I’m teaching one course: a graduate class in second language acquisition theory and research. I’ve taught this class twice before (in French and in English) and it’s one that I enjoy. In addition to a number of journal articles, I’m using Lourdes Ortega‘s “Understanding Second Language Acquisition” as the course text.
Three undergraduate students representing the University of Regina will be chosen to travel to Kyoto Notre Dame University, Japan, to assist teaching in English from July 25 –August 7, 2012. To be eligible, you must: be a Canadian citizen; be a full-time undergraduate student at the University of Regina; have a valid Canadian passport; have some basic Japanese language skills (a very minimal level of Japanese language proficiency is expected); have experience working with International students (or other young adult ESL students such as high school students); and demonstrate some involvement in extra-curricular activities. If you’re interested in this opportunity, you can find out more by reading the Kyoto Ad 2012 and by emailing Loanne Myrah (loanne.myrah@uregina.ca). To apply, click here: Application Form (Youth Ambassadors 2012). The application deadline is June 8.
The Strathy Language Unit is a research unit at Queen’s University “dedicated to the study of the English language in Canada.” Recently, Anastasia Riehl, the unit director, asked me to write a guest blog post about my research in Indigenous Englishes in Canadian schools. You can read my post here.
From time to time, I receive emails and phone calls about the five graduate courses in TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other(ed) Languages) we offer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Combined, these course make up our Graduate Certificate in TESOL but these courses can also be taken towards a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. I’ll be teaching one our TESOL grad classes in the Spring 2012 semester: EC&I 858: Second Language Acquisition Theory. The course is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday nights from 6 pm – 8:45 pm.
I’m looking for a graduate research assistant to work on a study of pre-service teachers’ views of English language and communication.Here is the job posting The deadline for application is today but this will likely be extended so if you’re interested, or know someone who might be, please apply!
On Friday, January 13, I’m giving a talk to a group of pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 teachers at Empire School in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Vivian Gauvin, a teacher at a high school in Moose Jaw and a graduate student in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, approached me to see if I’d speak about my educational research on Indigenized Englishes during one of the Lunch and Learn sessions at Empire School. During this session, I’m going to talk about English language varieties in schools and more specifically about children who are speakers of Indigenized Englishes in Saskatchewan classrooms. I’m creating this blog post now so I can include some hyperlinks to articles that I’m anticipating these teachers (and anyone else reading) might find useful:
1) A blog entry by Sharla Peltier on the topic of “First Nations English Dialects”
3) A 2011 special issue of the Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology which includes a number of articles related to culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches to screening and assessing children who speak indigenized varieties of English
I’ve been giving a series of sessions this semester for the University of Regina’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. The focus of this series is the internationalization of the University of Regina and what these changes may imply for communication, teaching, and learning on campus. The talks are based on literature, my research, and the teaching I currently do around linguistic diversity in schools. The third and final session took place on December 1. This is my presentation from that talk: December 1 PPT
Multilingual Matters, my book publishers, recently posted an interview with me on their blog. You can read it here:
http://channelviewpublications.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/an-interview-with-andrea-sterzuk/
I’m attending the Language, Education, Diversity Conference in Auckland, New Zealand in a couple weeks. I’ll be giving a paper and attending a lot of sessions. I’m excited about the line-up of keynote speakers.
