Center for Applied Linguistics

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
2021-04-27 - 2021-04-29
NABE 50th Annual International Conference: Honoring the Past, Treasuring the Present and Shaping the Future
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in deep concern for the health and safety of our attendees, the NABE leadership has made the unprecedented decision to modify the format of the NABE 50th Annual International Conference scheduled for April 27-29, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The conference will now be structured as a two-day hybrid conference with a Pre-Conference on April 27 and the Conference on April 28-29.

This conference includes several CAL associated speakers and presenters including President & CEO Joel Gómez and Board Members Kathy Escamilla and Eugene Garcia.
A list of presentations is included below.

CAL Presentations

Developing Awareness of Similarities and Differences Between Spanish and English Igone Arteagoitia, PhD
Equity in Representing Literacy Growth in Dual Language Education for Emergent Bilingual Students Igone Arteagoitia, PhD

Webinar: Teacher Education in the Post-COVID Era of Digital Learning
2021-04-20 16:00 - 16:30 UTC
Register free here
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SUHoPauiRJqCZpcYzLZdbA

As many schools migrate to the cloud, some are considering a world where online learning is the new norm. Without thoughtful planning and action from policymakers, many will be left behind.
So, just what is “digital equity”? And what does it look like in action?
In this online brief, our distinguished panel will trace the origins of digital equity in the US and contextualize its current policy status within our education system. We will also discuss potential solutions for policymakers and for educators as we strive to bridge the digital divide for all students.
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Limited to first 500 registrants. This webinar will be recorded and broadcast on CAL Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/CALLinguistics/live

Castro/Artiles Book Launch Event! Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children
2021-04-07 17:00 - 18:00
Join us April 7th at the crossroads of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education!
Together, authors Dr. Dina Castro and Dr. Alfredo Artiles will discuss their new book, “Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children” available now from Multilingual Matters.
Learn more and PRE-ORDER your copy today:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Language-Learning-and-Disability-in-the-Education-of-Young-Bilingual-Children/?k=9781800411838
Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice related to young bilingual children with disabilities. The book begins with a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection between the fields of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education. It goes on to review and discuss the role of bilingualism in young children’s development and the experiences of young bilingual children with disabilities in early care and education settings, including issues of eligibility and access to care, instruction, and assessment. The book explores family experiences, teacher preparation, accountability, and policy, ending with recommendations for future research which will inform both policies and practices for the education of young bilingual children with disabilities. This timely volume provides valuable guidance for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers.

Webinar: Assessment of English Learners in the New Digital Landscape
2021-03-30 16:00 - 16:30
Register free here
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jxpTMl-pQ42_L_2Tef6cPg

As many schools migrate to the cloud, some are considering a world where online learning is the new norm. Without thoughtful planning and action from policymakers, many will be left behind.
So, just what is “digital equity”? And what does it look like in action?
In this online brief, our distinguished panel will trace the origins of digital equity in the US and contextualize its current policy status within our education system. We will also discuss potential solutions for policymakers and for educators as we strive to bridge the digital divide for all students.
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Limited to first 500 registrants. This webinar will be recorded and broadcast on CAL Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/CALLinguistics/live

The 2021 Charles A. Ferguson Award Presentation
2021-03-25 18:30 - 19:30
Dr. Baquedano-López examines the intersection of language, race, and education particularly as them relate to Indigenous Latinx students, critical research methods, discourse analysis, and parent engagement in schools. Her current project is funded by a grant from UC MEXUS-CONACYT (with Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez, University of Colima) and centers on transnational displacements, processes of return migration, and education in the Maya diaspora Yucatan-California. The project brings together collaborators from the Mexican Migration Project and Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) in Mexico. This project builds on Professor Baquedano-López’s three-year ethnographic study funded by the Spencer Foundation examining the educational experiences of Indigenous Maya students and families in California schools. Prof. Baquedano-López is a co-founding editor of the new journal Language, Culture, and Society.
Dr. Baquedano-López holds a B.A. summa cum laude from Inter American University of Puerto Rico, a MTESL from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D., in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She currently teaches in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley.

