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Monday, February 6, 2023
Dr. Angel Arias of SLaLS has two recent publications. The first publication draws on argument-based validation to gather validity evidence based on the internal structure of an L2 listening comprehension test used for immigration purposes in the province of Quebec. The research also provides a step-by-step guide on how to conduct confirmatory... More
Monday, September 26, 2022
A few month ago Christopher Smith published a paper titled, “Is this discursive Yentling? A critical study of an RCMP officer’s interview with a sexual assault complainant.” It was featured in a special edition of Critical Discourse Studies. Recently Christopher was notified that Routledge is publishing a book, featuring this paper as a... More
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Dr. Rebekah Ingram, who received her PhD from the department in 2020 with a dissertation on the topic of Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk) place names, has been named English language Editor of Onomastica Canadiana, the journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names. The journal will be open to new submissions in September and... More
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
SLaLS would once again like to highlight a publication by alumni, Christopher Smith, in Critical Discourse Studies! Congratulations Chris on all of your recent success! The link to the full article can be found... More
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Now in the 5th year of her program, PhD (ALDS) candidate Tina Beynen has had a busy few months with presentations at: STLHE (Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) Annual Conference (June 7 – 10) "Reflexivity, assessment literacy, and student success during the transition to university" LLRC (Language & Literacy Researchers... More
Jaffer Sheyholislami is in the news again, this time with insights on the current (and future) state of heritage languages in Canada. “One of the important causes of language shift and loss in Canada is the absence of robust language policies that would advocate and actively promote and support multilingualism and... More
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Congratulations to Drs. Janna Fox and Natasha Artemeva on the publication of their book “Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and Validity” (Routledge,... More
Friday, March 25, 2022
Dr. Ruth Kircher spoke to us Tuesday from The Netherlands. Her lecture explored questions of how and why parents choose raise their children multilingually, focusing on the Quebec context. The nuanced circumstance of French and English in the province was examined as was the influence of numerous heritage languages. The first study explored the... More
Friday, March 18, 2022
Congratulations, Dr. Angel Arias for receiving the Early Career Research Award. This award is designed to support the development of research programs by newer faculty members in FASS. "Applied linguistics relies on various constructs (e.g., motivation, language aptitude, resilience, teacher cognition, etc.) to study language learning issues and... More
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
SLaLS contract instructor Dr. Tracy Hodgson-Drysdale recently presented at the 1st International Online Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group (SFLIG) Conference with colleagues Dr. Maria Estela Brisk (Boston College) and Elizabeth MacDonald (Boston Public Schools). Their talk was titled "Teaching writing informed by Systemic Functional... More
The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers has put together a video series called Languages Build. In the fourth installment, they interview Tamara Sorenson Duncan about second language learning in students with exceptionalities. If you're interested in learning more, you can watch the 5 minute video... More
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Congratulations to the Algonquian Linguistic Atlas project team on the recent release of a suite of conversation apps to support the teaching and learning of Algonquian languages: Dr. Marie Odile Junker (Project Director) Claire Owen (Assistant Project Director) Delasie Torkornoo (Technical Director) Officially launched October 14th at the 53rd... More
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