Professor Michelle MacLeod
M.A. (Hons), PhD (Aberdeen)
Director of the Confucius Institute, Personal Chair
- About
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Room B03 Taylor Building, Gaelic, School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, Taylor Building University of Aberdeen Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB
Biography
I have been a lecturer in Gaelic since September 2004 and Senior Lecturer since August 2011. I was promoted to Personal Chair in Gaelic in 2019.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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I am the Exams Officer for Gaelic and the Programme Coordinator for the Combined Honours in Scottish Studies and Sustained Studies in Arabic, Mandarin and Swedish. I am a Deputy Director of the University of Aberdeen Confucius Institute. I sit on the University's Gaelic Language Plan Advisory Group http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ppg/index.php?id=170&sub=11&top=2
- External Memberships
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- Chair of the Catherine McCaig Trust
- Co-Director Soillse Research Network
- Research
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Research Overview
My areas of research include: modern Gaelic literature; the concept of Gaelic identity; the modern Gaelic community; Gaelic drama; language teaching and language planning.
Current Research
Gaelic drama, modern Gaelic literature, community language planning and adult language acquisition.
Collaborations
I am Co-Director of the Soillse Research Network - a research collaboration between the University of the Highlands and Islands, The University of Aberdeen, Edinburgh University and the University of Glasgow. It has been established to provide a much enhanced research capacity to inform public policy towards the maintenance and revitalisation of gaelic language and culture. www.soillse.ac.uk
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach Gaelic language across the degree programme and sub-honours introductory courses on Gaelic society and literature. I also teach honours courses on: Modern Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic Dialectology, Modern Irish Language and Language and Identity.
- Publications
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A Century of Gaelic Drama
Vol. 50, Association of Scottish Literary Studies, Glasgow. 200 pagesBooks and Reports: Scholarly EditionsMultimedia web-based intervention and implementation of motivational factors in incentive strategies on learning motivation
Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 79, pp. 10915-10933Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-019-07972-9
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“New Speakers, New Language? A pilot study of young Gaelic bilinguals’ language practices”
Studia Celtica PosnaniensiaContributions to Journals: ArticlesPerceptions of creativity and authenticity when acquiring a minoritised language as an adult
Scottish Gaelic Studies, vol. 31, pp. 48-69Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlanning for growth: the professionalisation of the taskforce for Gaelic revitalisation
Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland. Marsaili, M., Smith-Christmas, C. (eds.). Edinburgh University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe closed room: expressions of existentialism and absurdity in Gaelic drama
International Journal of Scottish Theatre and Screen, vol. 9, pp. 89–112Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStructure and Agency: Influences on and Experiences of Learning Gaelic in Adulthood
Contributions to Conferences: PapersAn Fhirinn agus A' Bhreug: Deich Dealbhan-cluiche le Tormod Calum Domhnallach
Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen. 184 pagesBooks and Reports: Scholarly EditionsStructur agus Fèin-riaghladh: Buaidhean agus Fèin-fhiosrachadh air Gàidhlig Ionnsachadh mar Inbhich
Contributions to Conferences: PapersLìbhrigeadh Gàidhlig do Dh’inbhich tro Ùlpan: Delivery of Gaelic to Adults through Ùlpan
Bord na Gaidhlig. 175 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] Bord na Gaidhlig website