Stop Apologizing for Being Multilingual - Dr. Angelica Galante
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Native speaker or non-native speaker? Monolingual or plurilingual? Why do we have a binary bias in modern society?
These are some of the questions we tackled with Dr. Angelica Galante.
Dr. Angelica Galante is an Associate Professor in Second Language Education and Applied Linguistics, and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. As the Director of the Plurilingual Lab, Dr. Galante conducts studies with language learners, teachers and educational leaders in the areas of plurilingual education, language teaching and learning, linguistic discrimination and justice, teacher education, and curriculum design. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, and a bit of French and Italian.
In our conversation, Dr. Galante talks about:
Linguistic and Cultural Discrimination
Strategies to Combat Prejudice in Education
Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence
Navigating Binary Bias in Language Discussions
Exploring Common Ground in Controversial Topics
The Role of Language in Identity and Mental Health
Practical Applications of Plurilingualism in Education
Balancing Plurilingualism and Language Acquisition
Challenges and Facilitators of Plurilingualism
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About Angelica Galante
Dr. Angelica Galante is an Associate Professor in Second Language Education and Applied Linguistics, and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. As the Director of the Plurilingual Lab, Dr. Galante conducts studies with language learners, teachers and educational leaders in the areas of plurilingual education, language teaching and learning, linguistic discrimination and justice, teacher education, and curriculum design. Dr. Galante has received several awards for research excellence, including the 2024 McGill University’s President Prize and the 2019 Pat Clifford Award by EdCan Network. Prior to her position at McGill, Dr. Galante had an extensive career as an English language teacher, curriculum designer and pedagogical coordinator in Brazil and Canada. Dr. Galante speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, and a bit of French and Italian.
Link to professional page: https://www.mcgill.ca/education/angelica-galante
Other links:
Plurilingual Lab website: https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/
Plurilingual Guide: https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/files/plurilinguallab/plurilingual_guide.pdf
Selected publications:
Galante, A., & dela Cruz, J. W. N. (2024). The fall of bilingualism: Teacher candidates’ voices on the implementation of critical plurilingualism in English language teaching. International Multilingual Research Journal, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2024.2326366
Galante, A. (2022). Affordances of plurilingual instruction in higher education: A mixed methods study with a quasi-experiment in an English language program. Applied Linguistics, 43(2), 316-339. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab044
Galante, A., Zeaiter, L., dela Cruz, J. W. N., Mass, N., Lee, L., Aronson, J., Oliveira, D. S., & Teodoro-Torres, J. A. (2023). Digital plurilingual pedagogies in foreign language classes: Empowering language learners to speak in the target language. The Language Learning Journal, 51(4), 523–543. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2023.2179654
Galante, A., Okubo, K., Cole, C., Abd Elkader, N., Wilkinson, C., Carozza, N., Wotton, C., & Vasic, J. (2020). “English-only is not the way to go:” Teachers’ perceptions of plurilingual instruction in an English program at a Canadian university. TESOL Quarterly Journal, 54(4), 980-1009. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.584. Watch video abstract here.
Galante, A., Okubo, K., Cole, C., Abd Elkaber, N., Carozza, N., Wilkinson, C., Wotton, C., & Vasic, J. (2019). Plurilingualism in higher education: A collaborative initiative for the implementation of plurilingual tasks in an English for Academic Purposes program at a Canadian university. TESL Canada Journal, 36(1), 121–133. https://teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/article/view/1345/1171
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