We begin this issue with our invited authors Dr. Annie Pilote, Dr. Marie-Odile Magnan and Dr. Cynthia Groff (...) three articles are selected papers from the Annual Interuniversity Roundtable on Research in Language and Literature Education (...). Comencem aquest volum…

This article will first give an overview of multicultural, multilingual Britain and place it within the context of community literacy. It will then discuss education reforms and policies that have aimed to place multicultural and multiple literacy at their centre…

The topic of pacing at the level of the individual class hour has received relatively little coverage in research literature.  In order to provide a research-based take on the issue, the current work surveys the existing literature, develops terminology and…

Abstract This paper constructs a theoretical framework  that views academic writing from a context-based perspective.   The shift  from text to context results from implementating the  concept of activity system into the academic community, envisioning academia as the sum of the…

AbstractRelations between francophones and anglophones in Québec City reflect historical struggles and changing power relations between the groups. Using a constructivist and interactionist approach to identity and ethnicity, we examine the role of English language schools in intergroup relations. We…

AbstractThis article discusses specific examples of virtually mediated interactions involving two transatlantic groups of student-teachers who engaged in a task-based telecollaborative project for the purposes of a teacher education course. The Vygotskyan framework of learning and development and particularly the…

This article provides a summary of some of the key ideas of Seedhouse (2004). The study applies Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology to an extensive and varied database of language lessons from around the world and attempts to answer the question…