Walcir Cardoso (PhD McGill) joined the TESL Centre, Department of Education at Concordia University in 2003 after completing his PhD at McGill University in theoretical linguistics (specialization in phonology and sociolinguistics).

His main research interests are to explore: (1) how the broad insights provided by theoretical phonology and sociolinguistics can be applied to the investigation of the variable patterns that characterize the speech of language learners in a language classroom environment; and (2) how this knowledge can be used to a more effective and socially realistic pedagogy for the teaching of pronunciation. His most recent publications involve the investigation of the development of English syllable structure by speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, within a multidisciplinary approach to second language acquisition.

He currently teaches Phonology, Computers in Language Learning, and Methodology: Reading and Writing, and has taught courses in theoretical and applied linguistics for both the Department of Linguistics at McGill University, as well as the Department of Foreign Languages at Universidade Federal do Pará (Brazil). His teaching career also includes several years of ESL/EFL and Portuguese teaching in Canada and in his native Brazil.

Outside of academia, he also writes about audio equipment for a specialized Brazilian magazine (Revista Áudio & Vídeo), works as a consultant for Lexicon Branding in the design and evaluation of brand names for adoption in the Brazilian market, practices his clarinet, and experiences other worlds in the form of music, poetry and cinema.

 

 

Last updated: March 29, 2005