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Beaulne, Audrey – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2020
Striving for greater English proficiency and securing a job are common goals of newcomers to Canada. For newcomers in the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program, the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)/Niveaux de competence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) provide an indicator of their abilities and progress in their language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Benchmarking
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Campbell, Carol – School Leadership & Management, 2021
Canada prides itself for being multi-cultural, valuing diversity, and having educational outcomes that have been identified as excellent and equitable with above average performance and lower than average impact of socio-economic status and immigrant status in PISA. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, plus policies concerning child care,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Educational Strategies
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Lau, Sunny Man-Chu – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2013
This article reports some main findings of a year-long participatory action research study of critical literacy (CL) practices with middle school recent immigrant English language learners (ELLs) in Ontario, Canada. The CL program followed an integrated instructional model informed by Cummins' (2001) "Academic Expertise Framework" and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries