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Ms KRISTIN HORAN

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Contact Details

Lecturer/Head of EFL
UNIVERSITY TEACHER
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E: KRISTIN.HORAN@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Kristin lectures in Intercultural Communication, Public Speaking and English as a Foreign Language.

Kristin  started teaching in the Shannon College of Hotel Management in 2002.  Since 2005, she has been head of the English as a Foreign Language Department.  During this time, she has designed and written programmes such as the Certificate in English Language Studies (Level 5) and the International Foundation Business Programme (Level 6), including the development and management of two English language programmes delivered in China.  
  
Kristin holds a BA in Communication (Radio/TV/Film) from Marist College, New York; an MA in English Language Teaching from the University of Limerick; and is currently writing up her PhD in Applied Linguistics at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Her research is investigating the use of metadiscourse in student academic presentations. Her other research interests include: corpus linguistics, spoken discourse analysis, media language and intercultural communication.

She has previously worked in publishing in the production, sales and support of academic books. 

Kristin was the Shannon Project Leader for the Cambridge, Limerick and Shannon (CLAS) Corpus, a one million word corpus of business and hospitality language which is part of the English Profile project.   

Kristin took over as the Project Leader for the ExS project, a web-based application to assist students in the development of their executive functioning skills.  

Research Interests

Corpus Linguistics, Student Academic Presentations, Discourse Analysis, Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
ExS: AN ONLINE EXECUTIVE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 28-FEB-19 31-DEC-20
The Cambridge, Limerick and Shannon Corpus (CLAS) 01-SEP-08 01-JUN-12

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2020) 'The Role of Executive Functioning Skills in Achieving Academic Success and Navigating Current Pandemic Uncertainties'
Kavanagh, Loraine; Ryan, Gwen and Horan, Kristin (2020) 'The Role of Executive Functioning Skills in Achieving Academic Success and Navigating Current Pandemic Uncertainties'. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 12 (3):1-9 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2013) 'Looking at language in hotel management education'
Margaret Healy and Kristin Horan (2013) 'Looking at language in hotel management education' In: Language, Learning and Teaching: Irish Research Perspectives. Oxford: Peter Lang AG. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2021) CL2021
Horan, Kristin (2021) Metadiscourse in student academic presentations CL2021 [Details]
(2021) 'Re-connection' AHEAD Conference 2021
Kristin Horan, Loraine Kavanagh, and Orla Cullinane (2021) Introducing ExS: an online application to assist third level students with executive function skills 'Re-connection' AHEAD Conference 2021 Ireland, , 01-APR-21 - 29-APR-21 [Details]
(2020) Mary Immaculate College Applied Linguistics Summer School
Kristin Horan (2020) Metadiscourse in student academic presentations Mary Immaculate College Applied Linguistics Summer School Limerick, Ireland (online), , 24-JUN-20 [Details]
(2018) 9th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Biennial Conferece
Kristin Horan (2018) “Um so yeah we’re you all know why we’re here”: hesitation in student presentations 9th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Biennial Conferece University of Valetta, Malta, , 13-JUN-18 - 15-JUN-18 [Details]
(2017) Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) Research Day
Kristin Horan (2017) Hesitation in student academic presentations Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) Research Day University of Limerick, Ireland, , 24-MAY-17 [Details]
(2017) Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium
Kristin Horan and Anne O'Keeffe (2017) Retrofitting research design onto given corpus data- when the corpus cart comes before the research question horse Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium Cardiff, Wales, , 04-MAR-17 - 04-MAR-17 [Details]
(2016) Travel and Tourism Research Association European Chapter Conference
Kristin Horan and Margaret Healy (2016) Language in the hospitality industry: case studies from the CLAS Corpus Travel and Tourism Research Association European Chapter Conference Shannon, Ireland, , 20-APR-16 [Details]
(2016) 8th Inter-varietal Applied Corpus Studies Biennial Conference
Kristin Horan (2016) ¨Good morning ladies and gentlemen¨: an analysis of the linguistic features of student academic presentations 8th Inter-varietal Applied Corpus Studies Biennial Conference Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, , 16-JUN-16 [Details]
(2015) Irish Association of Applied Linguistics 40th Anniversary Conference
Kristin Horan and Margaret Healy (2015) Tracking student progress through hospitality management education: a linguistic analysis Irish Association of Applied Linguistics 40th Anniversary Conference Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, , 21-NOV-15 [Details]
(2015) 11th Tourism and Hospitality in Ireland Research Conference
Kristin Horan and Margaret Healy (2015) Tracking student progress through hospitality management education: a linguistic analysis 11th Tourism and Hospitality in Ireland Research Conference Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Donegal, Ireland, , 11-JUN-15 [Details]
(2015) Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS)
Kristin Horan (2015) Student academic presentations as classroom discourse Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS) Shannon College of Hotel Management, Shannon, Ireland, , 15-FEB-15 [Details]
(2015) Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference
Kristin Horan (2015) A linguistic study of the discourse features of student academic presentations in Higher Education Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, , 28-MAY-15 [Details]
(2014) 7th Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Biennial Conference
Kristin Horan and Anne O'Keeffe (2014) Undergraduate presentations in the CLAS Corpus: a corpus-based study of discourse features and language patterns 7th Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Biennial Conference Newcastle, United Kingdom, , 20-JUN-14 [Details]
(2014) Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS)
Kristin Horan, Margaret Healy and Anne O'Keeffe (2014) A comparison of native and non-native speaker undergraduate presentations in the CLAS Corpus Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS) Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom, , 23-JAN-14 [Details]
(2010) 6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality in Ireland Research Conference (THRIC)
Kristin Horan and Margaret Healy (2010) Looking at language in the hospitality industry 6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality in Ireland Research Conference (THRIC) Shannon College of Hotel Management, Shannon, Ireland, , 15-JUN-10 [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2011) Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities.
Kate O’Connell, Maria Palma Fahey, Sean T Ruane, and Kristin Onderdonk Horan (Ed.). (2011) Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities. Galway/Shannon: College of Business, Public Policy & Law, (NUI) Galway in conjunction with Shannon College of Hotel. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2018) 9th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Biennial Conference,
Kristin Horan (2018) Chaired sessions. [Chaired Session], 9th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Biennial Conference, University of Valetta, Malta , 13-JUN-18 - 15-JUN-18. [Details]
(2015) Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS),
Kristin Horan (2015) Conference Organiser. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS), Shannon College of Hotel Management , 20-FEB-15. [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2021 Dean's Award for Inclusive Teaching (student nomination) NUI Galway

