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Research Assistant Position

andreasterzuk — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:13:35 +0000

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!

Indigenized Englishes Presentation at Empire School

andreasterzuk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:00:26 +0000

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”

2) A 2008 discussion article on Indigenous English that I published in the McGill Journal of Education

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

Third Session on Internationalization of the U of R

andreasterzuk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:21:17 +0000

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

Recent Interview

andreasterzuk — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:58:13 +0000

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/

My book is out

andreasterzuk — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:56:21 +0000

Language, Education, & Diversity Conference 2011

andreasterzuk — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:57:17 +0000

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.

November 1 Talk for the Centre for Teaching & Learning

andreasterzuk — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:09:52 +0000

So, as I mentioned a couple posts back, 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 first session (October 3, see a couple posts down if you want to look at the ppt slides) focused more generally on globalization and higher education; the second explored intercultural communication (November 1); and the third will address inclusive pedagogical practices for linguistically diverse higher education classrooms (December 1, 3-4, Archer Library). This is the PowerPoint presentation from my talk on November 1.

Maîtrise en éducation française – prochaine cohorte à Saskatoon

andreasterzuk — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:05:45 +0000

La prochaine cohorte de la maîtrise en éducation française de l’Université de Régina commencera en été 2012. Les cours seront offerts à Saskatoon et en ligne. Le date limite pour soumettre sa demande est le 15 février, 2012. Veuillez consulter notre brochure pour plus d’informations. Si vous avez des questions, vous pouvez nous rejoindre au maitrise@uregina.ca.

Internationalization of the U of R

andreasterzuk — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:42:12 +0000

At the request of UR International, I’m giving a three-part 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 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 first session (October 3) focused more generally on globalization and higher education; the second explores intercultural communication (November 1, 3-4 pm, Archer Library); and the third addresses inclusive pedagogical practices for linguistically diverse higher education classrooms (December 1, 3-4, Archer Library). This is the PowerPoint presentation from my October 3 talk: Internationalization of the U of R.

Almost done

andreasterzuk — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:26:00 +0000

So I finished the index yesterday and I’m told another set of proofs will be ready by the end of the week (I’m learning a lot about publishing.) Here’s the updated advanced notice information for my book and a link to the book on the Multilingual Matters website. I think it’s almost done!