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Research Interests
My research interests span fields of linguistics and applied linguistics covering:
- academic discourse
- contrastive linguistics
- corpus linguistics
- data-driven learning and second language acquisition
- digital pedagogy
- English for academic purposes, français langue académique, Español con fines académicos
- English medium instruction
- English, French, and Spanish academic writing
- language change
- language pedagogy and English language teaching
- metacognition and language learning
- metadiscourse and evaluation
- spoken language research
- TESOL and materials development.
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Academic Writing at Coventry University, ASPiRE Fellow at the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, and I am Managing Editor of the Journal of Academic Writing. Before working at Coventry, I worked as a Senior Research Manager at Cambridge University Press, as a Lecteur at the University of Angers, France, and as a Associate Lecturer at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Vision Statement
I am interested in research spanning linguistics, academic discourse and pedagogy. I have specialised in corpus and contrastive linguistics and language pedagogy and am interested in pursuing these fields while studying academic language.
Keywords
- PC Romance languages
- French
- Spanish
- P Philology. Linguistics
- Corpus Linguistics
- Contrastive Linguistics
- Academic Writing
- Academic Discourse
- PE English
- TESOL
- Language Pedagogy
- Spoken English
- Materials Development
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Meeting Future Challenges in Language Teaching and Testing: Building Teams, Setting Goals
McEnery, T., Curry, N., Clarke, I. & Lee, H.
1/02/22 → …
Project: Research
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'Well ... I mean ... I don't know' Combining corpus and qualitative methods to improve the representation of spoken language in ELT materials
Curry, N., Mark, G. & Burton, G.
1/01/22 → …
Project: Research
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A Clockwork Orange Parallel Translation Corpus Project
Vincent, B., Curry, N. & Corness, P.
1/11/15 → …
Project: Unfunded project
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Opportunities and barriers for social and engaged learning in digital pedagogies: towards research informed guidelines
18/01/21 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Linguistic challenges of the transition from primary to secondary school
Deignan, A., Chambers, G., Inglis, M., Semino, E., Brezina, V., Oxley, F., Love, R., Leung, C., Jones, M., Çandarli, D. & Curry, N.
1/09/18 → 1/09/20
Project: Project at former HEI
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Academic writing and reader engagement: Contrasting questions in English, French and Spanish corpora
Curry, N., 8 Jun 2021, 1 ed. Taylor and Francis - Balkema. 229 p. (Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Adverbs on the move: Investigating publisher application of corpus research on recent language change to ELT coursebook development
Curry, N., Love, R. & Goodman, O., 20 May 2022, In: Corpora. 17, 1, p. 1-38 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stance nouns in COVID-19 related blog posts: A contrastive analysis of blog posts published in The Conversation in Spain and the UK
Curry, N. & Pérez-Paredes, P., 10 Nov 2021, In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 26, 4, p. 469-497 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Question illocutionary force indicating devices in academic writing: A corpus-pragmatic and contrastive approach to identifying and analysing direct and indirect questions in English, French, and Spanish
Curry, N., 26 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 28, 1, p. 91-119 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using corpus linguistics and grounded theory to explore interview and focus groups of EMI stakeholders
Curry, N. & Pérez-Paredes, P., 24 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) Qualitative research methods in English medium instruction for emerging researchers. Curle, S. & Pun, J. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) (External organisation)
Niall Curry (Steering Committee Member)
May 2022 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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International Journal of English Studies (Journal)
Niall Curry (Editorial Board Member)
20 Oct 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Journal of Computer-Assisted Linguistic Research (Journal)
Niall Curry (Advisory Board Member)
Jul 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Elsevier (Publisher)
Niall Curry (Section Editor)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Géras (External organisation)
Niall Curry (Steering Committee Member)
Aug 2021 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Prizes
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Exceptional Performance Award
Curry, Niall (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Exceptional Performance Award
Curry, Niall (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
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El bilingüismo, el bienestar en el aula y la involucración de las familias son las grandes líneas pedagógicas para enseñar inglés, según Cambridge
15/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research