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Niamh Kelly

Niamh Kelly (B.A., M.Phil., D.Ed.) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies. She has over 20 years experience in teaching Japanese language, Japanese translation and other Japan-related modules. Niamh's Japanese language modules were part of the Transferable Skills Project, which was awarded the European Label for Innovation and Teaching in 2006. She has been the recipient of funding from the Japan Foundation on two occasions, spending time at their Japanese Language Institute in Saitama, Japan. Niamh has also acted as the UK/ Irish representative on the Oshu Nihongo Kyozai Bank Project, for the duration of the project. Niamh's research interests are in the field of second language acquisition and pedagogy, linguistic diversity, and lexical innovation processes, particularly morphological and non-morphological word-formation processes in Japanese secret language. Niamh has published widely in these areas, and has co-authored a number of Japanese language courses with Hodder Education.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2019	Bruen, J;Kelly, N;Loftus, M (2019) 'Attendance policies on university language degrees: exploring attitudes, and measuring relationships with performance and progression'. Journal of Further and Higher Education, .
	2018	Kelly, N (2018) 'Student perceptions and attitudes towards the use of Facebook to support the acquisition of Japanese as a second language'. LANGUAGE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 8 :217-237.
	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.
	2017	Kelly, Niamh (2017) 'The Acquisition of the Third Person Singular [-s]: A case study of Language Minority Children Attending an Irish Primary School'. English Linguistics Research, 6 (1).
	2016	Bruen, J., Crosbie, V., Kelly, N., Loftus, M., Maillot, A., McGillicuddy, A, 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 (ONLINE), 3 . Link
	2016	Bruen, J;Kelly, N (2016) 'Language teaching in a globalised world: harnessing linguistic super-diversity in the classroom'. International Journal of Multilingualism, 13 :333-352.
	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.
	2014	Kelly N. (2014) 'The Special Lexicon of the Secret Language of Thieves in Japan between the Edo and Showa Periods'. Japanese Studies, .
	2014	Bruen J.;Kelly N. (2014) 'Using a shared L1 to reduce cognitive overload and anxiety levels in the L2 classroom'. Language Learning Journal, .
	2013	Kelly N. (2013) 'Does equal access mean treat the same? From theory to practice in the classroom of English as an Additional Language learner in Ireland - towards a transformative agenda'. International Journal of Inclusive Education, .
	2010	Kelly, N (2010) 'A Bourdieusian Perspective on Identity and its Role in Second Language Acquisition'. 3 :45-83.

Multimedia

	Year	Publication
	2019	Kelly, N. and Gilhooly, H. (2019) Start Japanese New Edition. London: ONMM
	2018	Kelly, N. and Gilhooly, H. (2018) Start Japanese (audio download). London: ONMM
	2018	Kelly, N. and Gilhooly, H. (2018) Total Japanese (audio download). London: ONMM

Book

	Year	Publication
	2015	Dr. Niamh M Kelly and Helen Gilhooly (2015) Total Japanese (Interactive CD ROM). : Hodder Education.
	2011	Kelly, N & Gilhooly, H. (2011) Total Japanese: Michel Thomas Method. : Hodder Education.
	2011	Kelly, N & Gilhooly, H. (2011) Start Japanese, The Michel Thomas Method. : Hodder Education.
	2009	Kelly, N & Gilhooly, H. (2009) Michel Thomas Method Advanced Japanese. : Hodder Education.
	2008	Kelly, N & Gilhooly, H. (2008) Michel Thomas Method Japanese Introductory Course. : Hodder Education.
	2008	Kelly, N & Gilhooly, H. (2008) Michel Thomas Method Japanese Foundation Course . : Hodder Education.

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2012	Kelly, N. (2012) Clare and Limerick Centre Research Conference - Current Issues in Education The Language Learning Environment of the Language Minority Student- A Freirean Perspective Clare Education Centre, 03/03/2012-03/03/2012.
	2012	Kelly, N. (2012) Educational Studies Assocation of Ireland The Language Learning Environment of the Language Minority Student- Towards a Transformative Agenda University College Cork, 29/03/2012-31/03/2012.
	2011	Kelly, N (2011) Language, Migration and Diaspora: Modern Languages Symposium 2011 Identity and its Role in Second Language Acquisition Kevin Street Campus, Dublin Institute of Technology, 02/12/2011-03/12/2011.
	2010	Kelly, N. (2010) Educational Studies Association of Ireland A Bourdieusian Perspective on Identity and its role in Second Language Acquisition Dundalk, 25/03/2010-27/03/2010.
	2005	Kelly, N (2005) Japanese Language Education in Europe Developing Transferable Skills in Language Courses: Pilot Study on Japanese Translation Module Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 09/07/2005-.
	2003	Niamh Kelly (2003) The 10th International Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies Evidence from Japanese Secret Language to support the Moraic Theory Warsaw University, Poland, 27/08/2003-30/08/2003.
	2002	Niamh Kelly (2002) Second Conference on Japanese Linguistics and Language Teaching The Use of Metaphor in Japanese Secret Language Instituto Universitario Oreientale, Naples, Italy, 20/03/2002-22/03/2002.
	2000	Niamh Kelly (2000) The 9th International Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies Morpho-phonological Word Formation Processes in Ingo Lahti, Finland (University of Helsinki), 23/08/2000-26/08/2000.
	1999	Niamh Kelly (1999) The Fourth International Symposium on Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies Japanese Langugae Education and Japanese Studies in Asia Pacific: Current Trends and Future Directions Japanese Secret Languages The Hong Kong Polytehnic University, Hong Kong, 20/11/1999-21/11/1999.
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	2011	Kelly, N (2011) British Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference The Impact of Applied Linguistics Acquisition of English Past Tense and Plural Morohology: support for the Dual Mechanism Approach University of the West of England, Bristol, 01/09/2011-03/09/2011.
	2003	Osamu Kamada, Chieko Shirota, Takako Toda, Hiroyuki Yamauchi N. Kelly, K. Sorensen, A. Nakajima, J. Okura, N. Sakurai, Y. Yamada-Bochynek, A. Watabe, K. Radev, A. Focseneanu (2003) The 8th Symposium on Japanese Language Education in Europe Workshop on Japanese Teaching Materials Project to Unite Japanese Pedagogy in Europe and Japan (The Oshu Kyozai Sakusei Kankyu Project) Berne, Switzerland, 12/09/2003-14/09/2003.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2020	Jennifer Bruen and Niamh Kelly (2020) 'Migration and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: Implications for Language Teaching' In: Dordrecht : Springer International Publishing.