{"id":2316,"date":"2015-06-01T19:06:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T23:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canil.ca\/?post_type=u_member&#038;p=2316"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:12:27","slug":"danny-foster","status":"publish","type":"u_member","link":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/u_member\/danny-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Danny Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>2022 Post Graduate Diploma in Research Methods, University of Bristol, U.K.<br \/>\n2021 PhD, Education, University of Bristol, U.K.<br \/>\n2003 Masters of Applied Linguistics &amp; Exegesis, Trinity Western University - ACTS Seminary<br \/>\n2002 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Certificate, Trinity Western University<br \/>\n1992 Bachelor of Theology, Master's College and Seminary<\/p>\n<h2>Professional Experience<\/h2>\n<p>2014-present. President, Canada Institute of Linguistics<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibliography\">2012-2021. Doctoral Researcher at University of Bristol. Researching issues of social exclusion among minority-language communities, and policy issues related to minority-language development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibliography\">2010-2012. Director of Training and Development, Uganda - Tanzania Branch at SIL International. Focused on capacity-building and professional development in cross-cultural teamwork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibliography\">2004-2009. Training Coordinator, Uganda- Tanzania Branch at SIL International. Involved in implementing linguistic training for the purpose of language development for 19 Eastern Bantu language communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibliography\">2001-2003. Instructor in Linguistics at Canada Institute of Linguistics. Taught and assisted in the teaching of phonetics, phonology, grammar, field methods, lexicography, and philosophy of language.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"bibliography\">policy issues related to minoritized language communities, educational development, capability approach, critical discourse studies, language of instruction, mother tongue-based multilingual education<\/p>\n<h2>Recent Publications<\/h2>\n<p>2023. (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Rural Tanzania: A Perspective from the Capability Approach. In J. Gspandl, C. Korb, A. Heiling, &amp; E. Erling (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.multilingual-matters.com\/page\/detail\/The-Power-of-Voice-in-Transforming-Multilingual-Societies\/?k=9781800412026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies<\/a> (No. 29; pp. 123\u2013145). Multilingual Matters.<\/p>\n<p>2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9781003311553-8\/language-instruction-attitudes-rural-tanzania-danny-foster?context=ubx&amp;refId=5c888b28-7145-4fbf-899d-336e4ee8a54f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Language of instruction attitudes in rural Tanzania<\/a>. In C. Reilly, F. Chimbutane, J. Clegg, C. Rubagumya, &amp; E. J. Erling (Eds.), Multilingual Learning Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 123\u2013145). Routledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education 2022 Post Graduate Diploma in Research Methods, University of Bristol, U.K. 2021 PhD, Education, University of Bristol, U.K. 2003 Masters of Applied Linguistics &amp; Exegesis, Trinity Western University - ACTS Seminary 2002 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Certificate, Trinity Western University 1992 Bachelor of Theology, Master's College and Seminary Professional Experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8882,"template":"","u_department":[9],"class_list":["post-2316","u_member","type-u_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","u_department-leadership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/u_member\/2316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/u_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/u_member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"u_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/u_department?post=2316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}