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Gatbonton, Beth. Ph.D
Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics, TESL, and ESL programmes 		beth.gatbonton@education.concordia.ca
Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext. 2454
Office: LB-529-2
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Elizabeth Gatbonton is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics whose educational background training was in general education, second language teaching pedagogy, theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and bilingualism. She has extensive experience in teaching English as a foreign language and as a second language and she has taught in various settings around the world such as Canada, China, England, The Philippines, and Vietnam. She has also designed and implemented curricula and given teacher training workshops in many of the places already mentioned above plus Cuba, Japan, and Venezuela. She has conducted research and published papers on the social aspects of bilingualism, experienced and novice ESL teacher cognition, and methodology. Current research projects include investigating the role of routinized speech segments ( formulas) in the promotion of automatic fluency and the acquisition of second language phonology. She is the author of the Bridge to Fluency textbook series for teaching English as a second language (Prentice Hall Canada LTD) to adult learners.

- Education
- Professional experience
- Representative publications
- Current projects
- Courses taught
- Graduate students' thesis projects
- Conference presentations

Education

  • Ph. D in Linguistics, McGill University, Montreal
  • MA in Second Language Teaching, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
  • B.Ed in Education, St. Theresa's College, Manila

Professional Experience

Current position:

  • Associate Professor: TESL Centre in the Department of Education, Concordia

Past positions

  • National curriculum consultant: Canada-China Language Centre (Beijing)
  • ESL Instructor: institut d'hôtelerie et de tourisme du Québec
  • ESL teacher: McGill University
  • Language teacher: High school and university level: Philippines

Representative Publications

Journal Articles (Peer reviewed)

  • Gatbonton, E. & Trofimovich, P. (In press) The ethnic group affiliation and L2 proficiency link: Empirical evidence. Language awareness
  • Segalowitz, N., Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (In press) Links between ethnolinguistic affiliation, self-related motivation, and L2 fluency: Are they mediated psycholinguistic variables? In Dornyei, Z & Ushioda, E., (Eds). Motivation, Language Identity, and the L2 Self. Multilingual Matters.
  • Gatbonton, E., (2008) Looking beyond ESL teachers' classroom behaviour: Novice and experienced teachers’ pedagogical knowledge. Language Teaching Research, 12 (2) 161-182
  • Segalowitz, N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Sokolovskaya, A. (2008). Feeling affect in a second language: The role of word recognition automaticity. Mental Lexicon.
  • Kumar, N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E. (2008) The relationship between heritage language fluency loss and the cultural value of filial duty: An Indo-Canadian Hindu perspective. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 29 (1) 49-64.
  • Walker, N., Cedergren, H. J., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Mikhail, E. (2008). Someone to talk to: A virtual patient for medical history interview training in a second language. The INTED 2008 (International Technology, Education, and Development Conference) Proceedings. Valencia, Spain.
  • Trofimovich, P. & Gatbonton, E. (2007) Repetition and focus on form in learning L2 pronunciation: Using insights from speech processing to inform L2 pronunciation teaching. Modern Language Journal. 90 (4).
  • Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Segalowitz, N. (2007) A dynamic look at L2 phonological learning: Seeking processing explanations for implicational phenomena. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 29 (3
  • Trofimovich, P., Ammar, A., & Gatbonton, E. (2007) How effective are recasts? The role of attention, memory, and analytical ability. In A. Mackey (Ed.), Conversational interaction in second language acquisition: A series of empirical studies. Oxford University Press.
  • Gatbonton, E. & Segalowitz, N. (2005). Rethinking the Communicative Approach: A focus on accuracy and fluency. Canadian Modern Language Review/La revue cannadienne des langues vivantes 61 (3) 325-353.
  • Gatbonton, E, Trofimovich, P, & Magid, M. (2005) Learners' ethnic group affiliation and L2 pronunciation accuracy: A sociolinguistic investigation. In Levis, J. (Ed.). Reconceptualizing L2 Pronunciation. TESOL Quarterly, 39 (3) 489-511
  • Hinenoya, K. Gatbonton, E. (2000). Ethnocentrism, cultural traits, and myths and proficiency in English: A Japanese sample. Modern Language Journal, 84, 225-240.
  • Gatbonton, E. (1999). Investigating experienced ESL teachers' pedagogical knowledge. Modern Language Journal, 83, 1. Reprinted in the Canadian Modern Language Review as an article exchange from the MLJ. The criterion for selection is: An article of great potential interest to CMLR readers. Republication: July 2000.
  • Gatbonton, E. (1994-1998). Bridge to Fluency textbook series. (Student Workbook, Teacher's Manual, Tapes). Toronto: Prentice-Hall Canada (5 volumes)
  • Gatbonton, E Segalowitz, N. (1988) Creative automatization: principles for promoting fluency within a communicative framework. TESOL Quarterly, 22 (3) 473-492.
  • Gatbonton E. (1978). Patterned phonetic variability in second language speech. Canadian Modern Language Review, 34, 335-347. Reprinted in Robinett, B. W. Schacter, J. (Eds.), Second Language Learning: Contrastive Analysis and Related Aspects.Michigan: University of Michigan Press.

