My Research Story

Plurilingual Lab's My Research Story showcases research on language education conducted by graduate students from McGill's Department of Integrated Studies (DISE) in the form of video abstracts. If you would like to record your Research Story video abstract, please send an email to Yunjia Xie, Coordinator of My Research Story: yunjia.xie [at] mail.mcgill.ca.

Potential participants are:

  • Graduate students at McGill's Department of Integrated Studies in Education conducting research in language education and nearing the completion of their MA thesis or PhD dissertation (i.e., with preliminary findings to share publicly).

Video Shooting Process:

  • The coordinator arranges a quick meeting with the participant to discuss details.
  • The participant prepares the content for the video.
  • The coordinator and participant schedule a video shoot on campus or another location (equipment provided by the coordinator)
  • The coordinator edits the video.
  • Once approved by the participant and the Plurilingual Lab team, the video will be shared on the Plurilingual Lab’s social media accounts.

Suggested Content for Participants:

  • Your name and your program (PhD or MA) and any other profession/title you have (SSHRC scholar, teacher, etc.)
  • Your background/positionality (your personal investment in the research)
  • An overview of your research: the issue/problem, how your research addresses it, and data collection methods, and so on.
  • The impact your hope your research will have on society
  • Photos, videos or other visual materials you’d like to include
  • Videos should be concise, approximately 5 minutes.

We look forward to watching your research story!

Watch more stories here.

My Research Story is sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, and co-organized by the BILD Research Group and McGill's Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE).

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