Niav Fisher

Niav Fisher is a PhD researcher funded by the Irish Research Council. She has a B.A. (Hons) in Hispanic Studies and English, an M.A. in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), a PGCE in Primary Education and an M.A. in Translation Studies. She has over twenty years’ experience as a teacher, having worked in primary schools in the UK and taught English to Speakers of Other Languages in the Northern Ireland, Spain, Hungary and Ecuador. She is also a professional translator working from Spanish and French into English with an interest in translating academic and children’s texts. Her research is focused on children’s experience of translated and foreign language children’s texts. She aims to investigate how primary school children might creatively engage with translation practice and how this might impact their learning.