Event Title

Multilingualism at BSU

Location

Hart 117

Start Time

12-5-2011 1:00 PM

End Time

12-5-2011 2:15 PM

Description

In this roundtable, faculty from across the disciplines will share their experiences of working with linguistically diverse populations on campus and discuss various models of support that can be developed to promote multilingualism at BSU. Yulia Stakhnevich (Dept. of English, Second Language Services Director) will facilitate the discussion of how topics related to multilingualism might be approached in first- and second-year seminars.

Boriana Marintcheva (Department of Biological Sciences) will describe her experiences and challenges of working with ESL students in science courses and invite the participants to share their discipline-specific approaches to supporting second language students.

Michelle Cox (English Dept., WAC Coordinator) will facilitate the discussion of how BSU faculty can prepare the next generation of teachers to support second language writers.

Kathy Evans (English Dept., Director of Writing Studio) will share the strategies that Writing Studio consultants use when working with non-native speakers of English and facilitate the discussion of what professors who send students to the studio should expect when those students submit their work.

Ryan LaBrozzi (Dept. of Foreign Languages) will discuss the process of second language peer review in the classroom and more specifically, when it is appropriate and who should participate (what levels of learners), and who benefits from such reviews (second language student and/or non-second language student).

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Moderator: Melissa (Nikki) Freeburg

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May 12th, 1:00 PM May 12th, 2:15 PM

Multilingualism at BSU

Hart 117

In this roundtable, faculty from across the disciplines will share their experiences of working with linguistically diverse populations on campus and discuss various models of support that can be developed to promote multilingualism at BSU. Yulia Stakhnevich (Dept. of English, Second Language Services Director) will facilitate the discussion of how topics related to multilingualism might be approached in first- and second-year seminars.

Boriana Marintcheva (Department of Biological Sciences) will describe her experiences and challenges of working with ESL students in science courses and invite the participants to share their discipline-specific approaches to supporting second language students.

Michelle Cox (English Dept., WAC Coordinator) will facilitate the discussion of how BSU faculty can prepare the next generation of teachers to support second language writers.

Kathy Evans (English Dept., Director of Writing Studio) will share the strategies that Writing Studio consultants use when working with non-native speakers of English and facilitate the discussion of what professors who send students to the studio should expect when those students submit their work.

Ryan LaBrozzi (Dept. of Foreign Languages) will discuss the process of second language peer review in the classroom and more specifically, when it is appropriate and who should participate (what levels of learners), and who benefits from such reviews (second language student and/or non-second language student).