer and Wagner, Thomas (2008) 'Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Reflections on a pilot module'. 23 :76-91.
	2005	Bruen, J. (2005) 'Educating europeans? Language planning and policy in higher education institutions in ireland'. Language and Intercultural Communication, 5 . [Link] [DOI]
	2004	Bruen, Jennifer (2004) 'Learning to Speak German: an investigation of the language learning strategies associated with the achievement of higher levels of oral proficiency in German among second year university students'. 20 :15-28.
	2001	Bruen, Jennifer (2001) 'The Parallel Development of Oral Proficiency and Use of Language Learning Strategies'. TEACHING GERMAN/UNTERRICHTSPRAXIS, 34(2) :158-168.
	2001	Bruen, J. (2001) 'Strategies for success: Profiling the effective learner of German'. Foreign Language Annals, 34 . [Link]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2021	Bruen, Jennifer (2021) 'The Place of Foreign Languages in the Irish Education System: Towards a more strategic approach' In: Language Learning in Anglophone Countries: Challenges, Policies, Ways Forward. Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]
	2020	Bruen, Jennifer; Kelly, Niamh (2020) 'Migration and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: Implications for language teaching practice and policy' In: Inequality, Innovation and Reform in Higher Education: Challenges of migration and ageing populations. Dortrecht : Springer International Publishing. [Link]
	2018	Jennifer Bruen (2018) 'Counter-Discourses, Counter Arguments and New Paradigms' In: Non-Violent Resistance: Counter-Discourse in Irish Culture. Oxford : Peter Lang. [Link]
	2016	Sheridan, V and Bruen, J. (2016) 'Changing Learner Motivations for the Study Of Languages In Central And Eastern Europe and their Implications for Multilingualism In This Region' In: Multilingualism And English In Twenty-First Century Europe: Recent Developments And Challenges. Berlin : Peter Lang.
	2015	Bruen, J. (2015) 'Cognitive dissonance and the subjective mind in foreign language learning: The use of structured academic controversy in the German language classroom' In: Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience: The Subjective Dimension. [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Aleksandra Sudhershan , Jennifer Bruen (2015) 'Dealing with educational baggage in the language classroom. Fostering autonomy among international students' In: Altbach, P. G. and Knight, J. (2006). ��The Internationalization of HE: Motivations and Realities��, The NEA 2006 Almanac of HE [Online]. accessed 3 June 2013. Amuzie, G. L. and Winke, P. (2009). ��Changes in Language Learning Beliefs as a Result of Study Abroad��, System, 37, 366��379. Andrade, M. S. (2006). ��International Students in English-speaking Universities: Adjustment Factors��, Journal of Research in International Educa(Eds.). Higher Education and Second Language Learning: Promoting self-directed learning in new technological and educational contextx. Switzerland : Peter Lang.
	2010	Bruen, Jennifer, Pechenart, Juliette and Crosbie Veronica (2010) 'Learning to LOLIPOP: Developing an E-Portfolio and Integrating it into a First Year Research and Study Skills Module' In: R. Donnelly, J. Harvey, K. O'Rourke(Eds.). Critical Design and Effective Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education:Theory into Practice. New York : IGI Global. http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/learning-lolipop-developing-eportfolio-integrating/44467
	2008	Bruen, Jennifer (2008) 'The European Language Portfolio: developing presentation skills among university students of German for business' In: Melinda Dooley and Diana Eastment(Eds.). How we're going about it: teachers' voices on innovative approaches to teaching and learning languages. Newcastle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
	2008	Jennifer Bruen , Thomas Wagner (2008) 'Content and Language Integrated Learning: reflections on a pilot module' In: TEANGA. THE IRISH YEARBOOK OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS. : Irish Association for Applied Language.
	2007	Bruen, Jennifer (2007) 'New Perspectives in Language Learning: Transferable Skills and the Language On-line Portfolio Project' In: Jean Conacher and Helen Kelly-Holmes(Eds.). New Learning Environments for Language Learning: Moving beyond the classroom?. Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang.
