Dans le cadre de mes fonctions de professeure à l’École d’orthophonie de l’Université Laurentienne, j’enseigne le cours ORTH 3006 : Perspectives multilingues et multiculturelles en orthophonie, offert en troisième année du baccalauréat. Chaque année, je demande aux étudiants de créer une œuvre artistique inspirée d’un thème abordé dans le cours, accompagnée d’un rapport expliquant leur démarche et la recherche qui soutient leur création. Cette année, Danica Lavigne a choisi de produire un balado en collaboration avec une enseignante de première année, afin d’explorer le thème de l’enseignement en contexte linguistique minoritaire. L’enseignante, qui a préféré rester anonyme, cumule plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans ce domaine. Ensemble, elles discutent de plusieurs sujets, notamment l’enseignement du français comme langue première ou langue seconde auprès d’élèves vivant en milieu minoritaire.

In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Professor Johanne Paradis. We talk mostly about immigrant or refugee children learning English-as-a-second language. Johanne provides many tips and advice for teachers, educators and speech-language pathologists as well as parents. We also talk about language disorders in bilingual children.

A big thank you to Colette Leblanc, the mother of a child with a Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), who shares her experience with us. In this episode, Colette tells us about her son who has a diagnosis of DLD as well as global apraxia, dyslexia, and ADD (attention deficit disorder). She tells us about the ups and downs and about all the people who make up their supportive village. The episode is also broadcast in French. Let's celebrate this year's International DLD Awareness Day (Oct 14, 2022à0 by spreading the word about DLD. You can start by sharing this podcast episode with your friends.

Un gros merci à Colette LeBlanc, la mère d'un enfant aux prises avec un Trouble développemental du langage (TDL), qui partage son expérience avec nous. Lors de cet épisode, Colette nous parle de son fils qui a un diagnostic du TDL ainsi qu'une apraxie globale et un TDA (trouble déficitaire de l'attention). Elle nous parle des hauts et des bas et de l'ensemble des personnes qui forment leur village d'appui. L'épisode est également diffusé en anglais.

Cet épisode porte principalement sur le bilinguisme et le multilinguisme en milieu minoritaire à l’âge préscolaire. L’anglais prédomine un peu partout au Canada, alors comment appuyer le développement d'une ou deux langue(s) minoritaire(s) ? Écoutez pour en apprendre davantage. En somme, on veut aider les enfants à développer une identité bilingue et à associer des attitudes positives face au bilinguisme. Après tout, leurs langues sont leurs super-pouvoirs !

In preparation for the school year, I am releasing this exciting episode on biliteracy. Ce tout premier épisode bilingue vous apporte toutes sortes de ressources et d’astuces afin d’aider vos enfants et vos élèves bilingues à devenir de bons lecteurs. Comment pouvons-nous appuyer les enfants à bien maîtriser le français lorsque cette langue n’est pas leur langue maternelle ? Listen to this episode in order to find out more about biliteracy, crosslinguistic pedagogies, supporting the child’s home language and much more with Dr. Caroline Erdos and Laura MacGrath. Qu’est-ce qui est typique chez un apprenant d’une langue seconde lorsqu’on parle de la lecture ? Quand les enseignants devraient-ils s’inquiéter ?

Lors de cet épisode, Dre Phyllis Dalley de l’Université d’Ottawa nous parle de son parcours comme allochtone bilingue, comme enseignante, comme chercheure activiste et comme fondatrice des Chantiers d’actions et de recherches pour des Ffrancophonies inclusives (CARFfI). Nous abordons plusieurs concepts dont la sécurité linguistique, l’insécurité linguistique, la résilience linguistique, la flexibilité linguistique, l’anxiété linguistique, le plurilinguisme et le plurinormatif, entre autres. Dre Dalley fait la distinction entre la variété du français enseignée à l’école et les diverses variétés de la communauté. Du point de vue linguistique, toutes les variétés se valent, mais ce sont des points de vue social et politique qu’il y a une différence.

