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Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. (2011). Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press.

NicNeacail, Mairead and MacIver, Matthew eds. (2007). Foghlam Tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig. Policy and Practice in Education. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press.

Nicolson, Margaret and MacIver, Matthew eds. (2003). Gaelic medium education. Policy and Practice in Education, 10. Edinburgh, Scotland: Dunedin Academic Press.

Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret (2011). Language teaching in a changing world: introduction and overview. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 3–12.

Adams, Helga and Nicolson, Margaret (2011). Learner diversity. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 29–42.

Nicolson, Margaret; Southgate, Margaret and Murphy, Linda (2011). Teaching in synchronous and asynchronous modes. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 95–111.

Brash, Barbel and Nicolson, Margaret (2011). Teaching by telephone. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 112–125.

Nicolson, Margaret and Warnecke, Sylvia (2011). Face-to-Face teaching in blended contexts. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 154–168.

Gallardo, Matilde; Heiser, Sarah and Nicolson, Margaret (2011). Teacher development for blended contexts. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 219–231.

Gallardo, Matilde; Heiser, Sarah and Nicolson, Margaret (2011). Practical approaches for teacher development. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 232–245.

Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret (2011). Present and future contexts. In: Nicolson, Margaret; Murphy, Linda and Southgate, Margaret eds. Language Teaching in Blended Contexts. Edinburgh, U.K.: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 245–252.

NicNeacail, Mairead and MacIomhair, Màta (2007). Co-theacsan is na dh'fhaodas tighinn. In: NicNeacail, Mairead and MacIver, Matthew eds. Foghlam tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig. Policy and Practice in Education. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 70–81.

Eardley, Annie; Adams, Helga and Nicolson, Margaret (2005). Getting Started. In: ed. Success with Languages. Routledge Study Guides. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 21–34.

Nicolson, Margaret; Adams, Helga; Furnborough, Concha; Adinolfi, Lina and Truman, Mike (2005). Becoming an effective learner. In: Hurd, Stella and Murphy, Linda eds. Success with Languages. London: Routledge, pp. 35–59.

Murphy, Linda; Hauck, Mirjam; Nicolson, Margaret and Adams, Helga (2005). Reflection and self-evaluation. In: ed. Success with Languages. Routeldge Study Guides. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 60–78.

Adinolfi, Lina; Pleines, Christine; Harper, Felicity; Beaven, Tita; Smith, Pete; Hassan, Xaviere; Adams, Helga and Nicolson, Margaret (2005). Developing competence in the language (2): Writing and speaking skills. In: Hurd, Stella and Murphy, Linda eds. Success with Languages. Routledge Study Guides. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 110–139.

Nicolson, Margaret and MacIver, Matthew (2003). Contexts and Futures. In: ed. Gaelic Medium Education. Policy and Practice in Education. Edinburgh, Scotland: Dunedin Academic Press.

Adams, Helga and Nicolson, Margaret (2014). Feeling the difference in the languages classroom: explorations of teacher understanding of diversity. Language Learning Journal, 42(1) pp. 25–40.

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Nicolson, Margaret and Harper, Felicity (2014). Online Peer Observation: An Exploration of a Cross-Discipline Observation Project. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 26(2) pp. 251–259.

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Harper, Felicity and Nicolson, Margaret (2013). Online peer observation: its value in teacher professional development, support and well-being. International Journal for Academic Development, 18(3) pp. 264–275.

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Adams, H. L. and Nicolson, M. A. (2010). Biting the bullet: getting the best out of speaking practice in languages tutorials. Classroom Discourse, 1(2) pp. 104–120.

Nicolson, M. (2010). Reducing the fear: an exploration of how the Alexander Technique may help adult language learners. The Alexander Journal, 23, pp. 65–70.

Nicolson, M. and Adams, H. (2010). The languages classroom: place of comfort or obstacle course? Language Learning Journal, 38(1) pp. 37–49.

Nicolson, Margaret and Adams, Helga (2008). Travelling in space and encounters of the third kind: Distance language learner negotiation of speaking activities. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2(2) pp. 105–116.

Nicolson, Margaret (2003). Language and Who we are: some Scottish student perspectives. Scottish Educational Review, 35(2) pp. 121–134.

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Nicolson, Margaret and Donnachie, Ian (2003). The New Lanark Highlanders: migration, community, and language 1785-c.1850. Family & Community History, 6(1) pp. 19–32.

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Nicolson, Margaret (2000). Language learners and diverse legacies: a question of confidence? Scottish Educational Review, 32(2) pp. 118–130.

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Adams, Helga and Nicolson, Margaret (2010). Getting the best out of speaking practice in language tutorials. In: BAAL Language Learning & Teaching Special Interest Group, 8-9 Jul 2010, King's College London.

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Adams, H. and Nicolson, M. (2008). The Languages Classroom: comfort zone or obstacle course. In: BAAL, 2008, Greenwich University.

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