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Antonella Valeo

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Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

Associate Professor

Office: Ross Building, S561
Email: antvaleo@yorku.ca


My research examines instructed second language acquisition with a focus on classroom-based interaction, including corrective feedback, form-focussed instruction, and language teacher education and professional development. My recent research activities include a project investigating teacher beliefs and practices of writing assessment in ESL classrooms and a study examining the impact of corrective feedback in oral task interaction. I am currently supervising graduate students conducting research in corrective feedback, language teacher education and content-based language teaching and am particularly interested in how contextual factors and dimensions interface with pedagogical efficacy and language teacher decision making. My work has been published in international journals including TESOL Quarterly, Language Awareness, System and The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics and I am Co-editor of the TESL Canada Journal.

Teaching is an important and rewarding part of my work and includes courses across three programs: Graduate Program in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Undergraduate ESL, and the TESOL Certificate Program, which I also coordinate. In the graduate program, I teach courses in research methods and corrective feedback, and supervise doctoral students working in areas complementary to my own. I have taught several content-based courses in the undergraduate program and I currently teach Socio-political Issues in the TESOL program.

Prior to joining York as faculty, I worked as a teacher, curriculum designer, teacher educator, program administrator, consultant and researcher in a range of adult education programs. This has included post-secondary institutions in Canada and internationally, workplace English language programs in a range of industries and sectors; and government funded community-based ESL for newcomers to Canada. I have also been extensively engaged with the ELT community through my work with TESL Ontario, holding positions on accreditation and research committees and affiliate executive boards, and I was honoured for my service with the 2019 Distinguished Contributions Award.

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Degrees

PhD, OISE/University of Toronto
M.Ed., University of Sheffield
B.A., English Literature, York University
TESOL Certificate, University of Toronto

Appointments

Faculty of Education

Professional Leadership

Interim Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, 2023
Director, Undergraduate Program in Languages and Literatures, 2021 to 2024
TESOL Certificate Program Coordinator, York University, 2017 to 2024
TESL Canada Journal Co-editor, 2017 to present

Research Interests

Adult Education , Linguistics, instructed second language acquisition, classroom-based research methodology, language teacher education and development