Claude Quevillon Lacasse

Claude Quevillon Lacasse is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa. She holds a Doctorate in Education and has lectured since 2011 at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Université de Montréal, and Concordia University in language teaching and adult francization. She is currently President of the Association québécoise pour l'enseignement du français langue seconde (AQEFLS).

• Education: Master's in Linguistics (language teaching concentration) and Doctorate in Education (UQAM)
• Research Interests: Metalinguistic awareness, grammar/writing didactics, interlinguistic pedagogy, teacher professional development

Her research focuses on enhancing syntax and punctuation skills in French language learners through innovative didactic devices and metacognitive strategies. Recent projects examine syntactic complexity in writing, punctuation errors in Quebec students, and cross-linguistic transfer mechanisms.

Publications highlight collaborations with co-researchers like Marie Nadeau, Marie-Hélène Giguère, and Carole Fisher, emphasizing classroom experimentation and teacher-researcher dialogues. Her work addresses challenges in quasi-experimental studies, professional support systems, and the integration of youth literature in grammar instruction.

She has contributed to platforms like Télé-Québec en classe and worked with the Quebec Ministry of Education. Her scholarly output includes experimental studies on interactive metacognitive dictations, sentence combining techniques, and ICT applications in active pedagogies.