	2007	Bruen, Jennifer (2007) 'Have Portfolio, Will Travel: the intercultural dimension of the European Language Portfolio' In: Aileen Pearson-Evans and Angela Leahy(Eds.). Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity. New York: : Peter Lang.
	2006	Bruen, Jennifer (2006) 'Getting the Balance Right: the role of language on interdisciplinary degrees – a case-study of the BA in European Business at Dublin City University' In: Anne Gallagher and Muiris O’Laoire(Eds.). Language Education in Ireland: Current Practice and Future Developments. Dublin : Teanga.
	2005	Bruen, Jennifer (2005) 'Language Learning Strategies and Oral Proficiency: profiling the successful student' In: John Partridge(Eds.). Getting into German: Multidisciplinary Linguistic Approaches. Bern : Peter Lang.

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2018	Agnes Maillot, Jennifer Bruen and Jean-Philippe Imbert (Ed.). (2018) Non-Violent Resistance: Irreverence in Irish Culture. Oxford: Peter Lang, [DOI]
	2018	Agnes Maillot and Jennifer Bruen (Ed.). (2018) Non-Violent Resistance: Counter-Discourse in Irish Culture. Oxford: Peter Lang, [DOI]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2019	Jennifer Bruen (2019) 'Languages Connect: What does Ireland’s first government strategy for foreign-languages-in-education mean for Irish universities?' 1 (1) . [Link]
	2004	Bruen, J. (2004) 'Invited Papers: Language Policies in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland: Some Preliminary Findings, ' * :-.
	1999	Bruen, Jennifer (1999) 'Learning to Speak German: an investigation of the language learning strategies associated with the achievement of higher levels of oral proficiency in German' N/A :-.
	1999	Bruen, Jennifer (1999) 'The Learning Star: an exploration of the interrelationships between individual learner differences, the use of language learning strategies and levels of oral proficiency in German' N/A :87-98.
	1996	Bruen, Jennifer (1996) 'Teaching Critical Thought: German unification and educational reform in Eastern Germany' N/A :38-63.

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	Bruen, Jennifer; Lopez, Elena (2023) Language and Education Policy in Ireland: Reimagining Continuity and Embracing Change Waste Not, Want Not: Building on Ireland's Linguistic Capacity Beyond Secondary Education and the Home Trinity College Dublin, .
	2023	Elena Lopez; Jennifer Bruen (2023) International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices DCU: Languaculture Space: Fostering students’ plurilingualism and intercultural understanding in an informal setting International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices. Dublin City University, 20/04/2023-21/04/2023.
	2022	Bruen Jennifer; López Elena (2022) IRAAL Research-driven Curriculum Design: Developing a University-Wide Language Programme presented at Building Bridges through Applied Linguistics: Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, Munster Technological University (Cork and Tralee Campuses), 30 September-1 October Munster Technological University, 30/09/2022-01/10/2022.
	2022	Bruen, Jennifer (2022) Implementation of Languages Connect in the new Global Context: Brexit, Post-Covid and the VUCA World The DCU Language & Culture Programme: A presentation to the Foreign Languages Advisory Group of the Department of Education and Skills Marino Institute of Education, 12/05/2022-12/06/2022.
	2021	Bruen, Jennifer (2021) National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Waterford Institute of Technology Joining the (disjointed) Dots: Student Success in Language Learning in Ireland. National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Virtual, WIT, .
	2018	Jennifer Bruen (2018) Foreign language learning and Ireland’s ‘Languages Connect’ strategy: a symposium on perspectives for higher education Languages Connect: What does Ireland's first government strategy for foreign-languages-in-education mean for the Higher Education sector? University College Cork, 30/11/2018-30/11/2018.
	2018	Bruen, J. (2018) Language Strategies and Applied Linguistics: Practices and Policies The Likely Impact of Languages Connect on the Higher Education Sector DCU, 24/11/2018-24/11/2018.
	2018	Bruen, J. (2018) Language Strategies and Applied Linguistics: Practices and Policies Measuring and Assessing Language Learning Strategies: From the generic to the specific DCU, 24/11/2018-24/11/2018.
