Caroline Payant, Université du Québec à Montréal

Research

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Latest funding

Task by task: Advancing French language learning in Quebec's classes d'accueil
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$99,332
Linguistic discrimination: The darker facets of plurilingual and translanguaging scholarship
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$48,255
Second and third language learners: An in-depth analysis of metalinguistic abilities
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$52,749

All 3 grants and awards

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Task by task: Advancing French language learning in Quebec's classes d'accueil

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Payant, Caroline A.

$99,332

Linguistic discrimination: The darker facets of plurilingual and translanguaging scholarship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Payant, Caroline

Keywords: Linguistic discrimination; Plurilingualism; Translanguaging; Ethnographic research; Longitudinal; Linguicism; Multilingualism

$48,255

Second and third language learners: An in-depth analysis of metalinguistic abilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Payant, Caroline

Keywords: (1) Second Language Acquisition; (2) Third Language Acquisition; (3) Metalinguistic abiltiies; (4) Adult language development; (5) Interaction; (6) Authentic task; (7) Language-related episodes

$52,749

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Payant, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Task by task: Advancing French language learning in Quebec's classes d'accueil" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]