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Dr. John Harris

Fellow Emeritus (C.L.C.S.)

 harrisjo@tcd.ie

 


Research Tags

  Bilingualism   Minority language education and maintenance   Policy oriented research on language education   Psycholinguistics   Second language acquisition

Representations

Details Date
Editor, Language Culture and Curriculum (Routledge) January, 2009
Member of the editorial board of the international peer review journal 'Education, Citizenship and Social Justice' (Eds.; Peter Clough, Alan Dyson, Tony Gallagher adn Laurie Johnson). 2005-
Member, Department of Education and Science, Authoring Group for the Country Report (Ireland), Council of Europe Language Education Policy Profile for Ireland. 2005 - present.
Consultant to the DES Irish-Medium Materials Project Dearthóirí Áiseanna Teagaisc na Gaeilge na Roinne Oideachais agus Eolaíochta/ Séideán Sí. 2001 - present.
Member of Royal Irish Academy subcommitte on Language Policy. 2005 - present.
Consultant to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessmentin the early stages of its work to develop a new curriculum for Irish. 1992 - 1993.
Member of the Education Board of the Irish Association for Speech and Language Therapists 1999-present.
Member of the DES Consultative Committee and the Steering Committee for the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative 1998-present
Member of the NCCA Modern Language Steering Committee (Primary), National Council for Curriculum and Assessment 2003-2004
Member of the high-level Committee to enquire into the position of Irish in the Junior Certificate Examination (Foundation and Ordinary levels) appointed by the Minister for Education and Science 2000-2003
Member of the Irish Curriculum Committee of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment from 1992-1998
Member of joint ITÉ Board/Senior Management Planning Committees which produced a series of five-year development plans for the Institute
Member of the ITÉ Research Management Committee (approved new projects and monitored the progress of work programmes).
Head of the Department of Psycholinguistics in ITÉ. Responsible for all planning and research management in the Department which comprised six academic staff. The research work of the Department spanned language teaching and learning at pre-school, primary and post-primary levels and dealt with Irish and modern European languages. I have supervised the work of a large number of postgraduate research assistants and teachers on secondment to ITÉ. 1978-2004
Member of the Board of Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann 1997-2002
Member of the Executive Committee of the ITÉ Board
Council of Europe Meeting of Experts (Irish Delegate). L'enseignement bilingue pour les communautes linguistiques minoritaires' 1996
EU Meeting of Experts (Irish Delegate). Conducted an examination of a linguistic test for foreign pupils entering first year of secondary education in the Netherlands. Brussels, 4-5 December,. 1980
Correspondent for the journal Sociolinguistica, producing an annual bibliography of publications on sociolinguistics in Ireland 1993-2000
. Regular referee and reviewer of articles for academic journals such as International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language, Culture and Curriculum, Teanga, the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Journal - Teanga and Teangeolas.
Referee for Multilingual Matters series of books on Language Acquisition 2005

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Basic Basic Basic
Irish Fluent Fluent Fluent

