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Ms. Carmel Grehan

Assistant Professor (C.L.C.S.)

 cgrehan@tcd.ie

 

Assistant Professor (Centre for Deaf Studies)


Biography

Carmel Grehan is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Deaf Studies where she contributes to teaching across the Bachelor in Deaf Studies programme. She is a Course Director of the Bachelor in Deaf Studies (BDS) programme. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (TCD), an M.Phil in Applied Linguistics (TCD) and a B.Sc and a Dip. Deaf Studies (University of Bristol). She has led work to map Irish Sign Language (ISL) curriculum to the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR) in the degree programme and, with Lorraine Leeson, piloted the use of the European Language (ELP) for sign languages with learners at A2-B1 level. This work has fed into a European Centre for Modern Languages project, ProSign II, which seeks to support sign languages instructors across the Council of Europe. Her work also involves the linguistics of ISL and curriculum development and assessment techniques. Academic supervisor for undergraduate students engaging in research and thesis writing. Serve as a consultant/advisor to Primary Sample Module/Language Connect from June 2021 to present Gave few lectures for Deaf Interpreting Training Programme from December 2020 to November 2021 Advisor and assessor for Dublin City University Assessment (3 months period) Her research interests include gendered language variation - and particularly, female, signing in the Irish Deaf Community of which she completed her thesis as part of her M.Phil programme. and issues relating to teaching and learning. She covered various teaching Linguistics in ISL in Irish Deaf Society's Further Education Training (FET). She formerly served as Chairperson of the Irish Deaf Society.

Research Tags

  Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)   Deaf Education   Deaf Studies   History of education   History of women's education   Irish Sign Language   Women's studies

Research Projects

 Medisigns
 D-Signs
 Poverty in the Irish Deaf Community

Representations

Details Date
Chairperson of Irish Deaf Society 2007 - 2010
Secretary/Board Director of Irish Deaf Society 2001 - 2007
Board Member of the Irish Sign Link 2005-2007
Member of the Partnership Group on Deaf Education (CIDP-IDS-DeafHear-Schools for the Deaf-CDS) 2009 - 2011
Member of ISL Academy 2012 - present
Committee member on Irish Sign Language Academy - a representative body of ISL teachers and researchers under the aegis of Irish Deaf Society. 2005 to 2012
Irish Sign Language Teachers (CISLT)
European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
American Sign Language Medium Medium Basic
British Sign Language Fluent Medium Medium
Irish Sign Language Fluent Fluent Fluent

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) to Irish Deaf Society Further Education & Training (FET) Oct 2021 present
Board Director of Sign Language Interpreting Service Sept 2021 present
ISL Academy 2006 present
College Tutor 2004 2006
Carmel Grehan and Lorraine Leeson, BRIDGING THE GAP: The European Language Portfolio and L2 Irish Sign Language Learners at A2-B1 Level., 21st Association of University, Language Communities Annual Conference, Maynooth University, 9-10 January 2020, 2020, Conference Paper, PRESENTED  URL
Beppie van den Bogaerde, Tobias Haug, Christian Rathmann, Lorraine Leeson, Carmel Grehan and Thomas Geißler, 'Sign languages and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages', Graz, Austria, European Centre for Modern Languages, Council of Europe, , European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) www.ecml.at/prosign, 2020, -, Digital research resource production, PUBLISHED  URL
Carmel Grehan and Lorraine Leeson, Bridging the gap: The European Language Portfolio and L2 Irish Sign Languages Learners at A2-B1 level, Teanga, 2020, p100-119 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Use of Corpora in L1/L2/Ln Sign Language Pedagogy in, editor(s)Rosen, Russell , Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Pedagogy, London , Routledge, 2019, pp339-354 , [Leeson, Lorraine, Jordan Fenlon, Johanna Mesch, Sarah Sheridan and Carmel Grehan], Notes: [https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Sign-Language-Pedagogy-1st-Edition/Rosen/p/book/9781138222823], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Irish Sign Language in, editor(s)Hanson, Julie, Bill McGregor, Goedele De Clerck and Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (eds.) , Sign Languages of the World - A Comparative Handbook, Preston & Berlin, Ishara Press & Mouton de Gruyter, 2015, pp449 - 473, [Lorraine Leeson, John I. Saeed and Carmel Grehan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Irish Sign Language in, editor(s)in, editor(s)Hanson, Julie, Bill McGregor, Goedele De Clerck and Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (eds.) , Sign Languages of the World - A Comparative Handbook, Ishara Press & Mouton de Gruyter, 2015, pp449 - 473, , 2015, pp449 - 473, [[Lorraine Leeson, John I. Saeed and Carmel Grehan]], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Critical Care Required: Access to interpreted healthcare in Ireland. in, editor(s)Melanie Metzger and Brenda Nicodemus , Healthcare Interpreting, Washington DC, Gallaudet University Press, 2014, pp185-233 - [Lorraine Leeson, Asim Sheikh, Carmel Grehan, Ilana Rozanes and Patrick A. Matthews], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
A Common European Framework for Sign Language Curricula? D-Sign(ing) a Curriculum Aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference in, editor(s)Maria Mertzani , Sign Language Teaching and Learning. Papers from the 1st Symposium in Applied Sign Linguistics Centre for Deaf Studies, University of Bristol, 24-26 September 2009, Bristol, Centre for Deaf Studies, University of Bristol, 2010, pp21 - 34, [Lorraine Leeson and Carmel Grehan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Deaf students' views on access to public examinations at Second Level in, editor(s)McDonnell, Patrick, Deaf Studies in Ireland: An Introduction , Deaf Studies in Ireland: An Introduction, Colewell, Uk, Douglas McLean, 2004, pp50-64 , [Grehan C.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
To the Lexicon and Beyond: The Effect of Gender on Variation in Irish Sign Language in, editor(s)Mieke Van Hereweghe and Myriam Vemeerbergen , To the Lexicon and Beyond: Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities., washington DC, Gallaudet University Press, 2004, pp39 - 73, [Lorraine Leeson & Carmel Grehan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
  

