Webinars

 Overview of Teaching for Biliteracy, April 22, 2021:  Karen Beeman

(41 minutes

In a presentation to a school district, Karen Beeman provides an overview of Teaching for Biliteracy, including a description of the multilingual perspective, sample biliteracy instruction, and the systems and structures (Biliteracy Guidelines) the support optimal instruction in Spanish and English.

Closing Keynote at MABE (Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education)- Free Webinar;  March 20, 2021

(starts at minute 10:16 though we recommend watching the wonderful student presentations)

Cheryl Urow:  A pedagogy of Sí podemos

 

 

Teaching for Biliteracy:  Oracy as a Precursor to Literacy  – Free Webinar  –

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 In this  interactive webinar, the Center for Teaching for Biliteracy team provides an  overview of the linguistic resources that our students bring to the classroom and engages participants in a variety of oracy building strategies that build on these resources to support student reading, writing, and content learning in English, Spanish, and other program languages.  Click the button below to view this free, hour-long webinar.  More information about oracy and other biliteracy strategies can be found in the text, Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages.  

You can access  a copy of the powerpoint from the webinar here: Teaching for Biliteracy- Oracy as a Precursor to Literacy

 

 

 

Moving a DL/Biliteracy Program to a Distance Learning Platform:  Suggestions and Examples 

This 46 minute recording features 7 members of the Center for Teaching for Biliteracy who describe what a dual language/biliteracy program can look like in a distance learning platform by sharing schedules, tips for curriculum and instruction and suggestions for teacher and administrators.   Link to online resources mentioned. 

Click here for an article with additional information about Moving a DL/Biliteracy Program to Distance Learning Platform.

 

 

Webinar:  Teaching for Biliteracy

In this introductory, 5o-minute webinar on Teaching for Biliteracy from February, 2015, Cheryl Urow provides an overview of

  • the multilingual paradigm, the strategic use of languages in bilingual, dual language
  • the strategic use of languages in bilingual, dual language, one-way immersion, and two-way immersion classrooms
  • the effective use of the Bridge between languages and
  • teaching content across languages
Teaching for Biliteracy Webinar

Blog Interview:  One Good Question with Karen Beeman – How Biliteracy Supports Social Justice for All

This blog interview is part of a series of interviews with international educators, policy makers, and leaders titled “One Good Question.”  These interviews provide answers to the blog interviewer’s One Good Question (outlined in About) and uncover new questions about education’s impact on the future.

Karen Beeman provides national professional development for teachers and administrators in bilaterally and bilingual education.  Karen is co-author, along with Cheryl Urow, of Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges Between Languages.

Biliteracy Social Justice for All

 Blog Interview:  On the Development of Biliteracy

In this blog interview, Karen Beeman responds to questions on developing a multilingual perspective, creating a definition of biliteracy, and the importance of the Bridge and bridging in biliteracy.

On the Development of Biliteracy

Blog Interview: Creating a Strong Dual Immersion Program

In this blog interview, Karen Beeman builds on the information shared in the blog interview above, and describes the elements that need to be in place in order to develop and implement a strong dual immersion program.

Creating a Strong Dual Immersion Program