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Coming back to university as a mature student certainly had its challenges, which I was only able to meet with the guidance of the outstanding faculty, whose compassion and wisdom exceeded my expectations. When I began the masters program, my goal was to gain a stronger knowledge base from which to teach ESL. My... More
During my time at Carleton, I developed an interest in discourse analysis based on systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and APPRAISAL theory. After graduation, I joined the English department at the University of British Columbia, where my attention turned to the work of an early 20th century language theorist named Mikhail Bakhtin. I am... More
I graduated in 2007 with an MA in Applied Language Studies, with a focus on French immersion, core French studies, and writing (through my Teaching Assistantship at the Writing Tutorial Service). Following my degree, I worked at Algonquin College as an instructor in the Language Institute and as a Research Associate at Carleton University... More
Fathiya is a lecturer in the Department of English at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. Currently, she is also pursuing a PhD in Sociolinguistics at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. (Last updated: 28 May,... More
The Masters program in Applied Language Studies played a pivotal role in launching my academic career, and represents a positive turning point in my life. I came to Carleton from Detroit after finishing my Masters in Education, hoping to build a theoretical knowledge base to support my experiences as a writing instructor. During my... More
My quality of life was and remains amazing. I have had the opportunity to explore who I am as a person and as a teacher. It has been an interesting journey, not always easy. My life has slowed down. I haven’t worn a watch in two almost three years. I am still working for... More
I decided to go to Carleton after working as an ESL teacher for five years. The Applied Language Studies program interested me because I wanted to learn new skills that would help me transition into another area of expertise within the field of education. Many of the Linguistic graduate programs across Canada tend to focus... More
In December of 2005, I completed my Masters degree in Applied Language Studies. My research was based in the Writing Studies stream of this programme. Since completing my studies, I have held numerous exciting professional opportunities that allowed me to use this degree. For example, I have worked as the Coordinator of Carleton’s Writing... More
Shortly after graduating from SLaLS, I started working as a research coordinator at the Academy for Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Among other things, my job involved helping PhD and clinician researchers apply for funding, obtain approval from research ethics boards, and write and revise research... More
In 2005 I completed my MA in Applied Language Studies at Carleton University. My MA research explored self-instructed language learning using commercial audio packages. After taking a year off from my studies to teach EFL in Japan, this interest in self-instruction led me to Newcastle University, UK, where I began my PhD in Education... More
I spent two wonderful years at Carleton. What I learned and what I did research on while in SLALS contributed significantly to my subsequent doctoral research. This research was mostly centered on identities of cross-cultural individuals: academic writers, professional writers, and international students. After I graduated from Queen’s, I... More
My MA degree has definitely helped me in my professional development. Studying genre, writing theories and workplace communication assisted me enormously in advanced comprehension of the context of workplace writing wherein organizational discourse is heavily influenced by the internal and external political, cultural and socio-economic... More
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