Current Projects

  • Gatbonton, E., Segalowitz, N. The role of routinized utterances in second language fluency development, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant to Elizabeth Gatbonton, PI, and Norman Segalowitz (2001-2004)
  • Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P. Social determinants of the acquisition of second-language fluency, funded by a FQRSC team grant to Norman Segalowitz, PI, Michael von Grünau, Elizabeth Gatbonton, Roberto de Alameida (2002-2005)
  • Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., Segalowitz, N. Second-language phonological learning: A dynamic model of acquisition and its pedagogical implications, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant to Pavel Trofimovich, PI, Norman Segalowitz, Elizabeth Gatbonton (2004-2007)
  • Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E. Implicit learning of second-language phonology: An investigation of auditory word priming, funded by Concordia University General Research Fund (GRF) grant to Pavel Trofimovich (2004)
  • Segalowtiz, N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E. The role of automaticity in the acquisition of second-language phonology, funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant to Pavel Trofimovich, PI, Norman Segalowitz, Elizabeth Gatbonton (2004-2007)

Courses Taught

Graduate level

  • Bilingualism
  • Language Development
  • Methodology
  • Special Topics: Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Curriculum Development; Teacher Cognition

Undergraduate level

  • Introduction to Pedagogy
  • General Pedagogy
  • Methodology 1: Teaching Reading and Listening
  • Advanced Methodology: Teaching Reading and Writing
  • Internship supervision: Primary and Secondary, and Certificate students
  • Special Topics: Materials Development; Sociolinguistics, Advanced Sociolinguistics

ESL courses

  • ESL 290: Advanced Communication

Graduate students' thesis projects

  • Aiko Pletch: MA: French and English speakers' accommodation patterns (IP)
  • Debra Jeremie Gobine: MA: Seychellois and ethnic group identity (IP)
  • Tamara Yamcha: MA: Formulaic utterances & the acquisition of semantic categories of past tense verbs (IP).
  • Souha Ayed: MA: Learning of idioms: An identity issue? (IP)
  • Yuan Zhang (PhD (co-supervised with Norman Segalowitz) Spatial relationships in Chinese and English: Cognitive issues. (IP)
  • Angela Gordon: Authenticity of ESL materials (2006)
  • Marcello Quintieri: Using models and grids in evaluating student compositions.
  • Eva Karchava: Teacher's pedagogical beliefs about error correction and classroom corrective feedback behaviour
  • Nootan Kumar (co-supervised by Pavel Trofimovich): Loss of fluency in second generation immigrant children and cultural values.
  • Michael Magid (Thesis, completed in 2004): Ethnic group affiliation and fluency in a second language.

Conference Presentations

Peer-reviewed

  • Ayed, S. & Gatbonton, E. (2008) Avoidance of idioms: An Ethnic Group Identity Issue. Paper presented at the 2008 AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.
  • Trofimovich , P., & Gatbonton, E. (2008) From repetition to communication: A processing-based framework for teaching pronunciation. Paper presented in a colloquium "English Lingua Franca: L2 Prosody Research" at the 42nd Annual TESOL Convention. New York City.
  • Walker, N., Cedergren, H., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E. & Mikhail, E., (2008) Someone to talk to: A virtual patient for medical history interview training. Paper presented at International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain.
  • Segalowitz, N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Sokolovskaya, A. (2007). Processing affective valency of first and second language words: New insights from reaction time measures. Paper, presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Hamburg, Germany
  • Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, & Segalowitz, N. (2007) Language and Identity: Does ethnic group affiliation affect L2 performance. Research paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism., Hamburg, Germany.
  • Segalowitz, N., Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2007). Ethnolinguistic affiliation-L2 fluency links: Are there mediating psycholinguistic variables? Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Costa Mesa, California.
  • Gatbonton, E., Segalowitz, N. , Trofimovich, P., & Zhang, Y. (2007) Routinizeable multi-word utterances: Pedagogical implications for SLA. Paper presented at the University of Milwaukee Conference on Formulaicity, Milwaukee, USA.
  • Cleary, D., Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2007, June). Newfoundland English, access to socio-economic benefits, and identity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Kartchava, E., Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P., & Ammar, A. (2007). Novice teachers’ perspective on corrective feedback. Paper presented at the annual Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) Convention, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
  • Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2006) Second language fluency and accent development: Contributions of ethnic group affiliation. Paper presented at Second Language Forum (SLRF) Annual conference, Seattle, Washington D.C..
  • Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P., & Segalowtiz, N. (2006). The social significance of ethnic group identity and L2 phonological learning. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistic Symposium 16. Limerick, Ireland, July 6-8.
  • Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Segalowitz, N. (2006). Psycholinguistic influences on L2 phonological learning: How cross-language similarity and lexical frequency determine the learning path. Paper presented at AAAL Annual Conference, Montreal, June 18-21.
  • Segalowitz, N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Soskolavskaya, A. (2006). Feeling the emotion of emotion words in a second language: Cognitive efficiency in second language emotion word processing: Effects of learners' identity with the second language speaker community. Paper presented at the Second Bi-annual Russian Conference on Cognitive Science, St. Petersburg, Russia., June 9-13
  • Kumar, N., Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2006). Investigating the link between first language loss and the erosion of heritage cultural values: A Canadian-North Hindu Hindi Perspective. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistic Symposium 16. Limerick, Ireland, July 6-8.
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