TESOL 2021 International Convention & English Language Expo
2021-03-24 - 2021-03-27
The Center for Applied Linguistics is proud to be an OFFICIAL SPONSOR of TESOL 2021
Come visit our Virtual Exhibitor Booth in the Main Hall for more information on our Prizes & Raffles and Free Resources! Come chat w/ the experts and learn more about CAL’s unique Institutes + Online PD Experience.
And
Come to our pre-conference workshops & presentations!
A list of CAL staff presenting at TESOL 2021 is below.

CAL Presentations

Creating Safe Spaces for Diverse Populations: Being Culturally Humble
Empowering English Learners with Digital Learning Resources Katherine Moran, PhD, Maria Cieslak , Marybelle Marrero-Colón
Formative Speaking Assessment in Adult English Language Classrooms , Remi Oyelabi
Pre-Conference Institute: RTI/MTSS Implementation: Identifying and Supporting EL Academic Achievement Marybelle Marrero-Colón
Principles for Effective and Rigorous Classroom Assessment in Adult ESL Wen (Elyssa) Sun,
Principles for Effective and Rigorous Classroom Assessment in Adult ESL
Questions about language assessment? Resources and strategies for language teachers Megan Montee, PhD

California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference
2021-03-23 - 2021-03-27
CAL Presentations

Developing Metalinguistic Awareness with Emergent Bilingual Students Igone Arteagoitia, PhD

COABE National Conference 2021
2021-03-21 - 2021-03-24
CAL Presentations

Creating Safe Spaces for Diverse Populations: Being Culturally Humble
Understanding and Applying Federal Plain Language Guidelines , Katherine Moran, PhD
What is Plain Language? A sneak peek at creating accessible discourse. , Katherine Moran, PhD

AAAL 2021 Virtual Conference
2021-03-20 - 2021-03-23
CAL Presentations

Assessing heritage language learners: A survey of teachers’ knowledge, practices, and needs Megan Montee, PhD, Jamie Morgan
BEST Plus 3.0: New item types to reflect greater academic rigor in adult education , Wen (Elyssa) Sun
English learner education: state frameworks, services, and resources Jamie Morgan, Leslie Fink, Mathilda Reckford
State world language standards: Frameworks, revisions, and implications Francesca Di Silvio, Mina Niu, Jamie Morgan

GURT Institute
2021-03-04 - 2021-03-05
https://gurt.georgetown.edu
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, foreign and second language researchers, administrators, teachers, learners and parents have all been grappling with the shift from face-to-face to online language instruction. While the fields of applied linguistics and education can offer some insights from prior research, multiple perspectives are needed to shed light on the challenges and affordances of the myriad and complex ways in which computer-mediated instruction impacts learning. GURT 2021 will bring together plenary speakers and invited panels from a broad range of perspectives to examine these issues as they apply to the current COVID-era and beyond.
Event website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gurt-2021-virtual-march-4-5-2021-tickets-135885183241

Webinar: Digital Equity in Education: Whence and Where to?
2021-02-23 16:00 - 16:30

Language Advocacy Day 2021 | JNCL-NCLIS
2021-02-03 - 2021-02-05
On February 4-5, several CAL staff will be participating in the annual Language Advocacy Day, a Congressional visit attended by 200+ language professionals across the US. Lisa Tabaku and Beatriz Arias will be presenting on the Guiding Principles, 3rd Edition during a sponsored session. Contact: Trey Calvin

CAL Presentations

Seven Principles of Effective Online Instruction for English Learners
Sociocultural Competence in Language Programs: Lessons from Dual Language

World Language Standards for Diverse Programs: Needs and Implications
2020-11-19 - 2020-12-31
Presented at: ACTFL 2020
November 19 – December 31, 2020 | Virtual
This session presents findings from 6 educator focus groups on the needs of less common programs in writing and implementing state world language standards and a literature review on best practices for 8 specialized areas: non-alphabetic, classical, and heritage languages, ASL, elementary programs, students with disabilities, SEL, and assessment. View proposal.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2020 Annual Convention (Virtual)
2020-11-19 - 2020-12-31
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CAL Presentations

Current World Language Standards: Analysis and Implications for Revisions Francesca Di Silvio, Mathilda Reckford
What Do Language Educators need to Know About Assessment?
World Language Standards for Diverse Programs: Needs and Implications Francesca Di Silvio, Jamie Morgan

Teaching Primary-Grade Biliteracy in a Remote Setting: Presentation at MABE, NE Conference!
2020-09-25 10:30 - 11:30
Multistate Association for Bilingual Education, Northeast (MABE NE) https://mabene.org/Annual Conference

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This CAL learning session at MABE, NE introduces participants to a sampling of linguistic similarities and differences between Spanish and English, describes the value of this understanding for primary-grade students, and provides teachers with ideas for making students aware of these similarities and differences using online learning.

