Professor
Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED)
Dr. Duff’s research examines language and literacy learning/socialization processes (in English and Chinese) and the trajectories of multilingual learners across the lifespan and in different contexts: home, school, university, study-abroad, workplace, diaspora. Using case study, ethnography, and discourse analysis, her scholarship has contributed to broader (sociocultural) understandings of language learning and use. She has published, lectured, and consulted widely on these topics.
Contributions:
Duff, P., Anderson, T., Ilnyckyj, R., Van Gaya, E., Wang, R. & Yates, E. (2013). Learning Chinese: Linguistic, sociocultural, and narrative perspectives. Berlin/ Boston: DeGruyter. (322 pp)
Duff, P. (2008). Case study research in applied linguistics. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum/Taylor & Francis. (233 pp)
Duff, P. A., & Hornberger, N.H. (Eds.). (2008). Language socialization. Encyclopedia of language and education, Volume 8. New York:: Springer. (379 pp).
Duff, P. (2010). Language socialization into academic discourse communities. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 30, 169-192.
Duff, P. (2002). The discursive co-construction of knowledge, identity, and difference: An ethnography of communication in the high school mainstream. Applied Linguistics, 23, 289-322.
Keywords:
Language socialization; (Second) Language learning; English as an international language; Chinese as an international language; Qualitative research methods; Multilingualism; Identity, agency, and second language learning; Academic discourse.
patricia.duff@ubc.ca
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