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Mairin Hennebry-Leung

Lecturer in Languages and TESOL

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Dr Mairin Hennebry is a Lecturer in Languages and TESOL. Her research lies in the areas of language teacher education, language learning motivation and the interactions between language education and citizenship, identifying also synergies between these areas.

Biography

Before joining the University of Tasmania, Mairin worked at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Edinburgh, Newcastle University (UK) and the University of Oxford. She completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford and obtained her PGCAP from the University of Edinburgh.

Mairin is Co-editor in Chief for the journal System; An international journal of educational technology and applied linguistics. She is also Co-Editor of the Edinburgh University Press Textbooks in Applied Linguistics Series and she is an Editorial Advisory Board member for the Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh Textbooks in TESOL Series.

Career summary

Qualifications

  • DPhil, University of Oxford
  • Masters in Educational Research Methodology, University of Oxford
  • Masters in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, University of Oxford
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Oxford
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Edinburgh
  • BA (Hons) German, Italian and European Studies, University of Bath

Languages (other than English)

German, Italian, Spanish, French

Memberships

Professional practice

  • Member of the International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA)
  • Member of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)
  • Member of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

Administrative expertise

Mairin has worked as Principal Investigator on a range of small and large research projects.

She has been a Programme Director and course coordinator for a range of courses and programmes, big and small.

Teaching

Teaching expertise

Mairin has taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Applied Linguistics and in Education. She has designed a range of units and has directed curriculum reviews and re-designs. Mairin has taught across a range of subjects relating to Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Education, and Research Methods. She has taught in England, Scotland, Ukraine, Hong Kong, China and now Australia.

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Expertise

  • Language teacher education
  • Language learning motivation
  • Language education and citizenship

Collaboration

Mairin’s research typically involves international collaborations. To date these collaborations have involved colleagues in Australia, England, Scotland, Hong Kong, China and the US.

Current projects

Principal Investigator: A social Network Analysis of developing teacher selves (Funded by the University of Hong Kong:

Co-Investigator: Chatteris impact study: exploring the impact of a native-speaker teacher programme on linguistic and attitudinal outcomes. (PI: Dr Benjamin Moorhouse; Co-PI: Prof. Amy Tsui; Funded by the Chatteris Trust, Hong Kong)

Fields of Research

  • Applied linguistics and educational linguistics (470401)
  • LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy (390108)
  • Citizenship (440802)
  • Teacher education and professional development of educators (390307)
  • Secondary education (390306)
  • Higher education (390303)
  • Teacher and student wellbeing (390412)

Research Objectives

  • Pedagogy (160302)
  • Learner and learning (160199)
  • Expanding knowledge in psychology (280121)
  • Teacher and instructor development (160303)
  • Secondary education (160105)
  • Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture (280116)
  • Teaching and curriculum (160399)
  • Early childhood education (160101)
  • Citizenship and national identity (230105)

Publications

Mairin’s publications have explored a range of aspects relating to her fields of interest and have featured in a number of leading journals including TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Higher Education Research and Development among others. Her recent book Teaching Language and Promoting Citizenship, co-authored a book with Dr Angela Gayton of the University of Glasgow, was published by Edinburgh University Press. She is also working on a contracted book Language learning motivation in a multilingual Chinese context, for Routledge, co-authored with Dr Xuesong Gao of the University of New South Wales.

Total publications

29

Journal Article

(13 outputs)
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2020Cheung A, Hennebry-Leung M, 'Exploring an ESL teachers' beliefs and practices of teaching literary texts: A case study in Hong Kong', Language Teaching Research pp. 1-26. ISSN 1362-1688 (2020) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1362168820933447 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 6

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2020Hennebry-Leung M, Hu XA, 'Examining the role of the learner and the teacher in language learning motivation', Language Teaching Research ISSN 1362-1688 (2020) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1177/1362168820938810 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2

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2019Hennebry-Leung M, Bonacina-Pugh F, 'The emergence of 'citizenship' in popular discourse: the case of Scotland', Citizenship Studies, 23, (8) pp. 831-852. ISSN 1362-1025 (2019) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2019.1645812 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1

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2019Hennebry-Leung M, Gayton A, Hu XA, Chen X, 'Transitioning from Master's studies to the classroom: From theory to practice', TESOL Quarterly, 53, (3) pp. 685-711. ISSN 0039-8322 (2019) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1002/tesq.505 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3

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2019Hu X, Hennebry-Leung ML, Cheung CL, 'Language learning motivation of students from a special educational school in Hong Kong', Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6, (1) pp. 68-81. ISSN 2308-6262 (2019) [Refereed Article]

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2018Hennebry M, Gao X, 'Interactions between medium of instruction and language learning motivation', International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism pp. 1-14. ISSN 1367-0050 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2018.1530190 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 30

