Research

Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant.

Engagement with peer-reviewed research in professional TESL reading groups. $8,421. (2014-2016). Co-investigator: Marilyn Abbott.

Killam Research Operating Grant.

Promoting evidence-informed second language instructional practices. $6,956 (2014-2015). Co-investigator: Marilyn Abbott.

Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks.

Incorporating pragmatics into a CLB based program. $4,000.00 (2012).

Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant.

Research Engagement within the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Community. (2011-2013). Co-investigator: Marilyn Abbott.

Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks.

Incorporating pragmatics into a CLB based program. (2012). Co-investigator: Erin Waugh.

Coutts-Clarke Research Fellowship, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta

(awarded November 2009 for the Winter 2011 term). L2 pragmatic development.

Prairie Metropolis Centre: A Centre for Research on Immigration, Integration, and Diversity.

Immigrant youth settlement. (2008-2011)

Endowment for the Future, Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Program, University of Alberta

Teaching second language fluency. (2008-2009)

Alberta Employment, Immigration, and Industry.

Feasibility study of a professional development program for ESL instructors of adult immigrants. (2007-2009)

Endowment for the Future – Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Program, University of Alberta.

Immigrant Youth and the Justice System. (2006-2007).

Endowment for the Future – Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Program, University of Alberta.

Second language speaking fluency (Fall 2005).

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,

Defining, assessing, and teaching second language fluency. (2003-2006).

Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant.

Mail-order brides in Canada. (2003). Co-investigator: Tracey Derwing.

Grande Prairie Regional College, Grande Prairie, AB.

The language and settlement needs of immigrants and refugees in Grande Prairie. (2002).

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Fluency and task differences in second language learning. (2001-2002; 2002-2003 declined by recipient).

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship. Second language communication strategies, affect, and self-efficacy. (1999-2001).