This episode will leave you thinking about your own linguistic, raciolinguistic and word gap ideologies. A must listen for all speech and language pathologists, educators, linguists and all decision makers surrounding language policies in schools. Dr. Ian Cushing and Dr. Julia Snell share their wealth of knowledge on those topics, more particularly as it pertains to a recent article that was published online by the Cambridge University Press: The (white) ears of Ofsted: A raciolinguistic perspective on the listening practices of the schools inspectorate.

In this episode, which is part of a series on all things bilingual, Dr. Genesee and I talk about dual language learners, language use in schools, and the impact of the majority language on minority language acquisition in both minority language schools (ex. French language schools) and immersion programs. Dr. Genesee gives very useful strategies that can be used by educators who are interested in exploring a bilingual or a crosslinguistic approach in a meaningful way. We talk about how we can support the use of the children’s linguistic resources in order to help them acquire and maintain the minority language. We also talk about the importance of establishing clear goals when using crosslinguistic or translanguaging approaches as well as the parents’ role in their child’s acquisition of a minority language, be it their home language or the school language.

When I started this podcast back in 2019, I wasn’t entirely sure how it would unfold. I am thrilled with the outcome, with over 15 000 downloads, 46 episodes and guests from all over the world. Today I am releasing Season 4 with an episode on one of my favorite topics: bilingualism and multilingualism with Dr. Jasone Cenoz. Dr. Cenoz is a professor of education at the University of the Basque Country. Her research focuses on bilingualism and multilingualism in education and on pedagogical translanguaging. Pedagogical translanguaging is “a theoretical and instructional approach that aims at improving language and content competences in school contexts by using resources from the learner's whole linguistic repertoire. Pedagogical translanguaging is learner-centred and endorses the support and development of all the languages used by learners. It fosters the development of metalinguistic awareness by softening of boundaries between languages when learning languages and content.” (Cenoz and Gorter, 2021).

This episode is all about literacy and the Science of reading in schools with April Hackett and Julie McDermid, Canadian speech-language pathologists. April and Julie talk to us about the Science of reading and a wonderful resource that they have created as well as useful tips, resources and much much more. Be sure to check out the episode show notes at theparlepodcast.com for links to all of the fantastic resources discussed during the episode. If you are a teacher or a speech-language pathologist working with children, you won’t want to miss this episode.

Dr. Nafeesa Jalal is the Founder of N. Jalal Global Consulting, a boutique firm which specializes in supporting organizations on matters of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti- racism. She brings 14 years of experience and a deep passion for DEI. She joins us today in her capacity as a DEI professional. As healthcare providers who often work with vulnerable populations, it is important for us to recognize that we have the responsibility to offer our services in an inclusive and equitable way. Throughout this episode, we talk about unconscious bias, what it is and why it’s important for healthcare workers to understand. Everyone has bias. It is therefore imperative that we understand and recognize our biases. How do we make sure that our bias doesn’t interfere with the services that we as healthcare professionals provide? The human body transmits 11 million bits of information at any given time. However, our conscious mind is only able to process 50 bits of information/sec. Therefore, our brain must take shortcuts… how does information we have stored in our brains affect how we perceive the world around us? Listen to find out more. @the_parle_podcast

This episode is very fitting given that June is Effective Communications Month. Join me as I interview Henry Emeka and CJ, creators and lead facilitators of the Noisy Classroom - Oracy. Both Henry and CJ work with children in Nigeria, Africa to help them improve their communication skills. Traditionally, Nigerian children are taught to modify their native accent in order to sound more American or British. However, the philosophy behind the Noisy Classroom - oracy initiative is to move away from accent modification and to focus more on communication skills and styles in order to improve intelligibility and self-expression. They also talk about how they help children transform their thoughts into expressions. This is done using the following three components: 1) Vocabulary Development 2) Speech-Language Development 3) Social Communication Development "As much as we respect and love our culture, there are some aspects that we have to do away with." "Children need to start advocating for their own ideas."

