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Bouchard, Marie-Eve – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2023
The following study focuses on learners of French in an English-dominant context and contributes to a better understanding of language hierarchization by investigating attitudes toward different varieties of French. It aims to identify a possible correlation between the evaluation of different varieties of French and the participants'…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Language Attitudes, French, Pronunciation
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Snoddon, Kristin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This paper discusses issues of language revitalization and linguistic prescriptivism related to the teaching of American Sign Language (ASL) in Canada. I describe the current and historical context for ASL teaching, including the increase in ASL course offerings at some postsecondary institutions, and discuss findings related to challenges in…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Sign Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ritchie, Mathy – Research-publishing.net, 2011
The main goal of this study was to investigate whether computer-mediated communication (CMC) intercultural exchange offers the conditions necessary for the development of the sociolinguistic competence of second language learners. Non-native speakers (NNS) of French in British Columbia interacted through CMC with native speakers (NS) of French in…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Intercultural Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Guidelines