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Liang Cao – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2024
Drawing on ethnographic data, this article chronicles a Japanese queer immigrant's English learning experiences in a metropolitan area in western Canada. Informed by sociocultural theories and identity-centred approaches to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, I highlight the significance and interconnection between social identity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, LGBTQ People, English Language Learners
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Van Viege, Saskia; Lau, Sunny Man Chu – TESL Canada Journal, 2022
This Perspectives article proposes a renewed vision of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) through a translanguaging (TL) stance, grounded in critical sociolinguistic inquiry and embodied practice. A TL theory of language asserts an activist agenda to dismantle mono/lingualism, inviting a more dynamic and expansive view of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Edwards, John – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
A discussion of language policy formation and planning in Canada covers the following: bilingualism and multiculturalism; Quebec, French, and the constitution; and aboriginal language issues. Language legislation is emphasized. (Contains 52 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Canada Natives, Cultural Pluralism