Dr. Bonny Norton (FRSC)
Professor (she/her)
University Killam Professor
Distinguished University Scholar
Bilingual/multilingual education
Critical literacies/pedagogies
Digital literacies
English as an additional language
Identity
Language Ideologies
Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry
Public Conversation (Selected)
2024, November: Bonny Norton on Open Access Publications. International Open Access Week: Bonny Norton – Why is Open Access important? https://youtu.be/2BpJCvVQQ_8
2024: Uysal, H., Kim, H. J., & Norton, B. (2024) Exploring Language Teacher Identity and Investment: In Discussion with Bonny Norton. RELC Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241262532
2021, January. Dr. Bonny Norton, FRSC. UBC Interview: https://youtu.be/8iHj1r3BuMQ
2020, January. Norton, B., Stranger-Johannessen, E., & Doherty, L. (2020). Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu, freely available digital tales in 50+ language. The Conversation .https://theconversation.com/global-storybooks-from-arabic-to-zulu-freely-available-digital-tales-in-50-languages-127480
2019, September. Dr. Bonny Norton interview at Cambridge University. https://youtu.be/0KaYHqk8CYQ
2016, November. The African Storybook in a Digital World. Presentation, Annual meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0peUI5jATJA
2015, November. Bonny Norton interviewed by Amy Lightfoot, British Council. 11thLanguage and Development conference, New Delhi, India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnXu5N4t6WE
2015, May. Norton, B. & Welch, T. (2015). Digital literacy could hold the key to multilingual literacy for African children. The Conversation.https://theconversation.com/digital-stories-could-hold-the-key-to-multilingual-literacy-for-african-children-40405
Honours and Awards (Selected)
University Killam Professor, 2021
CUFA BC Academic of the Year, 2020
CSSE Graduate Student Mentorship Award, 2018
Fellow Royal Society of Canada, FRSC, 2016
TESOL Distinguished Research Award (co-recipient), 2016
AERA Fellow (American Educational Research Association), 2012
Killam Research Prize, 2007
UBC Distinguished University Scholar, 2004
Killam Teaching Prize, 2003
Publications (Open Access with *Asterisk)
Books and Guest Edited Journal Issues
Refereed Journal Articles (Open Access with *Asterisk)
Norton, B. (2019). Identity and language learning: A 2019 retrospective account. The Canadian Modern Language Review / La revue canadienne des langues vivantes, (75) 4, pp. 299-307. DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.2019-0287
Stranger-Johannessen, E. & Norton, B. (2019) Promoting early literacy and student investment in the African Storybook. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 18(6), 400-411. DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2019.1674150
Norton, B. & De Costa, P. (2018). Research tasks on identity in language learning and teaching Language Teaching, 51 (1), 90-112. DOI: 10.1017/S0261444817000325
*Stranger-Johannessen, E., Doherty, L., & Norton, B. (2018). The African Storybook and Storybooks Canada: Digital stories for linguistically diverse children. Language and Literacy, 20(3), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.20360/langandlit29413
De Costa, P. & Norton, B. (2017). Introduction: Identity, transdisciplinarity, and the good language teacher. Modern Language Journal, 101(S1), 3-14.
Stranger-Johannessen, E. & Norton, B. (2017). The African Storybook and language teacher identity in digital times. Modern Language Journal, 101(S1), 45–60. DOI: 10.1111/modl.12374
Haghighi, F. M., & Norton, B. (2017). The role of English Language Institutes in Iran. TESOL Quarterly, 51(2), 428–438. DOI: 10.1002/tesq.338
Norton, B. (2016). Identity and language learning: Back to the future. TESOL Quarterly, 50 (2), 475-479. DOI: 10.1002/tesq.293
Darvin, R., & Norton, B. (2016). Investment and language learning in the 21st Century. Langage et Société, 157 (3), 19-38. DOI: 10.3917/ls.157.0019
Douglas Fir Group (2016). A transdisciplinary framework for SLA in a multilingual world. The Modern Language Journal, 100(S1), 19–47.
