Stop Apologizing for Being Multilingual - Dr. Angelica Galante

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Native speaker or non-native speaker? Monolingual or plurilingual? Why do we have a binary bias in modern society?

These are some of the questions we tackled with Dr. Angelica Galante.

Dr. Angelica Galante is an Associate Professor in Second Language Education and Applied Linguistics, and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. As the Director of the Plurilingual Lab, Dr. Galante conducts studies with language learners, teachers and educational leaders in the areas of plurilingual education, language teaching and learning, linguistic discrimination and justice, teacher education, and curriculum design. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, and a bit of French and Italian.

In our conversation, Dr. Galante talks about:

• Linguistic and Cultural Discrimination
• Strategies to Combat Prejudice in Education
• Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence
• Navigating Binary Bias in Language Discussions
• Exploring Common Ground in Controversial Topics
• The Role of Language in Identity and Mental Health
• Practical Applications of Plurilingualism in Education
• Balancing Plurilingualism and Language Acquisition
• Challenges and Facilitators of Plurilingualism

For more from Angelica Galante:

1. Her professional page

2. McGill's Plurilingual Lab

3. Her publications

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