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2018Hennebry ML, Fordyce K, 'Cooperative learning on an international masters', Higher Education Research and Development, 37, (2) pp. 270-284. ISSN 0729-4360 (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1359150 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 5

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2017Hennebry M, Rogers V, Macaro E, Murphy V, 'Direct teaching of vocabulary after listening: is it worth the effort and what method is best?', Language Learning Journal, 45, (3) pp. 282-300. ISSN 0957-1736 (2017) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/09571736.2013.849751 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 10

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2016Tian L, Hennebry M, 'Chinese learners' perceptions towards teachers' language use in lexical explanations: A comparison between Chinese-only and English-only instructions', System, 63 pp. 77-88. ISSN 0346-251X (2016) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2016.08.005 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8

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2014Hennebry M, 'Language teaching for European citizenship: insights for teacher education', Language Learning Journal, 42, (3) pp. 289-306. ISSN 0957-1736 (2014) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/09571736.2014.880504 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 2

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2012Hennebry M, Lo YY, Macaro E, 'Differing perspectives of non-native speaker students' linguistic experiences on higher degree courses', Oxford Review of Education, 38, (2) pp. 209-230. ISSN 0305-4985 (2012) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2011.651312 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 14

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2011Hennebry M, 'Interactions between European citizenship and language learning among adolescent Europeans', European Educational Research Journal, 10, (4) pp. 623-641. ISSN 1474-9041 (2011) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2011.10.4.623 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 6

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2011Hennebry M, 'Modern foreign language learning and European citizenship in the Irish context', Irish Educational Studies, 30, (1) pp. 83-112. ISSN 0332-3315 (2011) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.535978 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2

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Book

(2 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2021Hennebry-Leung M, Gao XS, 'Language learning motivation in a multilingual Chinese context', Routledge, United Kingdom (In Press) [Authored Research Book]

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2019Hennebry-Leung M, Gayton A, 'Teaching Language and Promoting Citizenship', Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 164. ISBN 9781474424295 (2019) [Authored Research Book]

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Chapter in Book

(7 outputs)
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2021Hennebry M, 'Teachers' cognitions on motivational practice in medium of instruction settings: lessons learned in using stimulated recalls interviews', Routledge Focus on English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education, Routledge, S Curle and J Pun (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 46-60. ISBN 978-0-367-45755-6 (2021) [Research Book Chapter]

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2020Hennebry-Leung M, 'Teachers' Cognitions on Motivating Language Learners in Multilingual Hong Kong', Multilingual Education Yearbook 2020: Teacher Education and Multilingual Contexts, Springer, W Tao and I Liyanage (ed), Switzerland, pp. 193-213. ISBN 978-3-030-41210-4 (2020) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41211-1_11 [eCite] [Details]

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2018Hennebry M, 'Foreign Language Teaching for Citizenship Development', New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education, Routledge, S Coffey and U Wingate (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 45-62. ISBN 978-1138673977 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.4324/9781315561561-4 [eCite] [Details]

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2017Hennebry M, 'Foreign language teaching for citizenship development', New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education, Routledge, S Coffey and U Wingate (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 45-62. ISBN 978-1-138-67399-1 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]

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2014Hennebry M, 'Citizenship making links with foreign language teaching', Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School, Routledge, L Gearon (ed), London, UK, pp. 240-254. ISBN 9781315745794 (2014) [Research Book Chapter]

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2013Hennebry M, 'Cultural Awareness: Should it be taught, can it be taught?', Debates in Modern Languages Education, Routledge, P Driscoll, E Macaro and A Swarbrick (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 135-150. ISBN 9780415658331 (2013) [Research Book Chapter]

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2012Hennebry M, 'Pedagogy, Citizenship and the EU: Practitioners' Perspectives on the Teaching of European Citizenship through Modern Foreign Languages', Schools for the Future Europe: Values and Change Beyond Lisbon, Bloomsbury, J Sayer and L Erler (ed), New York, USA, pp. 100-116. ISBN 9781441165732 (2012) [Research Book Chapter]

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Review

(2 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2014Hennebry M, 'Hall, Joan Kelly, 2012, Teaching and Researching Language and Culture ( 2nd edn.). Longman, 264 p. ISBN: 9781 408205068', International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 42, (1) pp. 131-134. ISSN 0802-6106 (2014) [Review Single Work]

DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12056 Go here for SFX [eCite] [Details]

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2013Hennebry M, 'Unlocking the Power of Academic Vocabulary with Secondary English Language Learners , Yu Ren, Dong , Gainesville, FL: Maupin House, 2011. Pp. v + 158', TESOL Quarterly, 47, (2) pp. 433-435. ISSN 0039-8322 (2013) [Review Single Work]

DOI: 10.1002/tesq.89 [eCite] [Details]