Norton, B. (2015). Identity, investment, and faces of English internationally. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 38, 4, 375-391. DOI: 10.1515/cjal-2015-0025
Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2015). Identity and a model of investment in applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 35, 35-56. DOI: 10.1017/S0267190514000191
Norton, B. (2014). Introduction: The Millennium Development Goals and multilingual literacy in African communities. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 35 (7) 633-645.
Early, M. & Norton, B. (2014). Revisiting English as medium of instruction in rural African classrooms. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 35 (7), 374-691: DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2014.908890
Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2014). Social class, identity, and migrant students. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 13 (2), 111-117. DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2014.901823
Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2014). Transnational identity and migrant language learners: The promise of digital storytelling. Education Matters, 2 (1),55-66
Andema, S., Kendrick, M., & Norton, B. (2013). Digital literacy in Ugandan teacher education: Insights from a case study. Reading & Writing, 4 (1) Art #27, 8 pages. DOI: 10.4102/rw.v4i1.27
Norton, B. & Williams, C.J. (2012). Digital identities, student investments, and eGranary as a placed resource. Language and Education, 26(4), 315-329. DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2012.691514
Early, M. & Norton, B. (2012). Language learner stories and imagined identities. Narrative Inquiry, 22 (1), 194-201. DOI: 10.1075/ni.22.1.15ear
Norton, B. (2011). The practice of theory in the language classroom. Issues in Applied Linguistics (special issue on Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms), 18(2), 171-80
Norton, B., Jones, S. & Ahimbisibwe, D. (2011). Learning about HIV/AIDS in Uganda: Digital resources and language learner identities, Canadian Modern Language Review, 67(4),569-90. DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.67.4.568
Norton, B. & Early, M. (2011). Researcher identity, narrative inquiry, and language teaching research. TESOL Quarterly, 45(3), 415-439. DOI: 10.5054/tq.2011.261161
Norton, B. & Toohey, K. (2011). Identity, language learning, and social change. Language Teaching, 44(4), 412-446. (State-of-the-Art Article). DOI: 10.1017/S0261444811000309
Norton, B. & Mutonyi, H. (2010): Languaging for life: African students talk back to HIV/AIDS research. Language Policy, 9(1), 45-63. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-009-9150-y
Norton, B. (2010). Identity, literacy, and English-language teaching. TESL Canada Journal, 28(1), 1-13. (reprint of IATEFL 2009 conference proceedings) DOI: 10.18806/tesl.v28i1.1057
Norton, B. (2010). The practice of theory in the language classroom. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 18, 2. DOI: 10.5070/L4182005336
Lee, E., & Norton, B. (2009). The English language, multilingualism, and the politics of location. The International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 12(3), 277-290. DOI: 10.1080/13670050802153285
Norton, B., & Gao, Y. (2008). Identity, investment, and Chinese learners of English. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 18(1), 109-120. DOI: 10.1075/japc.18.1.07nor
Tembe, J. & Norton, B. (2008). Promoting local languages in Ugandan primary schools: The community as stakeholder. Canadian Modern Language Review, 65(1), 33-60. DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.65.1.33
Moffatt, L., & Norton, B. (2008). Reading gender relations and sexuality: Preteens speak out. Canadian Journal of Education, 31(1), 102-123.
Norton, B., & Mutonyi, H. (2007). “Talk what others think you can’t talk”: HIV/AIDS clubs as peer education in Ugandan schools. Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 37(4), 479-492. DOI: 10.1080/03057920701366218
Stein, P. & Norton, B. (2007). Applied linguistics and literacy in Africa and the diaspora. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 17, 3, pp. 443-445. DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2007.00157.x
Mutonyi, H., & Norton, B. (2007). ICT on the margins: Lessons for Ugandan education. In I. Snyder & M. Prinsloo (Eds.)[Special Issue on The Digital Literacy Practices of Young People in Marginal Contexts]. Language and Education, 21(3), 264-270. DOI: 10.2167/le751.0
Jones, S., & Norton, B. (2007). On the limits of sexual health literacy: Insights from Ugandan schoolgirls. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal, 1(4) 285-305. DOI: 10.1080/15595690701563998
Norton, B. (2006). Identity as a sociocultural construct in second language education. In K. Cadman & K. O’Regan (Eds.), TESOL in Context [Special Issue], 22-33.
