Alexandra has been working on related research projects as a Research Assistant since 2017. She is currently doing her Master of Arts in Education under the supervision of Dr. Lau at Bishop’s. She completed her BA in Modern Languages (English, Spanish and Japanese) and a Minor in TESL at Bishop’s in 2019. Language learning has become a vivid interest of hers since her arrival at Bishop’s and the start of her TESL minor. While French is her first language, she is a curious learner of English, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin and Arabic. In her own research, she hopes to explore further teachers’ attitudes regarding their plurilingual and pluricultural students.

Coralie Daoust has been a Research Assistant for Dr. Sunny Lau since 2021. She is currently finishing her BA in Modern languages (Spanish and Japanese) with a minor in TESL. She has always been fascinated by languages and cultures in the world since she speaks French, English and is learning Spanish and Japanese.

Julia has been a Research Assistant for the project since 2020. She is in the final year of her BA, majoring in Educational Studies and minoring in Teaching French as a Second Language. She looks forward to continuing her work within resource development as she completes her Bachelor of Education in the coming years. Integrated plurilingual and intercultural pedagogy has become her key passion since her arrival at Bishop’s, and she hopes to incorporate many plurilingual teaching and learning strategies into her elementary classroom post-graduation.

Di has worked as a Research Assistant since 2021. She was a university ESL teacher before and completed her Master of Arts in language study in Beijing Foreign Studies University. She has recently graduated from her Master of Education at Bishop’s. She is originally from China and speaks Mandarin and English and has some knowledge of French. She has extensive experience in second language teaching and is interested in research related to language teaching.