Patsy Lightbown, Concordia University

Research

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Latest funding

Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance-Special Instructional Environments (CSLP-SIE)
CFI · 2000 · Co-investigator
$193,422
Time, timing and attention to form in second language acquisition
SSHRC · 1999 · Co-investigator
$137,000
Form-focussed instruction in communicative language teaching
SSHRC · 1996 · Co-investigator
$35,000

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance-Special Instructional Environments (CSLP-SIE)

Co-investigatorCFI2000Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Abrami, Philip

Keywords: Second language acquisition; new technologies for information and communication, digital research laboratories; educational technology

$193,422

Time, timing and attention to form in second language acquisition

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Spada, Nina

Keywords: Second language acquisition; second language teaching; second language learning

$137,000

Form-focussed instruction in communicative language teaching

Co-investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Spada, Nina

Keywords: Second language acquisition; classroom-centred research; explicit vs. implicit knowledge; second language teaching

$35,000

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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