Dr. Fiona Gallagher

Fiona Gallagher is an assistant professor in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) at Dublin City University. Before this, she worked as a teacher and CELTA teacher educator in Sudan, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the US, Australia and Portugal. Her research interests lie primarily in the fields of second language acquisition, TESOL and bi/multilingual education with particular reference to: L1 use in language learning and teaching; translanguaging and plurilingual pedagogies; and teaching and learning in the linguistically and culturally diverse primary and secondary school classroom. She has published widely in her field, both as the author/co-author of various EFL textbooks and teacher guides and in high-ranking peer reviewed journals and edited volumes. Among her most recent publications are:White, I., Gallagher, F. & Tiernan, P. (2026) ‘Now I understand what being creative looks like’: Preservice-teachers’ experiences of a module on creativity in education, Thinking Skills and Creativity, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.102113.
Gallagher, F. and Geraghty, C. (2023) 'Exploring mono/multilingual practices on the CELTA course: What trainers say'. Language Teaching Research, 27(6) p.1607-1633doi:10.1177/1362168821991253Ćatibušić, B., Gallagher, F. and Karazi, S. (2021) 'Syrian voices: an exploration of the language learning needs and integration supports for adult Syrian refugees in Ireland'. International Journal of Inclusive Education,25:1,22-39,DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2019.1673957Gallagher F. (2020) 'Considered in context: EFL teachers’ views on the classroom as a bilingual space and codeswitching in shared-L1 and in multilingual contexts'. System, 91 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102262doi: 10.1016/j.system.2020.102262Gallagher, F., Tiernan, P. and White, I. (2023) Group video assessment in higher education large classes: Students’ and educators’ perspectives. In: A. Logan and A. M. Farrell (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC) Symposium (pp.107-113). DCU. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8139359Tiernan, P, Gallagher, F. & White, I. (2023). 'Fostering Creativity in the Classroom – developing a cross-curricular module in ITE', EERA BLOG. Available at: https://blog.eera-ecer.de/fostering-creativity-in-the-classroom/