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Centre for Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism Member 29-JUN-20 /
Bristish Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Member 01-SEP-20 /
Inter-varietal Corpus Studies (IVACS) Corpus Linguistics Research Network IVACS, based at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, has a vibrant international research network, connecting corpus researchers and PhD students internationally. 24-AUG-09 /
Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) CALS provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and the development of research projects in applied language studies across a range of languages within the University as well as serving as a focal point for national and international links in this area. 04-JAN-10 /
IRAAL (Irish Association of Applied Linguistics) Member 03-JAN-10 / 02-APR-20
Association of Language Testers in Europe Member 01-MAY-19 / 28-MAY-20

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Teaching and Learning Committee Member 25-JAN-21 /
International Staff Network Events Officer 02-SEP-19 / 02-APR-20
Staff/Student Liaison Committee Class tutor 03-SEP-17 /
Shannon College Executive Board Elected member 02-MAR-17 / 30-JUN-21
Masters Development Committee Team Leader for English entry requirements/ Team member for Research Methods 14-FEB-17 /

Languages

  Language
French
Czech

Community Engagement

  Title Type From / To
Outreach TY Taster Day 26-MAR-21 / 26-MAR-21
Outreach TY Taster Day 02-DEC-19 / 02-DEC-19
Outreach Student School Talk s /
Outreach School culture talks 01-FEB-18 / 28-MAY-20

Other Activities

  Description

Facilitator's Badge Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning Digital Badge

Teaching Interests

Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, English as a Foreign Language, Linguistics. 

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
1 and 2 English as A Foreign Language SC1110 English as a Foreign Language
1 and 2 English as a Foreign Language SC2102 Placement Project
1 and 2 English as a Foreign Language SC3207 English
1 and 2 Intercultural Communication 2 SC3210
2/2021 Intercultural Communication and Management SC4128
1 and 2 Introduction to Intercultural Communication SC0205
2 Public Speaking for Hotel Professionals SC4136 Public Speaking
2 Applied Hotel Project SC0211
1 and 2 English as a Foreign Language SC4108