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
British Association for Applied Linguistics
Member of the Education Board of the Irish Association for Speech and Language Therapists 1999 Present
Member of the DES Consultative Committee for the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative 1998 Present
Member of the DES Steering Committee for the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative 1998 Present
Member of the NCCA Modern Language Steering Committee (Primary), National Council for Curriculum and Assessment 2003 2004
Member of the high-level Committee to enquire into the position of Irish in the Junior Certificate Examination (Foundation and Ordinary levels) appointed by the Minister for Education and Science 2000 2003
Member of the Irish Curriculum Committee of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment 1992 1998
Minority Languages, Community and Identity in Ireland and Scotland. in, John M. Kirk and Dónall P. Ó Baoill (Eds.) , Sustaining Minority Language Communities: Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics 20. , Belfast:, Cló Ollscoil na Banríona, 2011, pp11 - 21, [Harris, J.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Harris, J. and Ó Duibhir, P., Effective language teaching: A synthesis of research. Research Report No. 13. , Dublin., National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2011, (ISSN 1649-3362), 1, 160, Report, PUBLISHED
Attitude Motivation in the Early Learning of Foreign Languages and Minority Second Languages. in, O'Rourke, B. and Carson, L. , Language learning autonomy: Policy, Curriculum, Classroom, Oxford, Peter Lang, 2010, pp213 - 230, [Harris, J.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: From foreign to heritage and minority language programmes. in, M. Nikolov , The Age Factor and Early Language Learning, Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 2009, pp351 - 376, [Harris, J.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
A Third Language at Primary Level in Ireland: An independent evaluation of the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative in, editor(s)Nikolov, M. , Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages: Processes and Outcomes, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters, 2009, pp1 - 12, [Harris, J. & O Leary, D.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Language Culture and Curriculum., Abingdon, Oxon: , Routledge Taylor and Francis, [Editor], 2009-2012, Notes: [Three issues per year. Included in Social Science Citation Index.], Editorial Board, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., Late-stage refocussing of Irish-language program evaluation: Maximising the potential for productive debate and remediation, Language Teaching Research, 13, (1), 2009, p55 - 76, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Irish in the education system. in, editor(s)C. Nic Pháidín and S. Ó Cearnaigh, (Eds.) , A New View of the Irish Language. , Dublin, Cois Life, 2008, pp178 - 190, [Harris, J.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., The declining role of primary schools in the revitalisation of Irish., AILA Review, 21, 2008, p49 - 68, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Issues in Irish immersion. in, editor(s)M. Ó Laoire and J. Harris , Language and literacy in Irish-medium schools: Review of literature. , Dublin, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2007, pp23 - 52, [Harris, J.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Harris, J. & O Leary, D. , Linguistic diversity at an earlier age: An independent evaluation of the Modern Language in Primary School Initiative in Ireland, Linguistic Diversity, Cork: University College Cork, Nov 4th-5th, 2005, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., An Ghaeilge sa Bhunscoil: Fadhbanna agus féidearthachtaí, Conference of the Department of Education and Science Inspectorate, Croke Park, September 7th, 2005, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., Múineadh na nGaeilge, an Bhéarla agus teangacha iasachta i mbunscoileanna na hÉireann, Conradh na nGaeilge Conference 'The Issue of Language in the Irish Education System'., Dublin Trinity College, 14th July, 2005, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., Modern languages in Irish primary schools, Third Mercator International Symposium, Holland, November, 2004, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., Suirbhé náisiúnta ar an nGaeilge sa Bhunscoil, Inspectors' Conference, Tralee, 2004, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., Third Language Learning at Primary level in Ireland: Evidence from the evaluation of the National Pilot Project, Third International Conference on Trilingualism and Third Language Acquisition, Tralee, September, 2003, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., The role of primary schools in the maintenance and revival of Irish, 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, April 30th, 2003, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J., Invited paper, Third Language and Politics Symposium, Queen's University Belfast, 18th-20th September, 2002, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Harris, J and Ní Scannláin, E., Cnuasaigh Chugat! A content based Irish course for the beginning of post primary school. CD, Listening tape and report submitted to the European Commission, 2000, -, Notes: [Project 57844-CP-1-98-1-ES-LINGUA-LD). ], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Harris, J. and Mac Giollabhui, S., Bain Triail As: Eolaíocht trí Ghaeilge do na gnáthscoileanna. Teacher's Handbook, 1998, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Election to Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin 2008
Scholarship from Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann (ITÉ) to study for a PhD in Psycholinguistics at the University of Chicago 1973-1976
Full Tuition Scholarship from the University of Chicago 1973-1976
Travel Scholarship from the Department of Foreign Affairs 1973
Research Fellowship in Psychometrics from the Department of Education and Science (DES). 1970-1971
Postgraduate Scholarship from University College Cork on the basis of B.A. results. 1968-1969

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Psycholinguistics, with a particular emphasis on bilingualism, classroom second language acquistion and children's attitudes to and experiences of language learning. Policy-oriented research on language learning and teaching, particularly national monitoring and evaluation at the system level. Language programme evaluation, particularly in relation to new initiatives and approaches. Classroom observation and the study of teaching and interaction processes in language education. Language maintenance and revival, minority languages, immersion education. Immediate processing of spoken language and communication failure in dialogue and discourse.