Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin
List of John Benjamins publications in which Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin is involved.
Articles
2026 Plurilingual views of children from linguistically diverse backgrounds on learning Irish and attending Irish immersion primary schools Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education: Online-First Articles | Article
Using plurilingualism as a theoretical framework, this study investigated the experiences and perceptions of children, who spoke home languages other than Irish or English, on learning Irish and being educated in Irish immersion (IM) education. Data were collected from four focus groups (n = 15)… read more
2025 ‘How much is Irish and how much is PE?’: Successes and challenges of integrating language and content when teaching Physical Education through a minority language Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper presents primary teachers’ and university-based teacher educators’ experiences of integrating language and content when teaching physical education (PE) through Irish. Two teacher educators, a language specialist and a content specialist collaborated in professional development (PD)… read more
2016 An inductive approach to grammar teaching in Grade 5 & 6 Irish immersion classes Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 4:1, pp. 33–58 | Article
This article describes quantitative findings from a mixed-methods exploratory study of the effectiveness of an explicit-inductive approach to grammar teaching in improving the linguistic accuracy of Grade 5 and 6 (n=274) students in 12 Irish immersion classes. A series of form-focused materials… read more