
Dr VAN VIEGEN, Saskia
Associate Professor
- +852 2948 7392
- B4-1/F-29
- svanviegen@eduhk.hk
Journal Publications
- Barkaoui, K., Holmes, J., Van Viegen, S. (2025) Pre-admission EAP Course Completion as Evidence of English Language Proficiency for University Admission: A Longitudinal Evaluation Study. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 77, 101555.
- Griffiths, E., Neumann, H., Zappa-Hollman, S., & Van Viegen, S. (2025). The ‘hesitant multilingual’: why do some students who use multiple languages not identify as multilingual?. International Journal of Multilingualism, 1-20.
- Van Viegen, S., Lau, S.M.C., & Gu, M.M.Y. (2023). 20 years of critical inquiry in language studies. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. 20(1), 1-3.
- Van Viegen, S., & Lau, S.M.C. (2022). Becoming critical sociolinguists in TESOL through translanguaging and embodied practice. TESL Canada Journal. 38(2), 199-213.
- Van Viegen, S., & Jang., E.E. (2021). Moving from a Monolingual to Multilingual Language Construct in Assessing English Language Development. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices. 2(2), 287-309.
- Burton, J., & Van Viegen, S. (2021). Spoken word poetry with multilingual youth from refugee backgrounds. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 65(1), 75-84.
- Van Viegen, S. (2020). Translanguaging for and as learning with youth from refugee backgrounds. Journal of Australian Applied Linguistics, 3(1), 60-76.
- Van Viegen, S., & Zappa-Hollman, S. (2020). Plurilingual pedagogies at the post-secondary level: Possibilities for intentional engagement with students’ diverse linguistic repertoires. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 33(2).
- Van Viegen, S., & Russell, B. (2019). More than Language—Evaluating a Canadian University EAP Bridging Program. TESL Canada Journal, 36(1), 97-120.
- Van Viegen, S., Wernicke, M., & Zappa-Holman, S. (2019). On reconceptualizing linguistic and cultural boundaries in Canadian universities. TESL Canada Journal, 36(1), vi-xxi.
- Prasad, G., & Van Viegen, S. (2019). Beyond two solitudes: Integrating literacy research across linguistic, cultural and disciplinary boundaries. Language and Literacy, 21(2), 1-4.
- Stille, S., Bethke, R., Bradley-Brown, J., Giberson, J., Hall, G. (2016). Broadening educational practice to include translanguaging: An outcome of educator inquiry into multilingual students’ learning needs. Canadian Modern Language Review, 72(4), 480-503.
- Stille, S., Jang, E.E., Wagner, M. (2016). Building teachers’ assessment capacity for supporting English Language Learners through the implementation of the STEP language assessment in Ontario K-12 schools. TESL Canada Journal, 32, 1-23.
- Stille, S. (2016). Identity as a site of difference: toward a complex understanding of identity in multilingual, multicultural classrooms. Intercultural Education. 27(1), 483-496.
- Stille, S. & Prasad, G. (2015). From “monolingual” to “multimodal” approaches to teaching and learning in English language classrooms. TESOL Quarterly. 49(3), 608-621.
- Jang, E.E., Cummins, J., Wagner, M., Stille, S., & Dunlop, M. (2015). Assessing school-aged English Language Learners in Ontario curriculum learning contexts using Steps to English Proficiency. Language Assessment Quarterly. 12(1), 87-109.
- Stille, S. (2015). Reconstructing literate identities: Toward a plurilingual approach to language in education. Canadian Diversity. 11(2), 113-118.
- Lau, S.M., & Stille, S. (2014). Participatory research with teachers: Toward a pragmatic and dynamic view of equity and parity in research relationships. European Journal of Teacher Education.
- Stille, S., & Cummins, J. (2013). Foundation for learning: Engaging plurilingual students’ linguistic repertoires in the elementary classroom. TESOL Quarterly. 47(3), 630-638.
- Cummins, J., Mirza, R., & Stille, S. (2012). Identity and engagement: Scaffolding learning among bilingual/ELL students. TESL Canada, 29(6), 25-48.
- Stille, S. (2012). Re/making the ground on which they stand: Making a school garden with culturally and linguistically diverse students. Bilingual Basics: TESOL Newsletter, 13(1).
- Stille, S. (2011). Ethical readings of student texts: Attending to the process and production of identity in classroom-based literacy research. Language & Literacy, 13(2), 66-79.
- Stille, S. (2011). Framing representations: Documentary filmmaking as research inquiry. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 8(2).
- Jang, E.E., Wagner, M., & Stille, S. (2011). Issues and challenges in developing and validating a language assessment framework, Steps to English Proficiency, for K-12 English language learners. Cambridge ESOL Research Notes, 45, 8-13.
- Jang, E.E, Wagner, M., & Stille, S. (2011). A democratic evaluation approach to validating a new English Language Learner assessment system: The case of Steps to English Proficiency. English Language Assessment, 4, 35-49.
- Eidoo, S., Ingram, L., MacDonald, A., Nabavi, M., Pashby, K., & Stille, S. (2011). Exploring intersections in critical global citizenship education: Theoretical perspectives and classroom implications. Canadian Journal of Education, 34(4), 59-85.
Books
- Lau, S.M.C., & Van Viegen, S. (Eds.). (2020). Plurilingual Pedagogies: Critical and Creative Undertakings for Equitable Language (in) Education. Springer Educational Linguistics Series.
