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39th Annual Bilingual/ESL Conference 12/6/19 (For Current WP Undergrads & Faculty Only)

39^th Annual Bilingual/ESL Conference

Agenda

Empowering Language Learners and Educators

Over the course of its 39 years, this Conference has focused on exploring the best ways of meeting the educational needs of English learners. The Conference offers access to in-depth, applied research, and up-to-date pedagogical techniques. Topics and thought-provoking sessions sharpen the language professional’s mind for pedagogical insight.

Conference Keynote

Dr. Kate Menken

Translanguaging Pedagogy: How the Multilingual Turn is Transforming School Practices

Translanguaging refers to the fluid, dynamic, and flexible ways that bilinguals draw on the full span of their languages and social resources to make meaning (García & Wei, 2014). This presentation offers participants an introduction to translanguaging theory, and suggests that centering students’ bilingualism holds great promise for education. Building from the actual language practices of bilinguals, translanguaging pedagogy is then introduced as a way for students to draw upon their entire linguistic repertoire in school. Specific examples of translanguaging pedagogy are provided that show how the languages spoken by bilingual children can be leveraged as a crucial instructional tool, nurtured, and developed. This session will show how translanguaging pedagogy can be implemented in classrooms that vary by grade level, program design, and content area. 

Kate Menken is a Professor of Linguistics and Director of Linguistics and TESOL Programs at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She is also a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society at the CUNY Graduate Center. She served as Co-Principal Investigator of the CUNY-New York State Initiative for Emergent Bilinguals (NYSIEB) project (www.cuny-nysieb.org). She is Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Language Policy. Her research interests include bilingual education, language education policy, and the education of emergent bilinguals in U.S. public schools.

Workshops

1. The Muslim American Experience in Schools: Addressing Implicit Bias and Exclusion 

Nagla Bedir, Perth Amboy Public Schools & Teaching While Muslim

2. Engaging English Learners within a Sheltered Instruction Classroom and School Community

Annette Bicksler, North Plainfield Public Schools

3. Deconstructing Text:  Reading and Writing for Multilingual Learners

Margaret Churchill, Closter Public Schools & Vice-President NJTESOL-NJBE

4. Emergent Biliteracy: Heritage Language Writing Development

Nicole Deschene, New York University

5. It’s as Easy as Riding a Bicycle—Understanding the Six Levels of English Language Proficiency

Noreen M. Drucker, NMD Consulting, LLC

6. Responding to Gossip: A Critical Incident for Multilingual Learners of All Ages

Miriam E. Ebsworth, New York University-Steinhardt

Timothy J. Ebsworth, Kean University

7. Teaching Strategies for Push-In and Pull-Out Models in Elementary School

Surabhi Garg, Franklin Township Schools

Deepal Jhaveri, Franklin Township Schools

8. “¡Hola profe!”: Helping Newcomers Thrive in the Classroom and Beyond

Claudia Lagos, Morris School District

9. Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Reframed:  From Achievement Gap to Cultural Dissonance

Helaine Marshall, Long Island University-Hudson

10. Strategies for ELLs in the Secondary Classroom

Hana Prashker, Hasbrouck Heights Public Schools

11. TEAM UP for ELLs!

Vicky Santana, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Public Schools

Nirav Lad, Edison Township Public Schools

12. Translanguaging: Using Home Language to Negotiate Meaning

Anel Suriel, Franklin Township

If you are registering for the conferences and plan to pay by using a purchase order from your school, please use a Purchase order form.

Location: 1600 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ

ASHA Course Number: AAWC1327

Instructor :
Dates : 12/06/19
Days : Fri
From : 8:30am - 3:30pm
Fee : $ 35.00
Course Number : E327

Class is unavailable at this time please call 973-720-2354 for more information or other course options

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