Most people have heard about lasting symptoms of COVID-19 months after the initial symptoms have subsided. Very few of us have heard about the impact of COVID-19 on swallowing. In this episode, I interview Avital Winer, speech and language pathologist and acting profession leader of speech-language pathology and audiology at the Ottawa Hospital, who explains to us how COVID-19 can impact one's swallowing ability and the many challenges that speech-language pathologists must face when caring for their patients. During the episode, we talk about a recent news article that was published, featuring the role of speech-language pathologists in the hospital setting as it pertains to COVID-19: "The speech pathologists helping COVID-19 patients learn how to swallow and speak again". Although speech-language pathologists have always been involved in the care of patients with swallowing difficulties (dysphagia), their role has not always been well understood by other healthcare professionals and the public.

In this short episode, I comment on the situation at Laurentian University in the context of the restructuring process under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The French Studies Department has been abolished. This has a direct impact on the communication of francophone speakers in the region. The impact on our minority language community is significant.

Lors de ce bref épisode, je me prononce sur la situation à l'Université Laurentienne dans le cadre de la procédure de restructuration en vertu de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies (LACC). Le département d'études françaises a été aboli. Ceci a un impact direct sur la communication des locuteurs francophones de la région. Les répercussions sur notre communauté linguistique minoritaire sont nombreuses. La vitalité des langues repose sur des institutions postsecondaires, entre autres.

Laura Wolford, PhD is a speech and language pathologist, an education researcher, a professor and the founder of The Language for Sex. I love, love, love this episode. We talk about how uncomfortable so many of us are when it comes to talking about sex and intimacy. Society has molded us into believing that sex is a topic that should be avoided, yet we expect teenagers and young adults to know how to give consent and how to obtain it. Children typically learn to say no or that sex is bad. However, they don't always learn how to communicate about sex, consent and intimacy. What about adults who have suffered a brain injury or a stroke that has left them with a communication disorder? How has this impacted their sex life. Sexual rights are human rights, yet we don't often talk about them. Join Laura and I in a very interesting conversation about intimacy and communication across the lifespan.

Et oui! Nous voilà déjà à la saison 3. Le temps file! Je suis ravie de lancer cette troisième saison avec Janie Moyen et Ahdithya Visweswaran, l'animatrice et l'animateur du balado Les Francos oublié.e.s. Lors de cet épisode, nous abordons les questions de l'insécurité linguistique, de la sécurité linguistique, de l'intimidation linguistique, de l'accent, entre autres. Janie et Ahdithya répondent à des questions posées par des élèves du secondaire et de l'élémentaire qui ont écoutés à leur balado. Joignez-vous à nous afin d'entendre la perspective de jeunes adultes sur le français en contexte linguistique minoritaire. Janie et Ahdithya nous font part de leurs expériences au secondaire et comment ils se sont approprié.e.s la langue français à leur façon! Comme l'a si bien dit Ahdithya : "Make French your own!"

I'm thrilled to release this episode on Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, "a free book gifting program devoted to inspiring a love of reading in the hearts of children everywhere. Each month, enrolled children receive a high quality, age appropriate book in the mail, free of charge. Children receive books from birth to age five." Join me as I interview three guests on the topic: Jeanne Smitiuch, Regional Director for the Dollywood Foundation of Canada; Chaya Kulkarni, BAA, M.Ed. Ed D, Director of Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMHP) at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and Angela M. Neglia, Speech-Language pathologist for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and in private practice.

​Pascal Lefebvre est orthophoniste, chercheur et professeur agrégé à l’École d’orthophonie à l’Université Laurentienne. En ce 25 septembre, journée des Franco-Ontariens, je suis heureuse de diffuser un épisode en français qui porte justement sur la recherche en français auprès des francophones. Pascal nous parle de la réponse à l’intervention (RàI) en lien avec la prévention des difficultés en lecture et en écriture dans les écoles de la langue française. Il nous parle de l'importance de la communication orale et la communication écrite et leur importance dans la vie de tout les jours et toute la vie durant. La RàI est un modèle souvent utilisé dans les écoles. Si vous êtes un parent ou un membre du personnel scolaire, cet épisode vous intéressera sûrement! De plus, la RàI est aussi très utile au niveau préscolaire dans les milieux de garde. Pascal nous parle également de l'importance de la collaboration entre parents, personnel enseignant, éducatrice/éducateur de la petite enfance, etc. Écoutez pour en apprendre davantage. Je vous souhaite une excellente journée des Franco-Ontariens!