Education
Ruth Harris
Senior Lecturer
Email: ruth.harris@tudublin.ie
Tel: 01 2207426
Qualifications
PhD Psycholinguistics, (Trinity College Dublin).
MA (NUI, Dublin).
Diplôme d’Études Approfondies, (Université de Lille III).
Maîtrise de Lettres Modernes, (Université de Lille III).
BA and Hdip Ed, (University College Cork).
Main Teaching Areas
Language Acquisition and Multilingualism and Second Language Pedagogy on the Early Childhood Education and Care programmes
Research Methods in Early Childhood Education and Care
Communicating across Language Barriers and Linguistic and Cultural Diversity on Community Development and Youth Work programme
French and English for Academic Purposes
Research Interest
Applied Linguistics including First and Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Early Childhood Studies and Community Development and Youth Work
Education with a particular focus on Transformative Learning for students of Social Sciences and in Undergraduate Research and Practice Based Research for undergraduate students.
Recent Publications
Harris, Ruth (2025) ‘Exploring the Potential for Transformative Learning through Critical Reflection for Undergraduate Students of Applied Social Sciences undertaking Final Year Research Projects’, Irish Journal of Academic Practice: Vol. 13: Iss. 2, Article 3. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol13/iss2/3
Harris, R. (2019) ‘Re-Assessing the Place of the “Silent Period” in the Development of English as an Additional Language Among Children in Early Years Settings’, TEANGA the
Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, Special Issue 10:77-93. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=cassart
Harris, R. and Ní Chonaill, B. (2016) ‘Inequality in the Irish higher education system: a case study of the views of migrant students and their lecturers on how English language proficiency impacts their academic achievement in an Institute of Technology’, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies.
Ní Chonaill, B. and Harris, R. (2013) ‘Equality of access to higher education: discussion of emerging issues regarding the performance of migrants at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown’ in How Equal? Access to Higher Education in Ireland, Dublin: HEA.
Recent Conference Presentations
Harris, R. (2023) ‘The importance of embracing all languages in ECEC settings: Plurilingualism and Translanguaging’, paper presented at the IRAAL Plurilingual Mindsets in an Increasingly Bi/multilingual World Conference, Maynooth University, 18th November.
Harris, R. (2023) ‘Lecturer perspectives on opportunities for transformative learning for students of social sciences undertaking undergraduate research’, paper presented at the INSS Conference, South East Technological University, 16th – 18th May.
Harris, R. (2021) ‘Educating for diversity: Transformative learning in higher education’, paper presented at the Approaching Contemporary Challenges of Global Migration Conference, TU Dublin, 17th June.