Symposium 2023 Programme
Welcome to the programme and links page. Click on the underlined titles to read the abstract of all our presenters. The link to the Zoom link will be posted via email to registered participants. In-person and online registration has now been closed. Online participants, please use a zoom name that resembles the one who used during the registration process.
June 2, 2023
8:30 - 9:00am
Joining and registration
9:00 - 9:15am
Welcome and Symposium Opening
9:15 - 10:30am
Plenary Speaker: Colette Despagne
10:30 - 11:00am
Coffee and in-person Poster Session I
11:00am - 12:30pm
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11:00 am - 11:20 am
A proposal for a plurilingual and critical approach to CLIL in Mexican public higher education
Ma Guadalupe Sanchez Sandoval
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11:20 am - 11:40 am
Deconstructing the Binary: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Plurilingual and Immersion Pedagogies
Michael Koslowski, University of Toronto
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11:40 am - 12:00 pm
The Possibility of Localize Plurilingual Approaches in EFL Education at Secondary Schools in Mainland China
Yunjia Xie, McGill University
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12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Participative plurilingual identity construction: a reflexive model for the second language classroom
Adriana Ortiz, University of Toronto
Session 1B
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11:00 am - 11:20 am
Multimodality and L2 Socialization in Digital Space
Chia-Hsin Yin, Ohio State University; Grace J. Kim, Bucknell University
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11:20 am - 11:40 am
Journalistic Learning Through Digital Multimodal Composing: Taking an Inquiry Stance with Teacher Candidates
Celeste Kirsh, University of Toronto
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11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Supporting students’ multiliteracy: redefining communicative competence by building upon Gen Z’s digital body language
Dagmara Gałajda, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
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12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Perception of the social robot for learning a foreign language by Russian students
Artemiy Kotov, Kurchatov Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia; Anna Zinina, Kurchatov Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow State Linguistic University Moscow, Russia
Session 1C
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11:00 am - 11:20 am
Examining important linguistic features of elicited imitation between proficiency levels: Insights from machine learning and corpus linguistics
Ji-young Shin, University of Toronto, Mississauga
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11:20 am - 11:40 am
The case of Q-methodology: A collaborative, CDST-informed research method in applied linguistics
Karam Noel, University of Toronto; Hiba Ibrahim; Geoff Lawrence, York University
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11:40 am - 12:20 pm
Critically Reflecting on Identity Texts: Equity-Based Praxes and Teacher Education
Mengjiao Han; Zahra Heidarian; Chuan Liu; Haobin Liu; Filipe Malafaia Cerqueira; Julie Marion; Amanda Seabrook; Liwen Situ; Lihan Wu; Shelley K. Taylor, University of Western Ontario
12:30 - 1:30pm
Lunch Break and In-person Poster Session II
1:30 - 3:00pm
Session 2A
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1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
The Corpus-Aided Instruction for EFL College Students’ Writing Improvement
Eunjeong Park, Sunchon National University
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1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
Major Sources of Lexical Errors in Second Language Writing in the Turkish Context
Hakan Cangır, Ankara University, Erfurt University
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2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
Short Stories as a Bridge between Theory and Practice: Developing Reading Comprehension Skills among 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Students in Iran
Zahra Heidarian Western University
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2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Writing in Secondary Schools: The Treatment of Authentic Writing in Foreign Language Curriculum
Renee Davy, McGill University
Session 2B
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1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Interconnections and Repertoires: Exploring the Linguistic and Social Integration of Adult Migrants across International Contexts
Katherine Rehner, University of Toronto Mississauga; John Ippolito, York University; Daya Alderfer, Claire Costaris, Gabrielle Forget, Sarah Jones, Ivan Lasan, Yifan Liu, University of Toronto
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1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
Resistance or maintenance? An autoethnographic reflection on the creation of an equitable language policy
Sonia Martin, York University
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2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
Family language policies: Bangladeshi immigrant parents’ perceptions of maintaining children’s heritage language
Mili Saha, Jagannath University, Bangladesh
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2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
A Plural, Intersectional Approach to Multiethnographic Methodologies: Investigating the Relationship between Plurilingual Identities and Practices
Rebecca Schmor, University of Toronto
Session 2C
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1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Second Language Learners’ Perception of Spanish Voices: A Quantitative Investigation of Accent Stigmatization
Gabriela Martinez Loyola, Ioana Colgiu, Yasaman Rafat, Western University; Laura Spinu, CUNY Kingsborough Community
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1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
"Someone engaged in plurilingual practices with me but in a very racist way": Exploring discrimination and plurilingualism among users non-official languages in Canada
Angelica Galante, Li Peng, Hannah Keim, McGill University
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2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
Cultural and racial representations in French immersion classes: Perspectives from racially minoritized students
Marika Kunnas, York University
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2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
A Language Friendly Approach: Bridging the linguistic divide in education in Trinidad and Tobago
Reshara Alviarez, University of Toronto