Book chapters
- Lau, S.M.C., Oliveira, P. Van Viegen, S. (2025). Decolonizing applied linguistics. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley.
- Spiliotopoulos, V., Van Viegen, S., Early, M., & Lam, C. (2024). Teacher professional learning communities and language assessment reform in western Canada. In L. Taylor & B. Baker (Eds.) Language assessment literacy and competence. Cambridge Studies in Language Testing (SiLT).
- Habibie, P., & Van Viegen, S. (January, 2024). Editing, adjudicating and certifying scholarship: A humanist approach. Proofreading and Editing in Student and Research Publication Contexts: International Perspectives.
- Van Viegen, S. (2022). Writing belonging with critical autoethnography. In P. Habibi & S. Burgess (Eds.) Scholarly publication trajectories of early career researchers: Insiders perspectives. (pp. 41-57). Palgrave MacMillan.
- Anwarrudin, S., & Van Viegen, S. (2021). Critical Literacies and Writing. In J. Pandya, R.A. Mora, J. Alford, N.A. Golden & R.S. de Roock, (Eds.), The Handbook of Critical Literacies. Routledge.
- Lau, S.M.C., & Van Viegen, S. (2020). Plurilingual pedagogies: An introduction. In Lau, S.M.C., & Van Viegen, S. (Eds.), Plurilingual Pedagogies: Critical and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language Education. Springer.
- Moore, D., Lau, S.M.C., & Van Viegen, S. (2020). Mise en écho perspectives on plurilingual competence and pluralistic pedagogies: A conversation with Daniele Moore. In Lau, S.M.C., & Van Viegen, S. (Eds.), Plurilingual Pedagogies: Critical and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language Education. Springer.
- Van Viegen, S. (2020). Remaking the ground on which they stand: Plurilingual approaches across the curriculum. In S.M. Lau & S. Van Viegen, (Eds.), Plurilingual Pedagogies: Critical and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language Education. Springer.
- Van Viegen, S., & Lau, S.M.C. (2020). Core principles for plurilingual pedagogies. In S.M. Lau & S. Van Viegen, (Eds.), Plurilingual Pedagogies: Critical and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language Education. Springer
- Van Viegen, S. (2020). Becoming posthuman - bodies, affect, earth at the school garden. In Toohey, K, Smythe, S., Dagenais, D., & Forte, M. (Eds.), Transforming Language and Literacy Education: New Materialism, Posthumanism an Ontoethics. Routledge.
- Cummins, J., Ntelioglou, B., Prasad, G., & Stille, S. (2017). Identity text projects: Generating academic power in multilingual classrooms. In J. Cummings & M. Blatherwick (Eds.), Creative practices in curriculum and teaching in the 21st century. Pearson.
- Stille, S. (2015). Participatory and collaborative methodologies in literacy research. In J. Rowsell & K. Pahl, (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Literacy Studies. Routledge.
- Stille, S. (2014). Who were we becoming? Revisiting cultural production in room 217. In J. Rowsell & J. Sefton-Greene, (Eds.), Revisiting Learning Lives. Routledge.
- Stille, S. (2013). Making an edible school garden with multilingual children: Engaging inguistic, cultural, and community resources. In S.V. Chappell & C.J. Faltis, C. J. (Eds), The arts and emergent bilingual youth: Building critical, creative programs in school and community contexts. New York: Taylor and Francis
- Stille, S. (2012). Garden as text: Cultivating knowledge between parents and their children. In K. Pahl, & J. Rowsell (Eds.), Literacy and education: Understanding new literacy studies in the classroom. (2nd ed.) Sage: London.
- Stille, S. (2012). Multiple Stories: Alternate constructions of m/othering in the context of family violence. In S. Springgay & D. Freedman (Eds.), Mothering a bodied curriculum: Emplacement, desire, affect. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
- Cummins, J., Early, M., & Stille, S. (2011). Frames of reference: Identity texts in perspective. In J. Cummins & M. Early (Eds.), Identity texts: The collaborative creation of power in multilingual schools, pp. 21-44. Staffordshire, UK: Trentham Books
- Cummins, J., Early, M., Leoni, L, & Stille, S. (2011). “It really comes down to the teachers, I think”: Pedagogies of Choice in Multilingual Classrooms. In J. Cummins & M. Early (Eds.), Identity texts: The collaborative creation of power in multilingual schools, pp. 153-164. Staffordshire, UK: Trentham Books
- Cummins, J., & Stille, S. (2011). Engaging literacies: Identity texts as catalyst and medium for academic performance. In C. Rolheiser, M. Evans, & M. Gambhir (Eds.), Inquiry into practice: Reaching every student through inclusive curriculum. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: Toronto.
Edited Journal Special Issues
- Van Viegen, S., Wernicke, M., & Zappa-Holman, S. (Eds.). (2019). Language in higher education. Special issue of TESL Canada Journal, 36(1).
- Prasad, G., & Van Viegen, S. (Eds.). (2019). Beyond two solitudes: Integrating literacy research across linguistic, cultural and disciplinary boundaries. Language and Literacy, 21(2).
- Low, B., Kugler, J., Borri-Anadon, C., DeMartini, A., Larochelle-Audet, J. Potvin, M., Stille, S., Stuart-Rose, L. (Eds.) (2015). Equity, inclusive and culturally responsive pedagogies: Training and experiences of professional educators in Quebec and Ontario. Special issue of Canadian Diversity.