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HyFlex LINC literacy: Challenges and successes
Literacy instruction in the context of Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada has traditionally been conducted exclusively in physical classrooms, with paper and pencil, worksheets, binders, notebooks, and perhaps the weekly Computer-Assisted Language Learning lesson in an on-site computer lab. The thought of teaching English to students who may have little to no schooling, reading, or…
A genre-Based approach to implementing PBLA in LINC classrooms
Introduction
The Portfolio-Based Language Assessment (PBLA) approach was introduced into English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in Canada in 2010. It serves as a teaching and assessment framework that standardizes the quality and methodology of language instruction and assessment for adult newcomers to Canada. While some instructors perceive PBLA as a positive approach, associating it with an…
Applying the Four Strands Framework in LINC classrooms
Teaching the foundation: Reflections from a LINC practicum experience
During my three-week teaching practicum in Ottawa, I had the unique opportunity to work with LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) Foundation 1 level students. The experience was both challenging and eye-opening, as it required adapting to the needs of learners who had little to…
Gamified ADDIE for LINC instruction
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Under ideal circumstances, every LINC instructor would be trained with the skills and know-how of an instructional designer. But as the pandemic taught us, instructors are often left to struggle on their own and do their utmost to engage their learners. But there is one simple rule that can be borrowed…
A decade in the making: A review of LINC to Work programming at Conestoga LINC
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Background
In 2013, as part of the response to the ongoing emphasis on employability training for newcomers to Canada, Conestoga LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) created a LINC to Work class. For over a decade, Conestoga LINC faculty have been instructing student-focused LINC to Work lessons on…
Recommendations for the inclusion of mathematics education in language instruction for newcomers to Canada (LINC)
Abstract
This paper draws on literature that examines the underpinnings of language and math education in Canada as well as on the author’s own professional observations and reflections as an adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) educator in Toronto, Ontario in order to advocate for the inclusion of mathematics education in the LINC program. It evaluates the program’s…
