Pat Currie
Biographic Data
| ID | 4003478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pat Currie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pat |
| FAMILY NAME | Currie |
| SIGNATURE | CURRIE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conceptions of Literacy in Canadian Immigrant Language Training
For immigrants and refugees, access to a national or majority language is an important issue. According to its immigrant language training policy, Canada offers its newcomers language instruction for the purposes of settlement and integration. One important aspect of settlement and integration involves literacy. Our study examined the concept of literacy in Canada's current immigrant language-training policy; we found that the implementation of t…
Staying out of trouble
Linking Adult Learners with the Education of L2 Teachers
Perceptions of L2 teachers have undergone a recent change. No longer viewed as deliverers of a particular methodology, they are now seen as theorizers who develop expertise in their classrooms. Parallel to this shift, L2 teacher education programs have moved away from a transmissive mode to one that encourages student teachers to develop their own theories of teaching and learning. Such theorizing has until now been viewed as coming from interact…
Staying out of trouble
Conceptions of Literacy in Canadian Immigrant Language Training
For immigrants and refugees, access to a national or majority language is an important issue. According to its immigrant language training policy, Canada offers its newcomers language instruction for the purposes of settlement and integration. One important aspect of settlement and integration involves literacy. Our study examined the concept of literacy in Canada's current immigrant language-training policy; we found that the implementation of t…
Linking Adult Learners with the Education of L2 Teachers
Perceptions of L2 teachers have undergone a recent change. No longer viewed as deliverers of a particular methodology, they are now seen as theorizers who develop expertise in their classrooms. Parallel to this shift, L2 teacher education programs have moved away from a transmissive mode to one that encourages student teachers to develop their own theories of teaching and learning. Such theorizing has until now been viewed as coming from interact…
Staying out of trouble
Conceptions of Literacy in Canadian Immigrant Language Training
For immigrants and refugees, access to a national or majority language is an important issue. According to its immigrant language training policy, Canada offers its newcomers language instruction for the purposes of settlement and integration. One important aspect of settlement and integration involves literacy. Our study examined the concept of literacy in Canada's current immigrant language-training policy; we found that the implementation of t…
Pedagogy (2 works) · Academic integrity and plagiarism (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (1 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · Immigration (1 works) · Language planning (1 works) · Language policy (1 works)