Michèle Minor-Corriveau
Biography
Associate professor at Laurentian University's School of Speech-Language Pathology and Speech-Language Pathologist for over 25 years, Michèle Minor-Corriveau has been working with students with reading and writing difficulties or performing research on this topic for the better part of the last 2 decades. Passionate about sharing best practices in reading and spelling instruction in French minority-language settings, she has co-founded and co-authored over 60 resources associated to AlphaGraphe, a scope & sequence for teaching the alphabetic principle in French. She has also co-authored the teaching resource Oral Language at your Fingertips (OSLA, 2014). She has also adapted Teaching Reading is Rocket Science (Moats, 2020) and Structured Literacy and Typical Literacy Practices (Spear-Swerling, 2018). Many French and English language school boards across Canada have solicited her expertise given her pragmatic approach to teaching reading and writing, along with her research on the topics of outcome measures and student achievement as they pertain to curriculum expectations, including but not limited to the mastery of French syntactic skills. In 2019 she was awarded with the Faculty of Health award for Excellence in Teaching. To read her blog posts : www.micheleminorcorriveau.com All resources are open-access and created in compliance with the most recent advances in the science of literacy. Michèle has received over $550 000.00 in research grants, either as main researcher or as co-researcher.
« A country's freedom can be judged by the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. » John Acton
Education
- Ph.D. (Sciences humaines), Université Laurentienne
- M.Sc.S. (Orthophonie), Université Laurentienne
- B.A. (Linguistique), Université Laurentienne
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor
- Master's coordinator (School of Speech-Language Pathology)
On The Web
www.micheleminorcorriveau.com
Research
- Scope and sequence - reading/writing/spelling (French)
- Decodable and levelled texts
- Spelling error and analysis
- Test standardization and design
- Written language difficulties and disorders
- Reliability of phonetic transcriptions
Awards
2018 Faculty of Health Teaching Excellence Award
2009 CNFS - Scholarship (PhD research)
Teaching
ORTH 5937 FL 01 Pratique factuelle en orthophonie
ORTH 5167 FL 01 Pratique orthophonique scolaire en littératie et numératie
ORTH 4307 FL 01 Pratique orthophonique scolaire en langage oral
ORTH 2005 FL01 Développement de la communication orale et écrite
ORTH 1106 FL01 Émergence et développement du langage chez l'enfant
ORTH 1106 EL01 Child Language Development
Publications
Minor–Corriveau, M. Berthiaume, D. & Bélanger, R. (accepté) Analyse des niveaux de livres d’enfants d’après le système d’analyse de texte par ordinateur (SATO) : dans quelle mesure les livres correspondent–ils aux niveaux qui leur ont été attribués ?, Revue du Nouvel-Ontario, No(Vol), pp, XX-XX.
Bélanger, R., Chrétien, E., Mayer-Crittenden, M., & Minor–Corriveau M. (2022). La validation d'un test de répétition visant à évaluer la maîtrise du langage chez les enfants d'âge préscolaire. Glossa, 133, pp. 105-128
Godin, A., Minor–Corriveau, M. & Bélanger, R., (2021). L’analyse de livres gradués (Escalire) par entremise du système d’analyse de texte par ordinateur (SATO). Revue de la Diversité de la Recherche en Santé, 4, DOI : 10.28984/drhj.v4i1.327
Minor–Corriveau, M., Beaulieu, D., Pothier, B., Bélanger, C., & Laurence, S. (2019). French Spelling Abilities of Franco–Ontarian University Students. The International Journal of Literacies, 25(3–4), 35–49. doi.org/10.18848/2327–0136/CGP/v25i02/35–49
Berthiaume, D., Minor–Corriveau, M. M., Bélanger, C., Laurence, S. (2018). Reliability of International Phonetic Alphabet Transcriptions Generated by Applications and Websites. The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation 25(3–4), 29–39. DOI:10.18848/2327-7920/CGP/v25i02/29-39
Huot, D., Minor–Corriveau, M., & Roy–Charland, A. (2018). Performance type des compétences orthographiques des étudiants universitaires francophones de premier cycle en Ontario, Éducation francophone en milieu minoritaire, 13(1), 1–34.
Minor–Corriveau, M., Mayer–Crittenden, C., Bélanger, R., Robillard, M., Laflamme, S., & Reguigui, A. (2018). Design and standardization of a speech and language screening tool for use among school–aged bilingual children in a minority language setting. The International Journal of Early Childhood Learning, 25(1–2), 9–25. DOI: 10.18848/2327–7939/CGP/v25i01/9–28
Blaxley, L., Kyte, C., Leggett, J., McWhirter, S. & Minor–Corriveau, M. (2014). Oral Language At Your Fingertips.Ontario Association of Speech–Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA), Toronto, Author. 147p.
Blaxley, L., Kyte, C., Leggett, J., McWhirter, S. & Minor–Corriveau, M. (2014). Le langage oral à portée de la main. Association ontarienne d’orthophonistes et d’audiologistes (AOOA), Toronto, Chez l’auteur. 174p.- Rédactrice en chef de l'adaptation et de la traduction en langue française.
Bock, M., Minor–Corriveau M. & Pelletier, L. (2022). Les échos de la résistance. Revue du Nouvel-Ontario : Pour l'université française à Sudbury, 46-47, 374p. - Membre de l'équipe d'édition.
Ressources fondées sur la science de la littératie : https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Alphagraphe