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Prof Emma Marsden

Co-investigator
Department of Education
University of York

Emma Marsden has published widely on research into grammar and vocabulary learning and teaching, as well as on more recent investigations into motivation and Modern Foreign Language (MFL) uptake in UK secondary schools.

Emma has twenty years of experience teaching and researching language learning in Spain, Chile, France and the UK. She has utilised her expertise to design and deliver numerous professional development workshops for teachers and trainees.

Emma has advised on numerous government groups  and in January 2015 became an Associate Editor of the journal Language Learning. She is director of IRIS, an large international repository of materials for researching language learning.

Emma leads the Gaming Grammar project, and uses her wealth of educational expertise to develop digital media with schools and industry partners to help children learn foreign languages.

Publications

Towards ecological validity in the debate about input practice in foreign language teaching: Task-essential form-meaning practice versus noticing practice.
Kasprowicz, R.E. & Marsden, E. (forthcoming). Applied Linguistics
Cognitive perspectives on classroom language learning
Collins, L. & Marsden, E., Nov 2015, The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching. Hall, G. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, Chapter 21. (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics)
Teaching grammar in foreign language and English: Cross-over and collaboration?
Association for Language Learning & National Association for Teachers of English, Nov 2015, Languages Today
The IRIS Repository: Advancing Research Practice and Methodology
Marsden, E., Mackey, A. & Plonsky, L.
Recognising and using EAL children’s home languages in predominantly monolingual primary schools: Teachers’ views from one region in England
Bailey, E. G. & Marsden, E. J.