Kendrick, M., Jones, S., Mutonyi, H., & Norton, B. (2006). Multimodality and English education in Ugandan schools. English Studies in Africa, 49 (1), 95-114, DOI: 10.1080/00138390608691345
Mackie, A., & Norton, B. (2006). Revisiting Pearl Harbor: Resistance to reel and real events in an English language classroom. Canadian Journal of Education, 29(1), 223-243. DOI: 10.2307/20054154
Norton, B. (2006, Spring). Not an afterthought: Authoring a text on adult ESOL. In C. Roberts & M. Baynham (Eds.), Linguistics and Education [Special Issue], 91-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2006.08.005
Norton, B. (2005). Towards a model of critical language teacher education. Language Issues, 17(1), 12-17.
Moffatt, L., & Norton, B. (2005). Popular culture and the reading teacher: A case for feminist pedagogy. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1207/s15427595cils0201_1
Norton, B., & Pavlenko, A. (2004). Addressing gender in the ESL/EFL classroom. TESOL Quarterly, 38(3), 504-513. DOI: 10.2307/3588351
Norton, B., & Kamal, F. (2003). The imagined communities of English language learners in a Pakistani school. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2(4), 301-307. DOI: 10.1207/S15327701JLIE0204_5
Kanno, Y., & Norton, B. (2003). Imagined communities and educational possibilities: Introduction. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2(4), 241-249.
Norton, B. (2003). The motivating power of comic books: Insights from Archie comic readers. The Reading Teacher, 57(2), 140-147.
Kamal, F., & Norton, B. (2002). Learner perspectives on the Youth Millennium Project: Critical literacy in action. Contact, 28(2), 70-76.
Norton, B. (2001). When is a teen magazine not a teen magazine? Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45(4), 296-299.
Norton, B., & Toohey, K. (2001). Changing perspectives on good language learners. TESOL Quarterly, 35(2), 307-322. DOI: 10.2307/3587650
Norton, B., & Stewart, G. (1999). Accountability in language assessment of adult immigrants. Canadian Modern Language Review, 56(2), 223-244. DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.56.2.223
Norton, B. (1998). Rethinking acculturation in second language acquisition. PROSPECT: Australian Journal of TESOL Associations, 13(2), 4-19.
Norton. B., & Starfield, S. (1997). Covert language assessment in academic writing. Language Testing, 14(3), 278-294. DOI: 10.1177/026553229701400305
Norton, B. (1997). Language, identity, and the ownership of English. TESOL Quarterly, 31(3), 409-429. DOI: 10.2307/3587831
Norton Peirce, B., & Ridge S. G. (1997). Multilingualism in Southern Africa. In W. Grabe (Ed.), Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (pp. 170-190). New York: Cambridge Univ Press. DOI: 10.1017/S0267190500003330
Norton Peirce, B., & Stewart, (1997). The development of the Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment. TESL Canada Journal, 14(2), 17-31.
Norton Peirce, B. (1996). Computer conferencing and academic literacy: Lessons from Sam’s Cafe. Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies 4(1), 57-87.
Harper, H., Norton Peirce, B., & Burnaby, B. (1996). English-in-the-workplace for garment workers: A feminist project? Gender and Education 8(1), 5-19.
Norton Peirce, B. (1995). The theory of methodology in qualitative research. TESOL Quarterly, 29(3), 569-576. DOI: 10.2307/3588075
Norton Peirce, B., & Stein, P. (1995). Why the “Monkeys Passage” bombed: Tests, genres, and teaching. Harvard Educational Review, 65(1), 50-65. DOI: 10.17763/haer.65.1.h444603322g078r5
Norton Peirce, B. (1995). Social identity, investment, and language learning. TESOL Quarterly, 29(1), 9-31. DOI: 10.2307/3587803
Norton Peirce, B. (1994). Using diaries in second language research and teaching. English Quarterly, 26(3), 22-29.
Norton Peirce, B., Harper, H., & Burnaby, B. (1993). Workplace ESL at Levi Strauss: “Dropouts” speak out. TESL Canada Journal, 10(2), 9-30. DOI: 10.18806/tesl.v10i2.616
Norton Peirce, B., Swain, M., & Hart, D. (1993). Self-assessment, French immersion, and locus of control. Applied Linguistics, 14(1), 25-42.
