Dr Deborah Tobin
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Research interests: Applied Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Metaphor, ELT.
Publications:
Tobin, D. (2026) How many words do you use that are on loan from other languages?, RTE Brainstorm, available: How many words do you use that are on loan from other languages? [accessed 11 September 2026].
Tobin, D. (2026) ‘ “The humans that call you…”: Choosing ELT AS PATH ’, ELT Ireland Bulletin, 11, 9-16, available: https://www.elt-ireland.com/elt-ireland-bulletin [accessed 11 September 2026].
Tobin, D. (2026) What did the poor apostrophe ever do to deserve such unpopularity? RTE Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0127/1555081-grammar-apostrophe-rules-unpopularity-aberrant-troublesome-ambivalent/ [accessed 28 Jan 2026].
Tobin, D. (2025) 'Get entrepreneurial!', EL Gazette, available: https://www.elgazette.com/get-entrepreneurial/ [accessed 12 Dec 2025].
Tobin, D. (2024) ‘Language schools - a fairer deal for all’, Irish Times, Letters to the Editor, available: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2024/08/17/language-schools-a-fairer-deal-for-all/ [accessed 19 August 2024].
Tobin, D. and Bennett, C. (2023) 'Continuous Professional Development and Work Conditions for English-Language Teaching Practitioners in Ireland: Where do we go from here?', Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 11(1), available: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol11/iss1/1 [accessed 10 February 2024].
Tobin, D. (2022) ‘There is no up: Self-perceptions of ELT Teachers in the Republic of Ireland’, EL Gazette, available: https://www.elgazette.com/elg_archive/ELG2207/mobile/index.html [accessed 10 February 2024].