Join the Multistate Association for Bilingual Education, Northeast MABE Annual Conference, this September 26th at 10:30 – 11:30 AM to watch the live session!

Identifying and Serving the Unique Needs of the Immigrant and Refugee Populations in the US and throughout the World
2020-09-17 14:00 - 15:30
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About the Panel
CAL is bringing together key thought leaders to discuss the challenges educators, researchers and policy makers face of identifying and serving the immigrant and refugee populations within the United States and throughout the world.
Although the students from countries outside of the United States continue to experience ever increasing restrictions in entrance and access to the United States, the needs and demands continue and those serving the population require support and accurate information.
Additionally, the refugee and immigrant populations outside of the United States are experiencing equally dire restrictions and living conditions. Like their U.S. counterparts, world support organizations need accurate information and avenues of access to raise awareness and have a chance to address the needs of the population.

Panel Members:

Shirley Brice Heath, Ph.D., Stanford University, Noted scholar and dear friend of the Center for Applied Linguistics
Martha Bigelow, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2020 CAL Charles Ferguson Award Winner
Nancy Hornberger, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2020 CAL Board of Trustees Member & 2019 CAL Charles Ferguson Award Winner
Fatima Zahra, Ph.D., Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Special Guest
Roberta Miceli, M.A., Interim Vice President, Center for Applied Linguistics, Panel Host

About the panelists:
Shirley Brice Heath, Ph.D.
Shirley Brice Heath, linguistic anthropologist, studies learners across the life span in non-formal environments of learning. She gives primary focus to the ways in which speakers, young and old, learn the structures and uses of language as well as the attitudes, gestures, and interactional ways called for in learning environments of all types. In community arts organizations, she has examined the learning outcomes that result when youth living in under-resourced communities participate in planning, creating, producing, and critiquing products and performances. Within community sites dedicated to involving young people in sustained science learning, she has given special attention to the ways in which science learning demands close analysis of visual detail, trial and error, sketching and modeling projects, and strategic problem-solving. In her research on families, friendship groups, and community organizations, she studies how responsible roles accelerate desires for organizational, scientific, and mathematical knowledge.
She is the author of Words at work and play: three decades in families and communities (2012) and the classic Ways with Words: Language, life, and work in communities and classrooms (Cambridge University Press, 1983/1996). Heath has taught at universities throughout the world, most notably Stanford University and Brown University, and as Visiting Research Professor at King’s College, University of London.
Martha Bigelow, Ph.D.
Dr. Bigelow is internationally known for her work in education, applied linguistics, and cultural studies. Although she has focused mainly on the language learning and schooling of adolescent refugees from East Africa, she is deeply invested in the schooling of all language learners as they learn in home, community and school settings. Dr. Bigelow also investigates teacher education experiences and classroom pedagogies that support equity and access in education. Dr. Bigelow earned her Ph.D. at Georgetown University with a major in Applied Linguistics in 2001 and joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in the same year. As a prolific author and recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Bigelow embodies Ferguson’s commitment to academic rigor and his global vision about the importance of language learning, access, and equity.
Nancy Hornberger, Ph.D.
Dr. Hornberger is a Professor in the Educational Linguistics Division of the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. She is internationally known for her work in bilingualism and biliteracy, ethnography and language policy, and Indigenous language revitalization. She researches, lectures, teachers, and consults regularly on multilingual education policy and practice in the United States and the Andes (Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador) and has also worked in Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and other parts of the world. Dr. Hornberger investigates language and education in culturally and linguistically diverse settings, combining methods and perspectives from educational anthropology linguistic anthropology, and sociolinguistics.
Fatima Zahra, Ph.D.
Dr. Zahra is a postdoctoral research fellow for the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University. In this role, she is committed to devising public polices to enhance employment and education opportunities for women, refugees and other marginalized groups in South Asia. She is currently working with the local community at the Rohingya refugee camps to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of refugees. In collaboration with NGOs, she is also working on designing interventions to enhance education and health outcomes of women and children by leveraging mobile technologies in these camps in Bangladesh.
