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Fall 2012
Many rural Alberta communities face critical issues of sustainability including rural-urban migration by youth and young adults. Drawing on research in Alberta, this thesis identifies the factors influencing rural-urban migration and discusses ways of empowering communities. A survey of youth...
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2020-01-01
SSHRC IG awarded 2021. There is an increase of Canadians speaking a language at home other than French or English, resulting in an increase of linguistic and cultural diversity in schools. Unfortunately, many mainstream elementary teachers lack knowledge to effectively teach these emerging...
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2018-07-26
SSHRC Awarded CG 2018: The theme for the interdisciplinary International Symposium on Bilingualism-12 (ISB12) is The Next Generation. We build on the theme in two ways. First, we highlight the importance of children in maintaining languages, including among immigrants, indigenous language...
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L’utilisation du discours dialogique dans la construction du savoir mathématique des élèves dans le contexte d’enseignement en immersion
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In 2007 Alberta Education began implementing a new mathematics program aligned with the principles and standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000). The new curriculum places great emphasis on students’ communicating their cognitive processes while they acquire...
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La perception des finissants des programmes d'immersion de l'Alberta comme apprenant de langue seconde
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This case study explores French Immersion graduates’ perceptions of how they learned their second language. During this research I interviewed five French Immersion students from Western Canada. The goal of these interviews was to understand and analyze the language learning experiences of these...
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1997-01-01
If speech-language pathologists are to identify bilingual children in need of intervention, it is essential to understand the normal variations of bilingual acquisition and how it is the same or different from monolingual development. In this paper, we present an overview of the basics of...
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Lexical tone processing by monolingual and bilingual speakers of tone and non-tone languages
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This study tests early Chinese-English bilinguals’ perception of Thai lexical tone. Lexical tone is a feature that is used contrastively in Chinese but not in English. Chinese-learning infants exhibit native-like treatment of Thai tonal contours, while English learners exhibit non-native...
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Pattern Learning and Accent Familiarity in Monolingual and Bilingual English Speakers: Generalizing Learning Across Accented Speech
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It is increasingly common to encounter speakers with an accented variety of English, especially as society becomes more diverse and multilingual. To begin shedding light on how to improve communication outcomes when interacting with a speaker who has an accent, this research investigates...