	2018	Jennifer Bruen (2018) AILTA 2018: All Ireland Conference on Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Further and Higher Education Designing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Modules: A research-informed approach Marino Institute of Education, 30/10/2018-30/10/2018.
	2016	Bruen, Jennifer (2016) Celebrating Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Dublin City University Innovative Approaches to Assessment and Feedback in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Developing and disseminating a practical guide and toolkit Dublin City University, 16/09/2016-16/09/2016.
	2015	Bruen, Jennifer and Sheridan, Vera (2015) English and Multilingualism in 21st Century Europe English and Multilingualism in Central and Eastern Europe Post-Communism NUI Maynooth, 12/06/2015-12/06/2015.
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer and Sheridan, Vera (2014) War and Peace in the Life of Language: A Symposium on the Role of Extra- and Intralinguistic Conflicts in the Development of Language Theory and Practice The changing linguistic profile of Central and Eastern Europe 25 Years after the Collapse of Communism with a particular focus on the position of English and Russian in Hungary and the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) University of Nottingham, 25/04/2014-26/04/2014.
	2014	Bruen, Jennifer (2014) Invited Public Lecture: Irish Association for Applied Linguistics AmbitiousTeaching and Transformational Learning? The use of Structured Academic Controversy in the Language Classroom and in the Preparation of Students for Study Abroad Trinity College Dublin, 02/04/2014-02/04/2014.
	2013	Bruen, Jennifer (2013) Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience: the Subjective Dimension Where does my world end? The Impact of Study Abroad on Language Learners' Understanding of Citizenship NUI Maynooth, 30/08/2013-31/08/2013.
	2013	Bruen, Jennifer (2013) European Social Survey Conference: Trans-national evidence Politics, Participation and Education: Comparing Germany and the Republic of Ireland using Data from the European Social Survey University College Dublin, 10/06/2013-11/06/2013.
	2013	Bruen, Jennifer (2013) Communism and Post-Communism: Transition, Transformation, Stagnation, Regression. 37th Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and Eastern European Studies Edukator or Indoktrinator? The Impact of the Collapse of the GDR on Political Education in its Schools DCU, 15/03/2013-16/03/2013.
	2012	Bruen, Jennifer (2012) Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland Political Education in Post-Transition States: The Case of (East-) Germany Humanities Institute, University College Dublin, 23/11/2012-24/11/2012.
	2009	Bruen, Jennifer (2009) Learning to LOLIPOP: Learners and Teachers Reflect DCU, 12/06/2009-12/06/2009.
	2009	Bruen, J (with F. Kennedy and J. Péchenart) (2009) The role of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) and the European Language Portfolio (ELP) in higher education Using an e-portfolio to facilitate language and intercultural learning in higher education: a case-study approach Padua, Italy, 17/09/2009-19/09/2009.
	2009	Bruen, J. (with J. Péchenart) (2009) Language Policy and Learning From Policy to Practice: Integrating an electronic ELP, the LOLIPOP ELP, into a first year undergraduate programme University of Limerick, 18/06/2009-20/06/2009.
	2009	Bruen, J. (with V. Crosbie and J. Péchenart) (2009) Learning to LOLIPOP: Learners and Teachers Reflect, International Symposium Learning to LOLIPOP 1: Developing an e-portfolio and integrating it into a first year research and study skills module DCU, 12/06/2009-12/06/2009.
	2007	Bruen, Jennifer and Juliette Pechenart (2007) EDTech 2007: Eighth Annual Irish Technology Users’ Conference Vorsprung durch Technik: developing an online version of the European Language Portfolio Dublin Institute of Technology, 23/05/2007-25/05/2007.
	2005	Bruen J, Sherry R (2005) 10th International Colloquium on Foreign Language Teaching: Moving Beyond the Classroom? New Learning Environments for Language Learning / Lernen außerhalb des Klassenzimmers? Neue Lernräume für das Fremdsprachenlernen New Perspectives in Language Learning: Transferable Skills and the Language On-line Portfolio Project University of Limerick, 10/06/2005-11/06/2005.
