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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Singleton, David Michael | |
| Main Department | CLCS | |
| College Title | Professor in App. Linguistics | |
| dsnglton@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 1232 | |
| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/dsnglton | |
| Biography | |
| I was born in Poole (Dorset) in 1948. I was educated at the local Catholic primary school and state grammar school. I took my primary degree (Moderatorship in Modern Languages - French and German -, Class I) at Trinity College Dublin and my doctorate (in French Linguistics) at the University of Cambridge. My first lecturing position was in the French Department of St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, but since 1980 I have been a member of staff of the Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College Dublin. I have been deeply involved in various professional organizations - including the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (President 1982-85), the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (Secretary General 1993-96) and the European Second Language Association (President 1999-2003). | |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| Member of the Philological Society | 1976 | |
| Member of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics | 1977 | |
| Member of the National Committee of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics | 1978 | 1988 |
| President of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics | 1982 | 1985 |
| Member of the Executive Board of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée | 1984 | 1996 |
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| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Election to Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin | 1994 |
| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| Dutch | Medium | Basic | Basic |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| French | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| German | Fluent | Medium | Medium |
| Polish | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| Spanish | Medium | Basic | Basic |
| Description of Research Interests |
| My research interests have ranged from fairly theoretical areas of linguistics (e.g. lexical semantics and semantic change) to very practical and applied domains (e.g. second language syllabus design). In recent times most of my research activity and publications have been concerned with second language acquisition, and in particular (i) cross-linguistic influence in second language acquisition and processing, (ii) the second language mental lexicon and (iii) age-related factors in second language acquisition. I also have an interest in first language acquisition, and just been commissioned to write a book on this topic |
| Research Interests | |||
| Immigration | Language Acquisition (first & second) | Multiculturalism |
| Publications and Other Research Outputs |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Singleton, D., The Critical Period Hypothesis: A coat of many colours, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 43, (4), 2005, p269 - 285 | |
| Singleton, D, Ryan, L., Language acquisition: the age factor, Second Edition, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2004, 1 - 289pp | |
| Singleton, D., Language and the lexicon: an introduction, London, Edward Arnold, 2000, 1 - 244pp | |
| Singleton, D., Exploring the second language mental lexicon, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 1 - 341pp | |
| More Publications and Other Research Outputs >>> | |
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