German

Supervision of MA - MPhil - PhD - Theses

Currently in progress:

• Donnery, Eucharia, PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies. Research area: Applied Drama and Theatre.
• Ruckstuhl, Berno: PhD in German Studies.
  Research area: Schweizer Schriftsteller in Berlin seit 1850. Wirkung und Einfluss einer Metropole.

Completed research projects:

• Ahearne, Catherine, MA in German Studies: Physicality in the language classroom. Increasing boys' participation through TPR. Date of completion: 1/10/2009
• Blachinska-Boybay, Malgorzata, MA in German Studies: Pädagogische Impulse aus den Lessingschen Werken: Nathan der Weise einmal anders erleben: Ein dramapädagogisches Unterrichtsmodell zur 'Ringparabel' von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Date of completion: 01/10/2010
• Borge, Sheree, MA in Applied Linguistics: An exploration of the use of drama activities in teaching German in a third-level classroom. Date of completion: 01/09/2006.
• Bourke, Melissa, MPhil in German: The Interplay of "Lebens- und Zeitgeschichte" in Elias Canetti's Autobiographical Writings. Date of completion: 01/11/1995.
• Brüning, Anneke, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Towards an 21st Century Dramaturg - Exploring the significance and possibilities of practical dramaturgy in differing theatre systems. Date of completion: 01/10/2004.
• Boyland, Elizabeth, MA in Applied Linguistics: Towards Holistic Pedagogy - An Investigation into the Use of Music, Chanting and Relaxation to Enhance Second Language Acquisition. Date of completion: 01/10/2005.
• Brewer, Ken, MA in Applied Linguistics: Suggestopedia - a critical evaluation of its pure version, some of its variants, and the application of suggestopedic techniques in the teaching and learning. Date of completion: 02/10/2000.
• Byrnes, Gemma, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: The Use of Drama as an Aid to Teaching Irish in the Primary School Classroom. Date of completion: 01/10/2005.
• Carson, Luke, MA in Applied Linguistics: The Benefits of Language Learning Autonomy. A New Focus for Teachers and Learners. Date of completion: 15/02/2005.
• Collins, Dara, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: How to Empower the Young Artist? The exploration of an alternative directorial approach to a play in a youth theatre setting. Date of completion: 1/10/2010
• Collins, Mandy Jane, MA in Applied Linguistics: Orientation and assessment of newly arrived non-native English speaking post-primary students: a framework for teachers. Date of completion: 1/10/2009
• Cummins, Una, MA in Applied Linguistics: Towards an Understanding of Intercultural Experience: Teching Chinese Students at Waterford Institute of Technology. Date of completion: 30/09/2005.
• Darby, Rachel Ann, MA in German Studies: An argument for placing drama at the centre of the foreign language classroom in Irish secondary schools. Date of completion: 1/10/2010
• Doyle, Eamonn, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Facilitating Shakespeare in the English classroom. The Why, the How and What Role You Must Play. Date of completion: 1/10/2010 
• Even, Susanne, PhD in German: Drama Grammatik - Dramapädagogische Ansätze für den Grammatikunterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Date of completion: 30/09/2002.
• Gibbons, Kara, MPhil in German: Towards Process Drama in the German Classroom at Primary Level in Ireland: An investigation into the suitability of the dramatic method and in particular, process drama, in the teaching of German to younger learners in Ireland. Date of completion: 30/09/2005.
• Frimberger, Katja, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Towards a Pedagogy of Strangeness. Language Learning as Preparation for the Unexpected. 3/10/08
• Hayes, Patricia , MA in Applied Linguistics: Irish University Students' Attitude towards Foreign Languages. A Case Study of First Year Students at UCC, National University of Ireland, Cork. Date of completion: 08/12/1998.
• Kelleher, Karen Maria, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Towards a deeper understanding an appreciation of the imagination in teaching and learning. Date of completion: 01/10/2005.
• Mannix, Valerie, PhD in German (German as a Foreign Language/Applied Linguistics): Motivation - the Language Learner and Teacher. Date of completion: 01/10/07
• McCarthy, Timothy Francis, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Alive, alive, oh!: A Case Study of the Sri Lanka Festival of Music, Dance and Speech. Date of completion: 1/10/2010
• McGrath, Sinead, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Before the Drama: A Praxis Approach to Planning for Process Drama. Date of completion: 01/10/2007
• Mooney, Emma, MA in Applied Linguistics: Towards a more Interactive Second Language Infant Classroom. Date of completion: 01/10/2009
• Muyllaert, Cuan, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Towards Drama as a Tool for Inclusive Practice in Special Needs Education in Ireland. Date of completion: 01/10/2010
• Murray, Ailne, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Learning through Theatre - The Role of the German Play in Irish Third Level Education. Date of completion: 01/07/1997.
• O'Brien, Kathleen Margaret , MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Teaching Beginners French to an Irish Primary Fourth Class based on Drama in Education and Howard Gardner's Approch to Education. Date of completion: 01/09/2004.
• Noonan, Bernadette Laura, MA in Applied Linguistics: Immigrant Children Acquiring the Language of Instruction in Primary School as an L2: Language Education Policy and Practice in Ireland in the Context of Europe. 3/10/08 
• Penkert, Sile, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Why Parade? An Exposition of communal celebration in Ireland between 1986 and 2008. Date of completion: 1/10/2009
• Power, Kevin, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Brecht from Page to Mouth: A practical approach to Brecht's theatre on foot on an original translation of his BAAL Learning Play fragments of 1930. Date of completion: 01/10/2001. 
• Prendergast, Mairin, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Snapshots of Ibsen as taken by Brecht: A Practical Theatre Project. Date of completion: 01/10/2001.
• Riordan, Emma, MPhil in German: .Learner Autonomy in Ab Initio German Language Learning at Third Level in Ireland. Date of completion: 01/10/07
• Talutyté, Valdone, MA in Drama and Theatre Studies: Talent Glowing in the Dark. Black Light Theatre for People with Learning Difficulties. 3/10/08
• White, Katie, MA in Applied Linguistics, To Determine the Effect of Integration on Motivation among Immigrant Children in the Irish Primary Classroom. Date of completion: 01/10/07