	2004	Bruen, Jennifer (2004) Politics, Plurilingualism and Linguistic Identity Educating Europeans? Language Planning and Policy in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland Dublin City University, 11/11/2004-14/11/2004.
	2004	Bruen, Jennifer (2004) The Local and the Global: Contested Terrains United We Stand?: Language Planning and Policy in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland Dublin City University, 24/09/2004-25/09/2004.
	2003	Bruen, Jennifer, Péchenart, Juliette and Veronica Crosbie (2003) Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity, Annual Symposium of the Royal Irish Academy Have Portfolio, Will Travel: the intercultural dimension of the European Language Portfolio Dublin City University, 07/11/2003-08/11/2003.
	2003	Bruen J., Crosbie, V. and J. Péchenart (2003) The Cutting Edge: Training to Communicate, ENCODE Conference The European Language Portfolio and the Business World University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, 25/09/2003-27/09/2003.
	2003	Bruen, J. (2003) Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland Course Design at Third Level: Teaching German Using Supported CLIL NUI Maynooth, 08/09/2003-10/09/2003.
	2003	Crosbie, Veronica, Bruen, Jennifer and Juliette Péchenart (2003) The Intercultural Narrative, IALIC 4th Annual Conference The Intercultural Narrative and the ELP Lancaster, 14/12/2003-16/12/2003.
	2001	Jenny Bruen (2001) Language Education in Ireland: Current Practice and Future Needs Getting the Balance right: the role of language on interdisciplinary degrees - a case-study of the BA in European Business at Dublin City University NUI Maynooth, 25/10/2001-26/10/2001.
	2000	Jenny Bruen (2000) Annual International Jury of the International Partnership of Business Schools A Strategic Approach to Language Learning Northeastern University, Boston, 07/07/2000-08/07/2000.
	2016	Bruen, Jennifer; Kelly, Niamh (2016) Higher Education Reform Workshop 2016 Linguistic Super-Diversity and the Student Experience in Higher Education: Enhancing the delivery of modern foreign languages Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, 07/09/2016-09/09/2016.
	2000	Jenny Bruen (2000) Colloquium on Work in Progress of the SALIS Language Studies Centre Understanding and Applying Motivation Research in a Language Learning Context DCU, 18/09/2000-18/09/2000.
	2016	Sudhershan, Aleksandra and Bruen, Jennifer (2016) IATELF Annual International Conference: Business English Special Interest Group Teaching learners how to write successful job applications through e-tandem learning Birmingham, 12/04/2016-12/04/2016.
	1999	Jenny Bruen (1999) Fourth Annual Conference of the European Learning Styles Information Network The Learning Star: an exploration of the interrelationships between individual learner differences, the use of language learning strategies and levels of oral proficiency in German University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England, 28/06/1999-29/06/1999.
	1999	Jenny Bruen (1999) Forum for Germanic Language Studies Learning to Speak German: an investigation of the language learning strategies associated with the achievement of higher levels of oral proficiency in German University of Kent at Canterbury, 26/02/1999-27/02/1999.
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Online Article

	Year	Publication
	2007	Bruen, Jennifer (2007) Vorsprung durch Technik: developing an online version of the European Language Portfolio. ELEA

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2014	Bruen, J.; Grammes, T. (2014) The social sciences in higher education. [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Bruen, J.; Grammes, T. (2014) Insights into citizenship classrooms. The art of documentation & description. [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Bruen, J.; Grammes, T. (2016) Controversial issues in the political classroom. [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Bruen, J. (2015) Development Education in Policy and Practice.
	2015	Bruen, Jennifer, Kelly, Niamh and Kenny, Dorothy (2015) Response to the Framework for Consultation on a Foreign Languages in Education Strategy for Ireland from the School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University. http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Information/Curriculum-and-Syllabus/Foreign-Languages-Strategy/Third-Level/Foreign-Languages-Jennifer-Bruen-Niamh-Kelly-Dorothy-Kenny-SALIS-DCU.pdf