Gabrielle Forget

Gabrielle is a PhD candidate in the Language and Literacies Education PhD program at OISE. She is interested in French as a second language (FSL) teaching and learning in the Canadian context, and more specifically, French immersion (FI) programs in Ontario with a focus on aspects such as student goals and motivations and the development of sociolinguistic competence of learners. She is also an OCT certified teacher and teaches French immersion at the elementary school level. Gabrielle’s non-academic interests include reading, photography, baking, and yoga.

Education

• PhD (in progress), Language and Literacies Education, OISE, University of Toronto
• BEd, specialization in Teaching French as a Second Language, Western University
• MA, French Studies, University of Guelph
• BA, Criminal Justice and Public Policy (minor in French Studies), University of Guelph

Areas of Teaching and Research Interests

• French immersion
• French as a second language
• Sociolinguistic development
• Student goals and motivations

Selected Publications

• Forget, G. (2023). Qui es-tu, tu viens d’où? In E. Le Pichon-Vortsman (Ed.), Voix et visages du français en Ontario: Perspectives de pédagogues en formation. Prise de Parole.
• Tigchelaar, M. and Forget, G. (in press). French Writing Tasks for Undergraduate Learners: A Task-Based Needs Analysis. TASK.

Selected Grants, Fellowships and Awards

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, OISE, 2023
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, OISE, 2022
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, OISE, 2021
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2015