Staff profile

I currently teach French language classes at various levels as well as an introductory module in Conference Interpreting. I also supervise undergraduate year-abroad projects.

My recent scholarship and research activities have focused on language learning pedagogy, study abroad, and the Modern Languages curriculum more broadly (see conferences and publications below).

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and mentor and assess applicants for HEA fellowships.

I am very much interested in the promotion of the French language and francophone culture in the UK. I play an active role in MLAC’s Outreach programme and have contributed to Sutton Trust and Supported Progression Summer Schools (so do feel free to email in relation to schools outreach/collaboration, etc).

Chapter in book

• Les Anglais dans la documentation pamphlétaire française du début du XVIe siècle
  McKinnon, S. Les Anglais dans la documentation pamphlétaire française du début du XVIe siècle. In B. Ertlé, & M. Gosman (Eds.), Les écrits courts à vocation polémique (129-139). Peter Lang
• Jean Bouchet: 'L'Epistre d'Henry VII' à Henry VIII, son 'epistre dangleterre'
  McKinnon, S. Jean Bouchet: 'L'Epistre d'Henry VII' à Henry VIII, son 'epistre dangleterre'. In J. Britnell, & N. Dauvois (Eds.), Jean Bouchet: Traverseur des voies périlleuses (1476-1557) (53-62). Honoré Champion (Classiques Garnier). https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-5549-0.p.0053
• Translating identity: The 'Debate Betwene The Heraldes', John Coke's 1549 translation of the 'Débat des hérauts d'armes'
  McKinnon, S. Translating identity: The 'Debate Betwene The Heraldes', John Coke's 1549 translation of the 'Débat des hérauts d'armes'. In L. V. Doorslaer, P. Flynn, & J. Leerssen (Eds.), Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology (21-35). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.119.02mac
• Foregrounding intercultural learning during study abroad as part of a modern languages degree
  McKinnon, S. Foregrounding intercultural learning during study abroad as part of a modern languages degree. In J. Jackson, & S. Oguro (Eds.), Intercultural Interventions in Study Abroad (103-118). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315276595-7
• Positioning Year-Long Study Abroad at the Centre of the Modern Languages Curriculum: Supporting and Assessing Learning
  Johnson, P., & McKinnon, S. Positioning Year-Long Study Abroad at the Centre of the Modern Languages Curriculum: Supporting and Assessing Learning. In J. L. Plews, & K. Misfeldt (Eds.), Second Language Study Abroad: Programming, Pedagogy and Participant Engagement (25-47). Palgrave Macmilan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77134-2_2
• Understanding Diverse Learning Abroad Through Case Study Research
  McKinnon, S. (2022). Understanding Diverse Learning Abroad Through Case Study Research. In J. McGregor, & J. Plews (Eds.), Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05053-4_10

Conference Paper

• Bringing about a culture change: from gap year to year abroad'. – 'The Culture of Study Abroad for Second Languages Conference. St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  McKinnon, S. (2015, December). Bringing about a culture change: from gap year to year abroad'. – 'The Culture of Study Abroad for Second Languages Conference. St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• The Transformative potential of engagement with scholarship'. – 'EuroSoTL 2017: Transforming patterns through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Lund University, Sweden)
  McKinnon, S. (2017, December). The Transformative potential of engagement with scholarship'. – 'EuroSoTL 2017: Transforming patterns through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Lund University, Sweden)
• Widening participation by improving employability prospects and confidence in the ability to succeed'. – 'Annual Cross-Sector Conference on New Perspectives on Language Teaching and Learning (University of Dundee, UK)
  McKinnon, S. (2019, December). Widening participation by improving employability prospects and confidence in the ability to succeed'. – 'Annual Cross-Sector Conference on New Perspectives on Language Teaching and Learning (University of Dundee, UK)
• From technophobe to technophile: getting students to see the benefits of electronic tools'. – 'DidTrad: Second International Conference on the Didactics of Translation (Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain)
  McKinnon, S., & Johnson, P. (2014, December). From technophobe to technophile: getting students to see the benefits of electronic tools'. – 'DidTrad: Second International Conference on the Didactics of Translation (Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain)
• Encouraging students to value what we value: shaping student learning abroad'. – 'Thinking Global: Year Abroad Conference 2019 (University of Leeds, UK).
  McKinnon, S. (2019, December). Encouraging students to value what we value: shaping student learning abroad'. – 'Thinking Global: Year Abroad Conference 2019 (University of Leeds, UK)
• Showing language learners the way by explaining why: (inter-)cultural learning while abroad'. – 'UK LINGUA 2019 – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium: Culture in the Language Classroom (Durham University, UK)
  McKinnon, S. (2019, December). Showing language learners the way by explaining why: (inter-)cultural learning while abroad'. – 'UK LINGUA 2019 – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium: Culture in the Language Classroom (Durham University, UK)
• Teaching-focused academics and the scholarship of engagement'. – 'Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship 2016 (UCL, London)
  McKinnon, S. (2016, December). Teaching-focused academics and the scholarship of engagement'. – 'Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship 2016 (UCL, London)

Journal Article

• Encouraging students to value what we value: recognising student priorities and shaping student learning abroad
  McKinnon, S. (2020). Encouraging students to value what we value: recognising student priorities and shaping student learning abroad. The language scholar, 7, 59-73
• Preconceptions, perceptions and misconceptions: embedding scholarship in the teaching of modern languages at university
  Johnson, P., & McKinnon, S. (2016). Preconceptions, perceptions and misconceptions: embedding scholarship in the teaching of modern languages at university. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 11(1), 33-44
• Translation at the Service of Greater Britain
  McKinnon, S. (2015). Translation at the Service of Greater Britain. Žurnal Sibirskogo federalʹnogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki Журнал Сибирского федерального университета. Серия Гуманитарные науки (Online), 8(2), 252-262. https://doi.org/10.17516/1997-1370-2015-8-2-252-263