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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in social communication and restricted and repetitive behaviors. These behavioral differences are often accompanied by difficulties in language acquisition, leading many to conclude that bilingualism is too challenging for children with ASD.... More
Guillaume Gentil recently attended the SSLW (Symposium on Second Language Writing) 2019 symposium where he served as a discussant for a colloquium organized by University of Arizona’s Chris Tardy on how writers build genre knowledge and awareness across... More
Guillaume Gentil walks the translanguaging talk in his recent article“Translanguaging and Multilingual Academic Literacies: How Do We Translate That into French? Should We? Pour en faire quoi ? (et pourquoi s'en faire?)”. The article, which alternates between French and English (with strategies for non-French readers to follow along), is an... More
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Dr. Saira Fitzgerald (PhD/17) is set to begin a 2-year SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in January 2020 at the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS), Lancaster University UK, under the supervision of Prof. Tony McEnery. Saira's research focuses on the global reach of the International Baccalaureate and its implications for... More
Congratulations to Mercedes Veselka on winning this year's prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for outstanding academic achievement by an undergraduate. Mercedes crossed the stage at the Fall convocation, graduating with a combined major in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and Discourse studies as well as a Certificate in the Teaching of... More
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Dr. Graham Smart and recent PhD graduate Dr. Matthew Falconer published a book chapter in Science Communication on the Internet: Old genres meet new genres due out December, 2019. The chapter, “The Representation of Science and Technology in Genres of Vatican Discourse: Pope Francis’s Encyclical Laudato Si’ as a Case Study,”... More
While on sabbatical Jaffer Sheyholislami has been busy travelling and presenting at conferences among other things. In September, Jaffer presented at the 4th International Conference of Kurdish Linguistics that was held in Rouen, Normandy. Jaffer presented a paper entitled, “Serious messages, innocent minds: Exploring ideology in elementary... More
In October, Tracy Hodgson-Drysdale travelled to Providence, RI to give a 90 minute invited talk titled "Making Meaning in Disciplinary Writing: Language Beyond Vocabulary" with colleagues Maria Estela Brisk and Holly Rosa at the WIDA Annual Conference. The theme of the conference was Teaching for Equity in a Multicultural World. She also planned... More
Friday, November 22, 2019
These slides provide an overview of the Masters program in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies. They were used in the 20 November, 2020 information... More
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Carleton was well represented at two international conferences in September. At SLRF 2019 at Michigan State University from September 20th to 22nd, graduate students Fatima Ady (Exploring underlying elements of the motivational self system among learners in two instructional contexts) and Neil Lapierre, (A multi-step analysis process for... More
Friday, October 4, 2019
Dr. Natasha Artemeva was in Córdoba, Argentina in mid-September to participate in the 10th International Symposium on the Study of Textual/Discourse Genres (SIGET X) at the National University of Córdoba. Her keynote address, "Diagnostic assessment and genre awareness in a Canadian engineering program: Undergraduate students writing in... More
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Allie Davidson, Dr. Peggy Hartwick, and Julie McCarroll published an article pertaining to unexpected findings from a study designed to compare ESLA students using paper-based portfolios to ESLA students using cuPortfolios for their research project. This reflective piece provides background on an earlier study, while sharing some unexpected... More
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