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Conference Publication

(3 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2012Hennebry-Leung ML, 'Introducing a language of instruction: Implications for citizenship in South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa', Multilingual Education in Africa: Lessons from the Juba Language-in-Education Conference, March 2012, Juba, South Sudan, pp. 203-209. (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper]

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2012Macaro E, Hennebry M, Rogers V, 'The effects of L1 use on vocabulary acquisition', Applied Linguistics, Global and Local: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, 9-11 September 2010, University of Aberdeen, pp. 189-198. ISBN 9780955953330 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper]

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2011Hennebry M, 'Language and Culture: Taking a wider view', Proceedings of the 5th International Conference: Language and the World - Teaching and Research, 24-25 March 2011, Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University, Ukraine, pp. 141-46. (2011) [Refereed Conference Paper]

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Other Public Output

(2 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2021Hennebry-Leung M, 'Is your kid studying a second language at school? How much they learn will depend on where you live', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group, Australia, 6 May 2021 (2021) [Newspaper Article]

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2021Hennebry-Leung M, Bown A, Short M, 'Thinking of taking a language in year 11 and 12? Here's what you need to know', The Conversation, Australia, 2 August 2021, pp. 1-3. (2021) [Newspaper Article]

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Co-authors: Bown A; Short M

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Grants & Funding

Mairin has been awarded external research grants totalling AU$578,445. She has also been awarded a number of internal grants. The projects that have attracted this funding have explored a range of aspects relating to language teacher education, language learning motivation, language education and citizenship. Funding has also facilitated research on diverse aspects of higher education teaching and learning, which has fed back into curriculum design.

Grants awarded

  • Title: Impact Study of the Chatteris Native English Teacher Scheme in Hong Kong Primary and Secondary Schools
    Funding: Chatteris Educational Foundation (HK$500,00)
    Scheme: Contracted
    Research team: Benjamin Moorhouse; Amy Tsui; Mairin Hennebry
    Year: 2019 - Ongoing
  • Title: A social network analysis of Language teachers' motivation
    Funding: The University of Hong Kong (HK$93,200)
    Scheme: Seed Fund for Basic Research
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry; Peter de Costa
    Year: 2019 - 2020
  • Title: The motivational dynamics of young language learners as they transition from primary to secondary
    Funding: Hong Kong Universities’ Grants Committee (HKUGC) (HK$613,323)
    Scheme: General Research Fund (GRF)
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry-Leung (PI); Xuesong Gao; Victoria Murphy
    Year: 2019 (Awarded but not taken up due to change of employment)
  • Title: The understanding of teachers’ oral explanations of science concepts by students for whom English is not the first language
    Funding: The University of Hong Kong (HK$29,940)
    Scheme: Faculty Research Fund
    Research team: Yuen Yi Lo; Mairin Hennebry; Vicki Murphy; Ernesto Macaro; Anne Childs
    Year: 2018-2019
  • Title: Understanding Interactions between Language Learning Motivation and Medium of Instruction
    Funding: Hong Kong Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) (HK$2,117,753)
    Scheme: General Research Fund
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry-Leung (PI); Xuesong Gao; Angela Gayton
    Year: 2016 - 2018
  • Title: Investigating relationships between theory and practice in language teaching: a longitudinal study
    Funding: The University of Hong Kong (HK$104,765)
    Scheme: Seed Fund
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry; Angela Gayton
    Year: 2015 - 2016
  • Title: ‘Scot or not?’ Investigating understandings of citizenship and identity
    Funding: The University of Hong Kong (HK$29,535)
    Scheme: Faculty Research Fund
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry; Florence Bonacina-Pugh
    Year: 2015-2016
  • Title: Addressing students’ experience of transition into higher degree study specifically through evaluation of the impact of a critical reading intervention
    Funding: University of Edinburgh, Institute for Academic Development (£1500)
    Scheme: The Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry; Cathy Benson
    Year: 2013-2014
  • Title: Investigating the experiences and developing professional identities of MSc TESOL students
    Funding: University of Edinburgh  Institutional Professional Development Fund (‎£3000)
    Scheme: Grant
    Research team: Mairin Hennebry; Kenneth Fordyce
    Year: 2012-2013

Funding Summary

Number of grants

1

Total funding

$17,800

Projects

Fudan New Academic Research Project (2021)$17,800
Description
Collaboration with Fudan University Press for the development of research publications
Funding
Fudan University Press ($17,800)
Scheme
Contract Research
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Hennebry-Leung ML
Year
2021

Research Supervision

In her previous posts Mairin has seen a number of doctoral students through to successful completion. These students have explored topics relating to language learning motivation, language teacher education, language education and citizenship, and varying aspects of SLA.

Mairin would welcome HDR students interested in doctoral study relating to these areas.

Current

1

Current

DegreeTitleCommenced
PhDThe Archipelagic State and the Continent State: A comparative analysis of Indonesian and Australian folktales2021