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Plurilingualism refers to an individual’s dynamic and evolving repertoire of languages, dialects, and communicative practices. Unlike traditional models that treat languages as separate and compartmentalized, plurilingual approaches recognize that learners draw fluidly on all of their linguistic and cultural resources to create meaning. In educational contexts, plurilingualism promotes inclusive pedagogies that value students’ home languages, lived experiences, and identities as assets rather than deficits. It supports equity, cognitive flexibility, and deeper learning by encouraging educators to design classrooms where multiple languages and ways of knowing can coexist, interact, and enrich one another.

The Team

  • Diane Querrien - CSLP co-director, Département d'études françaises, Concordia University
  • Kathleen Sénéchal - Département de didactique des langues, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Angelica Galante - Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
  • Sunny Man Chu Lau - School of Education, Bishop's University

 

Pluri-Ed-J 2 : Plurilingualism in Action - Perspectives, Resources and Practices

The Pluri-Ed-J conference will return on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

Please see our event coverage of the 2024 conference for more information about what to expect and watch this space for updates on speakers and sessions.

We have also included some recordings of the sessions below.

PLURI-ED-J First Edition (2024)

Partner Resources

Plurilingual Speaker Series

The Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series is hosted via Zoom from McGill University’s Faculty of Education. World-renowned scholars are invited to deliver a one-hour long talk followed by a 30-minute discussion.

The Speaker Series 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).

All recorded sessions from the Speaker Series are available on YouTube.

Other Resources

Select Academic Publications

Potvin, M., Querrien, D., et De Koninck, Z. (2025). La perception de différents acteurs scolaires quant à la formation et à la préparation pour agir de manière inclusive en contexte pluriethnique. Éducation Inclusive, 11, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.7202/1115321ar

Galante, A., Piccardo, E., Marcel, F., Zeaiter, L.F., Dela Cruz, J.W.N., & Barise, A. (2025). The DARE pedagogical model: innovating language teaching in the Global South through plurilingual, decolonial, and digital pedagogy. International Journal of Multilingualism, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2025.2591851 

Galante, A. (2025). Plurilingual and pluricultural competence: Origins, current trends, and future directions. In C. Fäcke, X. Gao & P. Garrett-Rucks (Eds.), The handbook of plurilingual and intercultural language learning (pp. 333-347).  John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394165957.ch24

Villella, M., Foka, M., Mache, B.D., Tcheumchoua Nzali, W., Tatsitsa, J. & Djiofack, H.B. (soumis). « Nous tenons compte de la potentialité de chaque élève » : Le leadership des directions d’établissements secondaires camerounais (DESC) pour une éducation inclusive. Presses universitaies du Québec.

Galante, A., Piccardo, E., Marcel, F., Zeaiter, L.F., Dela Cruz, J.W.N., & Barise, A. (2024). Decolonizing language learning in digital environments through the voices of plurilingual learners in the Global South. Applied Linguistics, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amae090

Querrien, D., et Caignon, P. (2023). La pédagogie universelle dans l’enseignement postsecondaire : un état de la question. Éducation et francophonie, 51(1). https://acelf.ca/volume-51-numero-1-printemps-2023/

Sénéchal, K., Dumouchel, M., & Messier, G. (2023). « Que faire pour susciter les interactions orales des élèves ? » Portrait d’une communauté de pratique d’enseignantes du primaire Québécois. Repères, 68, 105-122. https://doi.org/10.4000/reperes.6068

Galante, A. (2022). Plurilingual and pluricultural competence (PPC) scale: the inseparability of language and culture. International Journal of Multilingualism, 19(4), 477-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2020.1753747

Sénéchal, K. (2022). Description des pratiques déclarées, des représentations et des besoins de formation de membres du personnel enseignant en ce qui concerne l’enseignement de l’oral au primaire Québécois. L’oral à l’école, 50(1). https://doi.org/10.7202/1088546ar

Gélinas-Proulx, A. et Villella, M. (2022). Transformative leadership: leading French-Language schools in Canadian Anglo-dominant contexts. Dans A. Gélinas-Proulx et C. Shields (dir.), Leading for Systemic Educational Transformation in Canada: Visions of Equity and Social Justice (pp. 60-86). University of Toronto Press.

Ruiz Alonso Bartol, A., Querrien, D., Dykstra, S., Fernández Mira, P., et Sánchez Gutiérrez, C. (2022). Transitioning to Emergency Online Teaching: The Experience of Spanish Language Learners in a US University. System, 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102684

Galante, A. (2020). Pedagogical translanguaging in a multilingual English program in Canada: Student and teacher perspectives of challenges. System, 92, 102274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102274

Mendonça-Dias, C., et Querrien, D. (2019). Apprendre le/en français : Quelles réponses didactiques pour les élèves allophones en France et au Québec ? Travaux de Didactique du Français Langue Étrangère, 74. https://doi.org/10.34745/numerev_1366

Querrien, D. (2019). Étudier l’influence d’une formation continue sur les croyances, les représentations et les pratiques d’intervenants scolaires à l’égard des élèves allophones : exemple d’une stratégie de triangulation à niveaux multiples. Recherche Qualitative, 38(2), 117-141. https://doi.org/10.7202/1064933ar

Querrien, D. (2017). Accueillir les élèves allophones nouveaux arrivants en milieu régional au Québec : un défi pour tous les enseignants. Travaux de Didactique du Français Langue Étrangère, 71. https://doi.org/10.34745/numerev_1275

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