TWI Bulletin Archives
TWI Bulletin #22: La Cosecha, Dual U Professional Development Grant, and more! (10/5/2005)
I hope everyone has had a smooth beginning of the school year! Here is some dual language news!
La Cosecha 2005 Dual Language Conference
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, Albuquerque, NM
November 9-12, 2005
Registration is still open for this year’s La Cosecha conference. Look for three presentations by CAL staff:
“Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education,” by Liz Howard, Thursday, Nov. 10, 10:00-11:30 am
“The Dual Language Toolkit: A New Resource for Teachers,” by Julie Sugarman, Friday, Nov. 11, 9:25-10:50 am
“’Can Yu Rid Guat Ay Rot?’ A Study of Cross-Linguistic Spelling Errors,” by Liz Howard, Friday, Nov. 11, 2:00-4:00 pm
For more information on the conference and registration visit www.lacosecha2005.org.
Project DualU Professional Development Grant
Center For Applied Linguistics - Washington D.C.
February 16, 17, & 18, 2006 and May 11, 12, & 13, 2006
Scholarships are available for teams of teachers and administrators who work in dual language programs or who are interested in starting or teaching in a dual language program. Teacher scholars selected for this project will complete a three-credit course entitled Bilingual Methods and Materials: Focus on Dual Language Education that can be applied towards some states' requirements for bilingual/ESL accreditation. This course will take place at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C. Deadline for submission for Spring 2006 participation is November 10, 2005. For a copy of the application and instructions, please go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/pdf/dualu2006app.pdf.
Dual U Training of Trainers
Illinois Resource Center - Chicago Area
June 20, 21 & 22, 2006
Participate in a comprehensive, three day training of trainers for staff developers in sessions led by the authors of Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education by Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee and Else Hamayan. The training will cover the eight module WEB-based curriculum, http://www.dualu.org, designed to assist elementary and secondary teachers and administrators in developing, implementing and assessing dual language programs. For a registration brochure, please go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/pdf/dualu-sum06.pdf. Deadline for registration is June 1, 2006.
Language & Culture Summer Institute
Illinois Resource Center & Oaxaca Mexico
July 30 - August 8, 2006
Experience the charm of Oaxaca, a Spanish colonial city splashed with the colors of its ancient civilizations. Complete a course in Bilingualism and Reading: Linguistic Considerations, or Spanish for Beginners, or Intermediate Spanish. Deadline for deposit is March 13, 2006. For complete brochure and registration, please go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/pdf/oaxaca2006.pdf.
New Collection of CAL Resources on Two-Way Immersion
CAL has compiled a package of resources to provide information that practitioners can use to develop two-way immersion (TWI) programs and to promote greater understanding and support by administrators, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders. The package includes the following resources:
Dual Language Program Planner: A Guide for Designing and Implementing Dual Language Programs
Two-Way Immersion 101: Designing and Implementing a Two-Way Immersion Education Program at the Elementary Level
Implementing Two-Way Immersion Programs in Secondary Schools
Impact of Two-Way Bilingual Elementary Programs on Students’ Attitudes Toward School and College
The Development of Bilingualism and Biliteracy from Grade 3 to 5: A Summary of Findings from the CAL/CREDE Study of Two-Way Immersion Education
(Individual components can be purchased separately.)
Visit http://calstore.cal.org/store/detail.aspx?ID=309 for ordering information. Price of the collection: $39.00
Reformatted Guiding Principles of Dual Language Now Available
The Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education are now available in a new, more user-friendly format at http://cal-org.wdi.net/twi/guidingprinciples.htm. The Principles were developed by a national panel of dual language researchers and practitioners, with support from the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition at The George Washington University.
This is the 22nd in a series of occasional post-only mailings from the Center for Applied Linguistics, with support from the Illinois Resource Center (http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/index.html). These messages include information about current two-way immersion news, publications, and events. If you received this bulletin in error and/or you would like to be removed from the CAL Two-Way Immersion e-mail mailing list, please send an email to julie@cal.org.