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Friday, June 27, 2014
On Tuesday, May 27th 2014, the School of Linguistics and Language Studies honoured outstanding teaching assistants and peer mentors. Each TA/Peer Mentor had been nominated by their professor for their outstanding contributions, accomplishments and support to faculty members in SLaLS. Congratulations!... More
Monday, May 26, 2014
Listen to Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies PhD candidate Christen Rachul discuss her research in Grad Studies... More
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Congratulations to PhD student, Christen Rachul, on being selected as a recipient of a Graduate Student Open Access Award for her article, “Newspaper portrayals of spinal manipulation therapy: Canada, United States, and the United Kingdom”. This award, sponsored by the Graduate Students Association (GSA), the Library, and the Office of the... More
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Visit the Current Grad Student website to read more about ALDS graduate student and outgoing SALaDS (Society for Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies) President, Nina Doré. Doré successfully defended her thesis "Exploring teacher perceptions of a textbook-free ASL program at a Canadian university: A qualitative mixed methods study" May 12,... More
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Congratulations to ALDS professor Dr. Eva Kartchava who has been awarded a FASS Junior Research award for her project, "The impact of instructional context on the noticeability and effectiveness of corrective... More
Congratulations to ALDS professor Dr. Jaffer Sheyholislami on being awarded a FASS Junior Research Award for his project on language policy and planning in Iraqi... More
Congratulations to ALDS professor Dr. Guillaume Gentil on being appointed co-editor of the journal Second Language... More
Friday, March 14, 2014
Just what are metaphors and what do they say about the language and culture in which they are found? SLaLS graduate student Tina Beynen's work on "conceptual metaphor" and the influence of English metaphors on ESL learners' language acquisition is featured in the most recent edition of The Charlatan. Read... More
Friday, January 17, 2014
Applied linguists look at how language is created, modified, and used in society. As with any major field of scientific inquiry, there is usually a tangible “product" or "products" that each discipline creates. For applied linguistics, one such "product" is the dictionary - actually different types of dictionary for various uses and... More
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Congratulations today to Dr. Emese Bukor whose article "The Impact of Personal and Professional Experiences: Holistic Exploration of Teacher Identity" was published in the 2013 edition of online peer-reviewed journal Working Papers in Language Pedagogy (WoPaLP). Dr. Bukor also received approval and accreditation from Hungary's Ministry of... More
Friday, November 1, 2013
Congratulations to Anika Cloutier on winning a University Medal of Arts for her high academic standing in her undergraduate studies, a BA degree with a double major in psychology and applied language discourse studies. She will receive the awards at the Fall Convocation, Saturday, November 9, 2013. While Anika is graduating, she has not... More
Monday, October 7, 2013
Congratulations to Olga Makinina, PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, on receiving one of this year's highly-coveted Ontario Trillium Scholarships. Learn more about the winners Learn more about the Trillium... More
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