Sharon Lapkin, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Sociocultural perspectives on the output hypothesis: three contexts
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$79,865
Extending the output hypothesis: the roles of collaborative dialogue and metatalk in second language learning
SSHRC · 1999 · Co-investigator
$69,141

All 2 grants and awards

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Sociocultural perspectives on the output hypothesis: three contexts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Swain, Merrill K.

Keywords: second language learning; second language acquisition; French immersion; French as a second language (FSL); output hypothesis; bilingual education; second language pedagogy; collaborative learning; task-based learning

$79,865

Extending the output hypothesis: the roles of collaborative dialogue and metatalk in second language learning

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Swain, Merrill

Keywords: Second language learning; french immersion; task-based learning; collaborative learning

$69,141

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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