Recent Graduating Theses
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
PhD
Secondary schooling for girls in rural Uganda: challenges, opportunities
and emerging identities (05/08)
Author:
Jones, Shelley - Supervisor: Dr. B. Norton & Dr. M. Kendrick
The
academic literacy socialization of Mexican exchange students at a Canadian
university (11/07)
Author: Zappa, Sandra - Supervisor: Dr. P. Duff
Negotiating the 'critical' in the Canadian English for Academic
Purposes Program (11/07)
Author: Lee, Ena - Supervisor: Dr. B. Norton
Becoming Canadian: Punjabi ESL learners, national language policy
and the Canadian language benchmarks (05/07)
Author: Fleming, Douglas - Supervisors: Dr. L. Shi, Dr. J. Willinsky
Promoting social presence: building connectedness in educational cyberspace (05/06)
Author: Liang, Kristy - Supervisor: Dr. S. Carey
Decision-making discourse processes of international students through e-commerce as exemplified by eBay (05/06)
Author: Munn, Susan - Supervisor: Dr. K. Reeder
A systemic functional perspective on native and non-native English speaking students' online discussion in a mixed-mode graduate seminar (05/05)
Author: Luo, Yu - Supervisors: Drs. B. Mohan and S. Carey
Popular film and English as a second language: Toward a critical feminist pedagogy of identity and desire (05/05)
Author: Mackie, Ardiss - Supervisor: Dr. B. Norton
The idea of translation: Exploring linguistic and cultural interstices in educational contexts (05/05)
Author: Nishizawa, Sumiko - Supervisor: Dr. J. Willinsky
Second language speakers' participation in computer-mediated discussions in graduate seminars (05/05)
Author: Yim, Yoon-Kyung Kecia - Supervisors: Drs. M. Bournot-Trites and P.
Duff
Globalization, democratization and knowledge production at three South African universities (05/05)
Author: Muthayan, Saloshini - Supervisors: Drs. J. Willinsky and B. Norton
A sociocultural study of second language tasks: Activity, agency, and language socialization (11/04)
Author: Kobayashi, Masaki - Supervisor: Dr. P. Duff
The discourse of causal explanations in school science (11/04)
 Author: Slater, Tammy Jayne Anne - Supervisor: Dr. B. Mohan
Whole-person perspectives on learning in community: Meaning and relationships in teaching English as a second language (05/04)
Author: Kristjansson, Carolyn Ruth - Supervisors: Drs. K. Reeder & B. Mohan
Tutoring as a social practice: Taiwanese high school students in Vancouver (11/03)
Author: Wu, Mei-Chun Angela - Supervisor: Dr. B. Mohan
Academic reading strategies used by Chinese EFL learners: Five case studies (05/03)
Author: Cheng, Li - Supervisor: Dr. L. Gunderson
The social practice (activity) of the integration of K-12 English as a second language (ESL) students in a diverse urban school district in Canada (11/02)
Author: McRae-McCarthy, Victoria - Supervisor: Dr. B. Mohan
Negotiating participation in second language academic communities: A study of identity, agency, and transformation (11/02)
Author: Morita, Naoko - Supervisor: Dr. P. Duff
Image and voice in adult literacy (11/02)
Author: Soleil, Naome - Supervisor: Dr. V. Froese
Chinese parents and ESL teachers: Understanding and negotiating their differences (05/02)
Author: Guo, Yan - Supervisor: Dr. M. Early
Innovation in English education: The new elementary English program (05/02)
Author: Jung, Sook-Kyung - Supervisor: Dr. B. Norton
MA
Accessing Academic Literacy for Diverse Learners: A case study
of an elementary social studies classroom (05/08)
Author: McMillan, Daphne - Supervisor: Dr. M. Early
"Only
connect!":
Engaging online with text and with peers (05/07)
Author: Johnson, Kerry - Supervisor: Dr. M. Early
The usefulness and ethical status of a language placement/entrance test at a post-secondary institution (05/06)
Author: Golder, Katherine - Supervisor: Dr. K. Reeder
Factors that influence faculty uptake and continued use of course management systems (CMS) (11/05)
Author: D'Silva, Reginald - Supervisor: Dr. K. Reeder
Investigating the discursive interplay of discourses of (new) multiliteracies: A Bakhtinian perspective (11/05)
Author: Tabyanian, Shahbaz - Supervisor: Dr. K. Reeder
Science register across Chinese and English: The relation between learners' language production of scientific classification discourse in Chinese and English (11/04)
Author: Tong, Esther Ka-Man -Supervisor: Dr. B. Mohan
Academic second-language reading comprehension through interaction (05/04)
Author: Grenier, Alain - Supervisor: Dr. M. Bournot-Trites
Summary writing performance of ESL exchange students (11/03)
Author: Feng, Guoqing - Supervisor: Dr. L. Shi
Teacher crossings: Reflections on multilingual lives in language teaching (11/03)
Author: Jope, Gilmour - Supervisor: Dr. M. Early
Perspectives of ESL teachers, core-subject teachers and administrators on collaboration in a European international school (05/03)
Author: Cook, Frances - Supervisor: Dr. M. Early
Negotiating cultures: Acase study of collaborative conversations between Japanese students learning English paired with American students learning Japanese (05/03)
Author: Simpkins, Neta Mae - Supervisor: Dr. L. Shi
Genre analysis of research grant proposals (11/02)
Author: Feng, Haiying - Supervisor: Dr. L. Shi
A case study of ESL students/a training program for resident care aides; towards a language enhanced curriculum (11/02)
Author: Modrow, Sarah - Supervisor: Dr. M. Early
Exploring ESL immigrant students' perceptions of their academic and social integration success (05/02)
Author: Chen, Louis - Supervisor: Dr. L. Gunderson
Inside on-line: Interaction and community in graduate students' use of computer-mediated communication (05/02)
Author: Potts, Diane - Supervisor: Dr. S. Carey
Learning from example: exploring immigrant language minority students' perceptions of what it takes to "make it" as an ESL student (05/02)
Author: Seror, Jeremie - Supervisor: Dr. L. Gunderson
Learners' practice and theory about Japanese honorifics: An oral interview activity with native speakers (11/01)
Author: Ode, Maki - Supervisor: Dr. B. Mohan
Exploring summary tasks by introspection (11/01)
Author: Yang, Lu-Xin - Supervisor: Dr. L. Shi
Academic presentations: Exploring the L2 socialization of NNS graduate students across fields (11/01)
Author: Zappa, Sandra - Supervisor: Dr. P. Duff
The collaborative role of an ESL support teacher in secondary school: Supporting ESL students and content teachers utilizing integrated language and content instruction (05/01)
Author: Konnert, Michele Kathryn - Supervisor: Dr. G. Tang
Resumes and choices: Analyzing the discourses of a decision making activity (05/01)
Author: Semenova, Daria - Supervisor: Dr. R. Berwick