Plurilingual approach
to teaching L2 vocabulary
A short video explaining why and how to use plurilingual approaches, such as translation and translanguaging when teaching second language vocabulary. A sample activity is detailed, which teachers can modify according to their context. Tagalog, English, and French are used in the sample task.
Plurilingual strategy 1:
Cross-linguistic analysis
A 2-minute video explaining why and how to use cross-linguistic analysis in second language classrooms. A few ideas for activities are mentioned to inspire teachers how to concretely add a plurilingual and cross-linguistic dimension to their lessons.
Plurilingual strategy 2:
Pluriliteracies
A 2-minute video explaining why and how to use pluriliteracies approaches in second language classrooms. A few ideas for activities are mentioned to inspire teachers how to concretely add a plurilingual and multimodal dimension to their lessons.
AAAL 2021
Paper Presentation
The pre-recorded presentation I gave at the 2021 annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. The presentation provides an overview of my Master's research project: its context, questions, methods, and results. I conclude with pertinent implications for second language classroom practices and policies, and for teacher education. This research was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.