Norton Peirce, B. (1992). Demystifying the TOEFL reading test. TESOL Quarterly, 26(4), 665-691. DOI: 10.2307/3586868
Norton Peirce, B. (1989). Toward a pedagogy of possibility in the teaching of English internationally: People’s English in South Africa. TESOL Quarterly, 23(3), 401-420.
Chapters in Books since 2015 (Open Access with *Asterisk)
Darvin, R., & Norton, B. (2019). Identity. In J. Schwieter, & A. Benati (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of language learning (pp. 451-474). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781108333603.020
Norton B. & Pavlenko A. (2019) Imagined communities, identity, and English language learning in a multilingual world. In: Gao X. (eds) Second Handbook of English Language Teaching. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02899-2_34
Darvin, R., & Norton, B. (2019). Collaborative writing, academic socialization and the negotiation of identity. In P. Habibie & K. Hyland (eds.). Novice writers and scholarly publication: Authors, mentors, gatekeepers (pp.177-194). Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95333-5_10
Norton, B. & De Costa, P. (2019). Language teacher identities in teacher education. In G. Barkhuizen, (Ed.) Qualitative Research Topics in Language Teacher Education (pp. 76-80). New York: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780429461347-12
Norton, B. (2019). Identity and the ownership of English. In J. I. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL encyclopedia of English language teaching, First edition (Project Editor: Margo DelliCarpini; Volume Editor: Ali Fuad Selvi) (pp. 1100-1105). Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Norton, B. (2018). Identity and investment in multilingual classrooms. In A. Bonnet & P. Siemund (Eds). Foreign Languages in Multilingual Classrooms. (pp. 237-252). John Benjamins. DOI: 10.1075/hsld.7.11nor
Norton, B. (2018). Identity and the ownership of English. In. J. Liontas (ed.) The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (pp.1100–1105). Malden, MA: Wiley DOI: 10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0030
Darvin, R., & Norton, B. (2018). Identity, investment, and TESOL. In S. Nero & J. Liontas (Eds.), Sociocultural Aspects of English Language Teaching. The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (p. 1-7)Wiley. DOI: 10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0802
Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2017). Investing in new literacies for a cosmopolitan future (pp. 89-101). In Zaidi, R. & Rowsell, J. (Eds.) Literacy lives in transcultural times. Oxon: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315400860-9
Norton, B. (2017). Identity and English language learners across global sites In L. Wong & K. Hyland (Eds). Faces of English Education: Students, Teachers and Pedagogy. (pp. 13-27). Oxon: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315205618-2
Darvin, R., & Norton, B. (2017). Identity, language learning, and critical pedagogies in digital times. In J. Cenoz, D. Gorter, & S. May (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Language and Education: Vol. 6, Language awareness and multilingualism, (3rd ed., pp. 43–54). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02240-6_3
Darvin, R., & Norton, B. (2017). Language, identity and investment in the 21st century. In T. McCarty and S. May (Eds.). Language Policy and Political Issues in Education, Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol. 1. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02344-1_18
Norton, B. (2017). Learner investment and language teacher identity. In G. Barkhuizen (Ed.) Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research (pp. 80-86). New York: Routledge
*Hare, J., Darvin, R., Doherty, L., Early, M., Filipenko, M., Norton, B., Soni, D., and Stranger-Johannessen, E. (2017) “Digital storytelling and reconciliation” (pp. 200-205). In P. Tortell, P., M. Young & P. Nemetz (Eds.) Reflections of Canada: Illuminating our opportunities and challenges at 150+ years. Vancouver, BC: UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. DOI: 10.59962/9781775276647-033
De Costa, P., & Norton, B. (2016). Identity in language learning and teaching: Research agendas for the future. In S. Preece (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of language and identity (pp. 586-601) Abingdon: Routledge.
Norton, B. & Early, M. (2015). Identidade de pesquisador/a, pesquisa narrative e pesquisa sobre ensino delínguas. In A. de Jesus Ferreira (Org). Narratives Autobiograficas se Identidades Sociais de Raca, Gênero, Sexualidade e Classe em Estudos da Linguagem (pp. 21-54). Campinas, SP: Pontes Editories.