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DESCRIPTION:\n\nNarratives of Language Learning and Identity Construction o
 f Plurilingual Well-Educated Immigrants in Quebec: Pedagogical Implication
 s\n\nDate: Friday March 17th\, 2023\n	Time: 2:30 to 4:00 pm\n	Online\n\n \n
 \nThis talk is based on a study that explores the trajectories of skilled 
 and well-educated immigrants\, and their investment in language learning\,
  identity construction\, and integration in Montreal. Many immigrants to Q
 uebec are well-educated and know multiple languages. Their plurilingual re
 pertoires are further developed when they learn French and English in Queb
 ec. The study investigated the experiences of ten plurilingual immigrants 
 as regards their expectations and concerns through their investment in lan
 guage and integration.\n\nThe findings revealed that participants perceive
 d plurilingualism (after migration to Quebec) as cultural capital\, provid
 ing a sense of empowerment and resulting in the privilege of gaining easy 
 acceptance in the new society and its labour market. Their unsuccessful em
 ployment scenarios and social adaptation\, however\, disproved (or challen
 ged) an earlier assumption.\n\nOverall\, examining participants’ narrative
 s brought out three themes which principally guided data collection:\n\n\n
 	Investing in language learning strategies and cultural capital\n	Re-negotia
 ting multiple identities in mobility\n	Expressing a desire for greater soci
 al receptiveness.\n\n\nThe study has elucidated how immigrants’ linguistic
  and social integration into the economic and sociocultural fabric of Queb
 ec can be more seamlessly achieved. The implications of the study for lang
 uage teaching and learning will be discussed.\n\n\n	About Mehdi Babaei\, Ph
 D Faculty Lecturer 51³Ô¹ÏÍøWriting Centre\n\n	\n		Mehdi Babaei is a Faculty Le
 cturer at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøWriting Centre. Since 2014\, Mehdi has taught undergr
 aduate and graduate academic writing and various language courses at McGil
 l's Faculty of Education\, School of Continuing Studies\, and the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøW
 riting Centre. With a PhD in Educational Studies\, Second Language Educati
 on\, Mehdi has contributed to research on prior learning and assessment re
 cognition\, language and identity issues amongst plurilingual immigrants\,
  and reflective teaching practices. Mehdi has been an active member of a M
 ontreal research group called BILD (Belonging\, Identity\, Language and Di
 versity)\, to which he has been a regular contributor through publishing b
 log posts.\n	\n\n\n\n	Watch the Replay\n\n
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SUMMARY:Narratives of Language Learning and Identity Construction of Pluril
 ingual Well-Educated Immigrants in Quebec: Pedagogical Implications  
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 age-learning-and-identity-construction-plurilingual-well-educated-immigran
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