Faculty profile
Alena Barysevich
Back to facultyAssociate Professor, Academic Advisor for French Studies, and LinguisticsSchool of Languages & LiteraturesUniversity of Guelph
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Didactics of French as a Second Language in Canadian Context (Minority Setting)Bilingual/Plurilingual/Minority Language Education at University LevelSocio-Constructivist Theory of Teaching & LearningExperiential LearningAction-Oriented ApproachTask-Based InstructionGenre-Based ApproachCompetence-Based ApproachInternet-Based Language Learning and PedagogyAcquisition of Sociolinguistic Competencies in Oral SpeechLanguage Variation and Change in Contact LanguagesBilingual/Minority Language Education
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