Krystina Raymond

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Krystina Raymond - Coach, EDI Officer, Educator, Teacher, and Researcher.

Languages spoken and written: French & English.

Inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility

Technology for learning and teaching

Prosodic sensitivity and punctuation

Language and reading development in bilingual children

Digital storybooks

Raymond, K., George, R., Cadez, R., Follows, M., Neveux, N., Hipfner-Boucher, K., Genesee, F., & Chen, X. (in press).
A School-Based Professional Learning Community Improving Equity and Inclusion for At-Risk Readers in French Immersion. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Raymond, K., Abuosbeh, Z., Chin, M., Burchell, D., & Chen, X. (2022).
Best Practices for Language Teaching and Learning: In-Person and Online. In Every Teacher is a Language Teacher (volume 2). University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Education) Second Language Cohort. Book chapter.
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Burchell, D., Al Janaideh, R., Raymond, K., Baddour, J., & Chen, X. (2020).
Integrating First Languages in the Classroom to Help Facilitate Student Success. In (H. Elsherief & M. Masson, eds.), Every Teacher is a Language Teacher (volume 1). (pp. 55-71). University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Education) Second Language Cohort.
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Raymond, K. & Forcey-Rodriguez, K. (2023, June 18). Steps towards (BILD-ing) a sense of belonging in Academia. Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity Research Group (BILD) Blog: https://bild-lida.ca/blog/

Raymond, K., Hipfner-Boucher, K., & Chen, X. (2022, April 22). Supporting Bilingual Struggling Readers. Let’s Talk: Youth Psychology Blog. https://www.mcgillschoolpsychinstitute.com/raymon_et_al_blog.html

Burchell, D., Raymond, K., Selvachandran, J., Huo, M. & Chen, X. (2020, April). Le laboratoire linguistique multilingue présente : Langue et alphabétisation # 1. Communication, 13 (1 “Early Spring”).

Disarming Dyslexia: OISE researchers help revive, improve intervention program in Winnipeg.
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Raymond, K., Wang, S., Hipfner-Boucher, K., & Chen, X. (2023, April 14). Does CTOPP-2 predict at-risk status classified based on DIBELS, in English stream and French immersion students? [Online Paper Presentation]. Louis Riel School District, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 

Raymond, K., Burchell, D., Abuosbeh, Z., Wang, S., Kreuder, L., & Chen, X. (2023, April 13-16). A Meta-Analysis on the Relation Between Orthography and Reading in Bilingual Children [Paper presentation]. AERA Annual Meeting 2023, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/2023-Annual-Meeting

Wang, S., Raymond, K., Hipfner-Boucher, K., & Chen, X. (2023, April 13-16). Examining English Phonological Awareness Among Early French Immersion Students in Canada [Paper presentation]. AERA Annual Meeting 2023, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/2023-Annual-Meeting

Wang, S., Raymond, K., Burchell, D., Abuosbeh, Z., Kreuder, L., & Chen, X. (2023, April 12-15).  Examining the Dimensional Structure between Orthographic Processing and Word Reading: A Meta-Analysis [eBoard Session]. NCME Annual Meeting, 2023, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.ncme.org/event/annual-meeting/upcoming-meeting

Raymond, K., Wang, S., Hipfner-Boucher, K., & Chen, X. (2022, October). Partnering with school systems to understand factors impacting French immersion students’ academic performance. [Online Paper Presentation]. Focus on Research Lecture Series by OISE’s Associate Dean, Research, International & Innovation. 

Burchell, D., Huo, M., Raymond, K., Steele, J. & Chen, X. (2022, July). The dynamic assessment of orthographic specificity and reading comprehension in emerging English-French bilingual students. In X. Chen (Chair), Word reading and vocabulary development among young monolingual and bilingual children. Symposium presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting 2022, Newport Beach, CA, USA.

Huo, M., Burchell, D., Raymond, K., Wolter, J. & Chen, X. (2022, July). Dynamic Assessment of Phonological Awareness: A Bilingual Perspective. In X. Chen (Chair), Word reading and vocabulary development among young monolingual and bilingual children. Symposium presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting 2022, Newport Beach, CA, USA.

Raymond, K., Huo, M., Burchell, D., Deacon, H., Steele, J. & Chen, X. (2022, July). Prosodic Sensitivity and Reading in English-French bilinguals. In H. Deacon (Chair), The ups and downs of reading: Prosodic sensitivity and reading in different languages and contexts. Symposium presented at the Development Conference 2022, Newport Beach, CA, USA.

Burchell, D., Huo, M., Raymond, K., Steele, J. & Chen, X. (2022, June). The dynamic assessment of orthographic specificity and reading comprehension in emerging English-French bilingual students [Oral Presentation]. Development Conference 2022, Calgary, Canada.

