coe-staff: MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Bilingualism: Myths Abound!

[Randy Kamphaus]

Dear CoE Students, Staff, and Faculty,

Faculty from our Alliance for Language and Literacy and the Department of Linguistics will share their expertise on a wide range of topics related to bilingualism - child development, teaching English, education policy, linguistic diversity, and accented speech. Lauren Cycyk, Stephanie DeAnda, Ilana Umansky, Audrey Lucero, and Lillian Duran will all participate.

Sponsorship of the program is provided by our CoE and the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies. I hope that you and your students can attend.

Randy






Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS)


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Bilingualism: Myths Abound!
February 13, 2020
6pm-8pm
Diamond Lake Room (EMU 119)

Bilingualism (and multilingualism) are prevalent across the United States, yet myths about its development, value, and role in educational spaces continue to spread. Join faculty researchers from the College of Education and the Department of Linguistics as we share our research related to bilingualism at all stages of the lifespan, and dispel some of the common misconceptions you may have heard.


Moderated by: Lillian Durán, Associate Professor of Special Education

Featuring the Following Presentations:
Childhood multilingualism - challenge or opportunity?
Lauren Cycyk & Stephanie De Anda, Assistant Professors, Communication Disorders and Sciences

“But how can kids learn English if they’re in bilingual education programs?"
Audrey Lucero, Associate Professor, Education Studies

Myths about bilingualism & bilingual education: Repercussions for education policy
Ilana Umansky, Assistant Professor, Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership

What’s in a label?: Acknowledging linguistic diversity
Gabriela Pérez Báez, Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Myths about understanding accented speech
Melissa Baese-Berk, Associate Professor, Linguistics

This event is cosponsered by the College of Education and the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies. It is part of the CLLAS  part of its two-year theme (2019-2021), The Politics of Language in the Americas: Power, Culture, History, and Resistance<https://cllas.uoregon.edu/2019-21-theme/>

Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.




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