Shawna-Kaye Tucker
Biography
Dr. Shawna-Kaye Tucker is an Assistant Professor in the Language & Literacy in Education program (LLE) in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½).
Research interests
Her research interests include the development of oral language and literacy skills among learners with English as an additional language. As a Caribbean native, she has also a strong interest in language and literacy development of children in Creole-speaking contexts as well as in the role of home and community literacy practices in learner outcomes. At the University of Oxford, Dr. Tucker has been part of the research project From the page to the stage: A feasibility study on using theatre to improve EAL children’s communicative skills in which she explored connections between theater practice and language production.