Raymond, K., Burchell, D., Huo, M., Deacon, H., Steele, J, & Chen, X. (2022. June). Prosodic sensitivity and reading in French immersion students [Oral Presentation]. Development Conference 2022, Calgary, Canada.

Raymond, K., Abuosbeh, Z., Chin, M. & Burchell, D. (2022, April). Best Teaching Practices for Multimodal Learning: Online Teaching and Learning. [Oral Presentation]. Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association (OMLTA) 2022, Virtual Spring Conference.

Raymond, K., Abuosbeh, Z., Chin, M. & Burchell, D. (2022, February). Best Teaching Practices for Multimodal Learning: Online Teaching and Learning. [Online Oral Presentation]. University of Ottawa Second Language Education Cohort (cL2c) Every Teacher is a Language Teacher Series.  

Raymond, K, Chen X., & Genesee, F. (2021, December 8). A School-Based Early Reading Intervention for Struggling Readers in French immersion. [Online Oral Presentation]. Hosted by the Laidlaw Research Centre -Laidlaw Student Research Seminar. https://mobile.twitter.com/LaidlawCentre/status/1468681212701073 411/photo/1

Raymond, K., Chen, X., & Genesse, F. (2021, October 21-23). A School-Based Early Reading Intervention for Struggling Readers in French immersion. [Online Oral Presentation]. 2021 Annual International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Reading, Literacy & Learning Conference. www.dyslexiacon.org

Raymond, K., Chen, X., Pesco, D., & Deacon, H. (2021, July 13- 16). The development of strategies used by English-French bilingual children to discriminate languages with a shared alphabet. [Online Oral Presentation]. The 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Conference. https://www.triplesr.org/twenty-eight-annual-meeting

Raymond, K., Al-Janaideh, R., Baddour, J., & Burchell, D. (2021). Best Practices to Support Multilingual Learners with Reading and Well-Being. [Online Oral Presentation]. Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association (OMLTA) 2021, Virtual Spring Conference.

Raymond, K., Abuosbeh, Z., Burchell, D. & Chen, X. (2021). The relationship between orthographic processing and word reading in English and French: A systematic review. [Online presentation]. The 2021 Graduate Student Research Conference at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Al-Janaideh, R., Raymond, K., Baddour, J., & Burchell, D. (2021). Best Practices to Support Multilingual Learners with Reading and Well-Being. [Online Oral Presentation]. University of Ottawa Second Language Education Cohort (cL2c). Every Teacher is a Language Teacher Series.

Raymond, K., Chen, X., Pesco, D., & Deacon, H. (2020, July). The development of strategies used by English-French bilingual children to discriminate languages with a shared alphabet [Twenty- Seventh Annual Meeting]. SSSR Conference, Newport Beach, CA, USA. https://www.triplesr.org/twenty-seventh-annual-meeting (Conference canceled)

Burchell, D., Raymond, K., Baddour, J., & Al-Janaideh, R. (2020). Multilingualism: Using maternal languages in the classroom to help facilitate student success. [Workshop]. University of Ottawa Second Language Education Cohort (cL2c). Every Teacher is a Language Teacher Series. Ottawa, Canada

2018-2019 Acelero Learning Philadelphia, PA, USA

  • Provide ongoing professional development seminars
  • World of Words program by Dr. Susan Neuman

2018-2019 New York City District #7 Schools, Bronx, NY, USA

  • Provide ongoing professional development and coaching
  • World of Words program by Dr. Susan Neuman

Joye, N., Raymond, K. Donovan, J., Dockrell, J., & Marshall C. (2018). Assessing Verbal Self-Reports of Spelling Strategies: A Crosslinguistic Comparison of French and English Strategies at the End of Primary School. European Literacy Network (ELN): Literacy Summit. Porto, Portugal

Invited Guest Speaker for Broadcast on VTV NEWS and GTPL in India

  • Interview: Cultural Differences in Teaching Methods in India and Canada
  • February 14th, 2018, in Gujarat, India

Invited Speaker at the Teacher College Columbia University

  • Visiting Researcher in the Developing Language and Literacy lab
  • November 17th, 2017, in New York City, USA

Raymond, K., Pesco., D, Deacon, H., & Chen., X. (2017). What Were You Thinking? Orthographic Processing Strategies in Word Reading by Second-Language Learners. [Poster presentation]. Presentation at University College of London at the Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research & Practice. London, UK

Raymond, K, Chen, X., & Pesco, D. (2017). What were you thinking? Orthographic processing strategies in word reading by children in French immersion and English instruction. [Poster presentation]. SSSR Conference. Halifax, NS.

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