Olenka S E Bilash
Biographic Data
| ID | 5246086 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olenka S E Bilash |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olenka S E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bilash |
| SIGNATURE | BILASH O S E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Challenges and Successes of Developing a Literacy Community in a Minority Language in Western Canada
This article describes a community action research study in the spirit of Carr and Kemmis (1983) and Elliot (1991). Language leaders in the Ukrainian community undertook a complex literacy initiative to investigate and improve Ukrainian‐English bilingualism/biliteracy in Western Canada and throughout the diaspora. In the context of the long‐term absence of research funding for developing and maintaining literacy in nonmajority or nonofficial lang…
Planning for Writing Instruction in a Middle‐Years Immersion/Partial Immersion Setting
Based on a literature review and the reflective practice of a second language teacher educator, this paper discusses three categories of planning for writing instruction for middle‐years students in an immersion or partial immersion context: planning for long‐term balance, planning for daily implementation, and planning for task success. It highlights five considerations that may help reduce student anxiety and improve both the experience of writ…
Analysing the Cultural Landscape as a Means of Probing the Non‐material Dimension of Reality
The paper analyses in detail the way in which the spatial organization of settlements and the architectural form of buildings and other structures can be interpreted as the expression of the values and beliefs of the people responsible for them. In doing this, it draws on recent developments in linguistics and physiological psychology. The procedure, while not completely objective, does provide for the presentation of verifiable evidence and the …
The Challenges and Successes of Developing a Literacy Community in a Minority Language in Western Canada
This article describes a community action research study in the spirit of Carr and Kemmis (1983) and Elliot (1991). Language leaders in the Ukrainian community undertook a complex literacy initiative to investigate and improve Ukrainian‐English bilingualism/biliteracy in Western Canada and throughout the diaspora. In the context of the long‐term absence of research funding for developing and maintaining literacy in nonmajority or nonofficial lang…
Planning for Writing Instruction in a Middle‐Years Immersion/Partial Immersion Setting
Based on a literature review and the reflective practice of a second language teacher educator, this paper discusses three categories of planning for writing instruction for middle‐years students in an immersion or partial immersion context: planning for long‐term balance, planning for daily implementation, and planning for task success. It highlights five considerations that may help reduce student anxiety and improve both the experience of writ…
Analysing the Cultural Landscape as a Means of Probing the Non‐material Dimension of Reality
The paper analyses in detail the way in which the spatial organization of settlements and the architectural form of buildings and other structures can be interpreted as the expression of the values and beliefs of the people responsible for them. In doing this, it draws on recent developments in linguistics and physiological psychology. The procedure, while not completely objective, does provide for the presentation of verifiable evidence and the …
Analysing the Cultural Landscape as a Means of Probing the Non‐material Dimension of Reality
The paper analyses in detail the way in which the spatial organization of settlements and the architectural form of buildings and other structures can be interpreted as the expression of the values and beliefs of the people responsible for them. In doing this, it draws on recent developments in linguistics and physiological psychology. The procedure, while not completely objective, does provide for the presentation of verifiable evidence and the …
Planning for Writing Instruction in a Middle‐Years Immersion/Partial Immersion Setting
Based on a literature review and the reflective practice of a second language teacher educator, this paper discusses three categories of planning for writing instruction for middle‐years students in an immersion or partial immersion context: planning for long‐term balance, planning for daily implementation, and planning for task success. It highlights five considerations that may help reduce student anxiety and improve both the experience of writ…
The Challenges and Successes of Developing a Literacy Community in a Minority Language in Western Canada
This article describes a community action research study in the spirit of Carr and Kemmis (1983) and Elliot (1991). Language leaders in the Ukrainian community undertook a complex literacy initiative to investigate and improve Ukrainian‐English bilingualism/biliteracy in Western Canada and throughout the diaspora. In the context of the long‐term absence of research funding for developing and maintaining literacy in nonmajority or nonofficial lang…
Linguistics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Action research (1 work)