Cumming,
Alister
Email:
acumming@oise.utoronto.ca
Phone:
416-978-0276
Fax:
416-926-4769
Department:
OISE: Curriculum Teaching and Learning, Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies
Status:
Faculty
Courses taught:
CTL 3001H Research Colloquium in Second Language Education: Master’s level/Doctoral level
CTL 3013H Second Language Assessment
CTL 3015H Seminar in Second-Language Literacy Education
CTL 3020H Writing in a Second Language
CTL 3807H Second Language Education Research Methods
Research interests:
Literacy in second languages, particularly writing; learning, teaching, and assessment of writing in English as a second/foreign language; evaluation of language education programs and curriculum, i.e. for second language education and immigrant settlement; thinking processes in language learning and instruction; development of assessment instruments and procedures in academic, professional and settlement contexts.; (Currently Head of Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies);
Languages:
English; French