Dr Angela Gallagher-Brett, BA MA PGCE PhD
Senior Academic Coordinator (Languages and Related Studies)
Angela has a background in education. She is an experienced language teacher, academic developer and researcher with particular interests in language learning motivation and anxiety, transition from school to university and social science research methods across different educational sectors.
Angela can be contacted by
Email: llas@soton.ac.uk | Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 4814 | Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 4815
Biography
Angela did her first degree in European Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. She also did a PGCE in Modern Languages and taught French and German in the secondary sector and EFL in France before moving into higher education. She joined LLAS in 2003 after having worked as a research assistant at the Universities of Southampton and Surrey. Angela has an M.A. in Education and a PhD in Applied Linguistics (motivation in speaking) from the University of Southampton. She also has expertise in anxiety in language learning, transition from school to university and social science research methods and has published research in these areas. Angela has extensive experience of resource development.
Expertise
- Developing resources and workshops for professional development in the areas of language teaching and social science research methods with particular responsibility for Scotland
- Designing and carrying out research and development projects concerning language teaching and learning across different education sectors
- Leading on the development of resources for schools and for language students
- Supporting the Routes into Languages programme
- Interests in language learning motivation, anxiety, transition from school to university and social science research methods
Key achievements
Projects
Routes into Languages Evaluation Pupil Attitude Survey (2010)
Transition from school to university in modern languages (2007-08)
Survey of language undergraduates’ attitudes to reading (2006)
700 Reasons for Studying Languages (2004)
Resources
Why study languages website www.whystudylanguages.ac.uk (with Southampton students, 2010)
Studying languages at university website www.studyinglanguages.ac.uk (with Southampton students, 2010)
Why study languages – resources for KS3/4 learners (leading LLAS team)
o TXT SPK resources (2011)
o I love languages activity pack (2010)
o Why study languages calendar (2009, 2010, 2011)
o Why study languages CD (2005)
o 700 Reasons for studying languages database (2004)
Papers/articles
Gallagher-Brett, A. & Canning, J. (2011) Disciplinary disjunctures in the transition from secondary school to higher education study of Modern Foreign Languages: A case study from the UK, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 10 (2), 171-188.
Canning, J. & Gallagher-Brett, A. (2010) Building a bridge to pedagogic research: teaching social science research methods to humanities practitioners, Journal of Applied Language Research in Higher Education, 2 (2), 3-9.
Gallagher-Brett, A. (2007) What do learners’ beliefs about speaking reveal about their awareness of learning strategies, Language Learning Journal, 5 (1), 37-49.
Gallagher-Brett, A. (2006) Hard-going but worth it: A snapshot of attitudes to reading among languages undergraduates, Southampton: LLAS Subject Centre.
Gallagher-Brett, A. (2004) Seven hundred reasons for studying languages, Southampton: LLAS Subject Centre.
Kelly, M., Grenfell, M., Gallagher-Brett, A., Jones, D., Richard, L. & Hilmarsson-Dunn, A. (2002) The Training of Teachers of a Foreign Languages: Developments in Europe, [Online – available: ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc493_en/pdf.
Gallagher-Brett, A. (2001) Teaching communication strategies to beginners, Language Learning Journal, 24 (1), 53-61.
