Dr Michael Lynch
Senior Lecturer in Language Studies
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IETL
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6422
- Email: michael.lynch@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, CH 4.23
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
Qualifications
MA Joint Hons (French & Italian)
PGCE Secondary in French and Italian
PhD
Responsibilities & affiliations
Academic Coordinator Placement
Undergraduate teaching
PGDE Secondary
Postgraduate teaching
Sources of Knowledge
Conceptualising Research
Planning Research
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Research summary
- Modern Languages
- Second Language Acquisition
- Bilingualism
- Teacher Cognition
Current research interests
Article in preparation for Scottish Educational Journal. Title " What contribution can research make to initial teacher education in the field of second language learning to teachers’ continuing professional development?" - paper given at SERA 2016. Article in preparation for TESOL Quarterly Title "Evidence for the bilingual option". Co-written with Professor Wolfgang Butzkamm, Emeritus Professor, University of Aachen, Germany. Paper accepted for "The Second International Conference on Situating Strategy Use: Present Issues and Future Trends", Thrace, Greece in September 2017. Collaborative research with other Scottish universities involved in the SCDE Languages Group (formerly STEC Sub Group). The research will focus on pedagogy and teacher development with respect to identifying the most effective ways in which to support and develop the Scottish Government 1+2 languages policy.-
Creating effective goals in TBLT for online collaborative English (as a foreign language) writing tasks
(22 pages)
In:
Pädagogische Horizonte, vol. 6, pp. 85-105
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17883/pa-ho-2022-02-07
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Problematising early career teacher cognition and its impact on pedagogic positioning in the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages in secondary schools
(24 pages)
In:
Pädagogische Horizonte, vol. 4, pp. 1-24
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The contribution of research to foreign language teachers’ continuing professional development
(36 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (Accepted/In press) -
Evidence for the bilingual option: Re-thinking European principles in foreign language teaching
(14 pages)
In:
Journal for EuroLinguistiX, vol. 15, pp. 1-14
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
National Framework for Languages
Research output: › Commissioned report (Published) -
NfFL: National Framework for Languages
National Framework for Languages › Other contribution (Published) -
Target language use in Modern Language classrooms: Perception and change among newly qualified teachers in Scotland
(361 pages)
Research output: › Doctoral Thesis (Published) -
Confucius says
(2 pages)
In:
Scottish Education Journal, vol. 92, pp. 28-29
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Reforming the initial education of teachers and others working in schools
Research output: › Chapter (Published)
Conference details
SERA 2016
Papers delivered
Title " What contribution can research make to initial teacher education in the field of second language learning to teachers’ continuing professional development?"