Urgent calls have been made for a shift in language pedagogy, from monolingual to plurilingual. Plurilingual education invites students to make use of their entire repertoire for language learning. Using a collaborative approach among researchers and pre- and in-service language teachers, this study examines the process of implementation of plurilingual instruction and investigates its affordances in different language programs. This page contains pedagogical resources and results of the study. More publications are coming soon.
PrincipaI Investigator: Dr. Angelica Galante
Research Assistants: John Wayne dela Cruz, Lana Zeaiter, Maria Chiras & Jade LaFontaine
Project Duration: 2019-2022
Download the Plurilingual Guide
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Watch the video abstract of the Plurilingual Guide and the tutorials in our YouTube Playlist.
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Publications:
Galante, A., & dela Cruz, J. W. N. (2024). The fall of bilingualism: Teacher candidates’ voices on the implementation of critical plurilingualism in English language teaching. International Multilingual Research Journal, 1–20.
Galante, A., Zeaiter, L., dela Cruz, J. W. N., Mass, N., Lee, L., Aronson, J., Oliveira, D. S., & Teodoro-Torres, J. A. (2023). Digital plurilingual pedagogies in foreign language classes: Empowering language learners to speak in the target language. The Language Learning Journal.
Galante, A., dela Cruz, J.W., Chiras, M., Zeaiter, L. (2022). Challenging monolingual norms: TESL teacher education to advance learners’ plurilingual and pluricultural awareness. In: R. Fielding (Ed.), Multilingualism, identity and interculturality in education. Springer.
Galante, A., Chiras, M., dela Cruz, J. W. N., Zeaiter, L. F. (2022). Plurilingual guide: Implementing critical plurilingual pedagogy in language education. Plurilingual Lab Publishing.
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Watch our presentations to learn more about the research project.
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2024 Plurilingualism in Education Conference, Montreal, Canada
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2021 CERLL Symposium, Toronto, Canada
We are currently editing a booklet with lesson plans (coming soon). You can see a sample below.
