Enrica Piccardo
Biography
Dr. Enrica Piccardo is a Professor in the Language & Literacy in Education program (LLE) in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL) at OISE and cross-appointed with the Department of Italian Studies. She has been the head of the Centre for Educational Research on Languages & Literacies since 2016.
Research interests
Dr. Piccardo’s research includes language teaching approaches and curricula, multi/plurilingualism, creativity and complexity in language education, and assessment. She has extensive international experience in second/foreign language education research, teacher development and teaching of multiple languages. As a collaborator with the Council of Europe (CoE) since 2008 and co-author of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Companion Volume (2020), she has coordinated various international research projects both in »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿ and in Europe. She is herself plurilingual (with publications and presentations in English, French, Italian and German, and ongoing learning of Spanish).
Currently, Dr. Piccardo is leading the SSHRC-funded project Advancing Agency in Language Education, which investigates language teachers’ beliefs and situated language education practices in relation to plurilingual, action-oriented, and technology-mediated approaches across »»ÆÞ¾ãÀÖ²¿, Quebec and Alberta.