Areas of Interest

• Second language acquisitionw
• Teaching and learning

Research Activities

Integrating Language Teaching and Content Teacher - A Resource Book
To write a revised and updated version of a resource book; to help teachers of ESL students to integrate language and content. (Ministry of Education)

Use of Graphics in ESL Classroom Instruction
To describe our understanding of the effect of graphics as an aid to integrating the teaching of language and the teaching of content. (SSHRC)

How Students Respond to Teachers' Use of Questions
Examines the effects of the functions of English as a Second Language teachers' questions on ESL classroom discourse. (UBC-HSS)

Primary-Grade NS ESL Students' Awareness of Four Text Structures: Effects on Recall of Expository Texts
To examine primary grade NS and ESL students' awareness of four expository texts (collection, comparison/contrasts, causation, problem/solution) and their recall of text written in those structures. (UBC-HSS)

Language Proficiency/Academic Achievement
To investigate the interrelationship of variables which influence English as a second language students' success or failure in school. (UBC-HSS)

ESL/Computer Project
To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a strategy for using graphics- oriented computers with ESL students to develop the language and thinking skills needed for school success. (Ministry of Education)

Discourse Analysis in Second Language Curriculum Research
To produce a discourse analyses for L2 learning of a social studies course. (Cdn. Intl. College)

English as a Second Language (ESL) Literacy for Northern Women
To investigate the implementation of an English as a Second Language literacy program for Northern Natives. (Arctic Alpine Resource Committee)