Updated: Feb 14, 2024
The pandemic has shed new light on the role of technologies and how connectivity, affordability, and technology access intersect.
Looking forward, this webinar from the Center for Applied Linguistics explores how digital multi-literacies has been reframed over the last couple of years and its implications for national, state, and local policies.
Special guest, Maria Cieslak, and moderator, Dr. Ester de Jong, frame this policy discussion around equity in practice, centering the focus of policymakers, researchers, and practitioners on multilingual learners through an assets-based equity-based lens.
Updated: Feb 14, 2024
As the number of multilingual learners in educational contexts in both the US and abroad increases, a key question for educational stakeholders is how best to assess these learners who bring multiple linguistic repertoires to the classroom in ways that contribute to their academic success.
In this symposium hosted by the Center for Applied Linguistics, panelists will explore what a multilingual orientation to language assessment might look like. Speakers explore what multilingualism is and how it impacts on assessment—including approaches to large scale assessment in both the United States and overseas, how educators and teachers support their multilingual learners using assessment, and which contexts are well-suited for the introduction of multilingual approaches to assessment.
Maybe you've heard about translanguaging, one of the most talked about topics in the language learning world.
Check out this free downloadable CAL Commentary from the Center for Applied Linguistics.
Author and professional development expert, Marybelle Marrero-Colón, discusses the theoretical concepts and practical applications for the many types of programs that serve language learners, including English as a Second Language, Transitional Bilingual Education, and Dual Language programs.
Because each of these programs approaches bilingualism or multilingualism differently, translanguaging practices may be implemented differently in each case.