In their new book Rooted in Strength: Using Translanguaging to Grow Multilingual Readers and Writers, Cecilia M. Espinosa, Ph.D. and Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Ph.D. demonstrate how emergent bilinguals (students who speak two or more languages in their daily lives) thrive when they are able to use “translanguaging” to tap the full power of their linguistic and sociocultural repertoires. Translanguaging has been instrumental in shifting the ways that educators view the language resources that students bring. Yet, many teachers are unaware of how to translate the theory of translanguaging into daily pedagogical practices.
In this edWebinar, Drs. Espinosa and Ascenzi-Moreno will introduce ways that teachers can deeply know and build on their emergent bilinguals’ and their families’ sociocultural and linguistic resources, along with designing a pedagogy that engages children in literacy practices that normalize bilingualism/multilingualism. They will trace how diverse children’s literature can serve as a powerful tool to decolonize the curriculum and de-center monolingualism, as they address how these engagements can connect to students’ intersectional identities and broaden their critical perspectives.
Join Drs. Espinosa and Ascenzi-Moreno as they present rich and thoughtful literacy practices that propel emergent bilinguals to reading and writing success by honoring the resources that they bring to school and rooting instruction in their strengths.
This edWebinar will be of interest to teachers, librarians, and school and district leaders of the kindergarten through elementary levels. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
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