John Bosco Conama and Carmel Grehan, Micro-ethics with a focus on microaggressions , Microethics , Dublin, 13 and 20 October, 2021, Sign Language Interpreting Services , Invited Talk, PRESENTED
SUPERVISED: Laila Anshasi, The acquisition of sign language in Deaf students in Ireland during the oralism period , Trinity College Dublin , 2021, Thesis, APPROVED
SUPERVISED: Heidi Veldheer, How do Deaf adult Cochlear Implant users in Ireland, who already had Irish Sign Language prior to implantation after the age of eighteen, experience working with interpreters? , Trinity College Dublin , 2020, Thesis, APPROVED
SUPERVISED: Caitlin Claffey, Toward an Irish Sign Language (ISL) curriculum in the Leaving Certificate (Established) Do Ireland have the materials/resources upon which they can draw to create an ISL curriculum for the Leaving Certificate (Established)?, Trinity College Dublin , 2020, Thesis, APPROVED
SUPERVISED: Teresa Farrell, To investigate the use of Common European Framework for Reference when teaching learning and assessing students. Reflecting on my own student experience being taught through CEFR., Trinity College Dublin, 2019, Thesis, APPROVED
SUPERVISED: Emma Rice, The effect of dyslexia on fingerspelling comprehension and production in second language learners of Irish Sign Language, Trinity College Dublin, 2019, Thesis, APPROVED
Lorraine Leeson and Carmel Grehan, The Common European Framework of Reference and Signed Language Curricula, ISL Academy Workshop, Deaf Village Ireland, Dublin, 27 January 2018, 2018, Irish Sign Language Academy, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Leeson, L & Grehan (2018) , BRIDGING THE GAP: The European Language Portfolio and L2 Irish Sign Language Learners at A2-B1 level, ProSigns Conference, Belgrade: University of Belgrade, Serbia, 2 October, 2018, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Carmel Grehan and Lorraine Leeson, European Language Portfolio for Sign Languages (ELP-SL), ISL Academy Workshop, Deaf Village Ireland , 16 June 2018, 2018, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Lorraine Leeson and Carmel Grehan, European Language Portfolio for Sign Languages (ELP-SL), Pro-Sign II Network Meeting , European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, 5-6 April 2018, 2018, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Bank of Ireland Millenium Scholarship 2001

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Her research interests include gendered language variation - and particularly, female, signing in the Irish Deaf Community (which was her topic of research for her M.Phil in Applied Linguistics dissertation), and issues relating to teaching and learning.