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Dr. Emily Barnes

Assistant Professor (Education)
      
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Dr. Emily Barnes

Assistant Professor (Education)

 barnesem@tcd.ie

 


Project Title
 AAC don Ghaeilge
From
October 2022
To
October 2026
Summary
This project aims to develop an Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) system for the Irish language. Such a system allows the user to select a series of words/images to make a sentence which the computer reads out. This is the first such system in the Irish Language
Funding Agency
An Chomhairle Um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
Project Title
 Phonological awareness in the Irish language and its relationship with literacy acquisition in native and non-native Irish speakers
From
To
Summary
This PhD project investigated the predictors of literacy attainment in Irish-English bilinguals, the extent to which they were language-specific as opposed to language-universal and whether differences existed between native and new speakers of Irish.
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Project Title
 The development of a bilingual formative spelling assessment for children in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools
From
To
Summary
This project involved the development of a formative spelling assessment in both Irish and English for children in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools. It was carried out with Professor Pádraig Ó Duibhir in SEALBHÚ in DCU.
Funding Agency
An Chomhairle Um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta

Details Date
Advisor to the Educational Research Centre on the Drumcondra Test of Early Literacy - Gaeilge 2023-24
Journal Reviewer: International Journal of Multilingualism
Journal Reviewer: Teanga, The Journal of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics.
Journal Reviewer: Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online (LME)
Inclusive and Special Education in English-Medium, Irish-Medium, and Gaeltacht Schools: Policy and Ideology of a Fragmented System in, editor(s)Lidia Mañoso-Pacheco, José Luis Estrada Chichón, Roberto Sánchez-Cabrero , Inclusive Education in Bilingual and Plurilingual Programs, 2024, pp80 - 95, [Barnes, E.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Barnes, E., Ní Chiaráin, N. & Ní Chasaide, A., phonemic awareness: language-specific and universal contributions, Reading and Writing, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Barnes, E. & Ó Duibhir, P., A Prototype Bilingual Literacy Screening Test for Pupils in Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht Schools: Design Consideration and Teacher Attitudes, TEANGA: The Journal of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics, 30, 2023, p142 - 168, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Barnes, E., Morrin, O., Ní Chasaide, A., Cummins, J., Berthelsen, H., Nic Corcráin, M.,O" Neill, C., Gobl, C., Ní Chiaráin N., ) AAC don Ghaeilge: the Prototype Development of Speech-Generating Assistive Technology for Irish, Proceedings of the 4th Celtic Language Technology Workshop within LREC2022, 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Ní Chasaide, A., Barnes, E., Ní Chiaráin, N., McGuirk, R., Morrin, O., Nic Corcráin, M., Cummins, J., Challenges in assistive technology development for an endangered language: an Irish (Gaelic) perspective, Ninth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT-2022), 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Barnes, E and Ó Duibhir, P. , An Measúnú múnlaitheach ar Scileanna Litrithe [Formative Assessment of Spelling Skills], 2022, Comhdháil Chomhairle na Gaelscolaíochta, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Barnes, E. & Ó Duibhir, P., A bilingual early literacy screener: the priorities and opinions of teachers in Gaeltacht schools and Gaelscoileanna, The Third All Ireland Research Conference on Immersion Education , 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Emily Barnes, Ailbhe Ní Chasaide, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Predictors of literacy attainment in Irish-English bilinguals: implications for bilingual literacy assessment, 22nd European Conference on Literacy 46th Annual Conference, Literacy Association of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 4-6 July 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Barnes, E., Assessment and support for dyslexia in Irish-medium education: challenges of provision in a minority language, 2021, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Barnes, E., Bilingual phonological awareness: when interdependence becomes interference, International Association for the Study of Child Language conference, 2021, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
  

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Emily Barnes, Joe Condon, Ann Devitt, Noel Ó Murchadha, Driving Motivation in Irish Language Learning: An analysis of variation in post-primary pupil attitudes to Irish in the Growing Up in Ireland study, 31, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Emily Barnes & Sinéad Andrews, Ag tacú le scoláirí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais acu le linn na paindéime, le fócas ar an gcianfhoghlaim [Supporting students with special educational needs during the pandemic, with a focus on remote learning]., Comhdháil Cheannaireachta 2021 [Leadership Conference 2021 for senior management in Irish-medium school], 2021, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Barnes, E., Nascanna idir fóineolaíocht agus ortagrafaíocht na Gaeilge: dúshláin faoi cheilt i múineadh na teanga ar an tríú leibhéal? [Links between the phonology and orthography of Irish: hidden challenges in third level education]. , Lárionad na Gaeilge, Maynooth University Seminar Series, 2021, 2021, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Emily Barnes, An fheasacht fóineolaíochta agus scileanna luathlitearthachta: taighde agus cleachtadh [Phonemic awareness and early literacy skills: research and practice], Gaeloideachas Seminar Series, 2020, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Emily Barnes, Relationships between Sounds and Symbols: It"s Complicated, UCD Dictionary Seminar Series, 2020, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED