Translanguaging and Transformative Teaching for Emergent Bilingual Students: Lessons From the City University of New York–New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals Project

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session brings together authors who collaborated on a multi-year project that centered the dynamic and unbounded linguistic practices of emergent bilinguals and led to critical understandings and implementation of translanguaging theory and pedagogy in research and schools. It highlights the structure and non-negotiable stance of the project, its work in schools with different programs and populations, the impact of literacy instruction and literature that starts from the language practices of emergent bilingual students, and the role of translanguaging in teacher education programs. It will share the success, lessons, and applications from the project that brought together researchers, doctoral students, school leaders, and teachers to create a new normal in the education of bilingual students in the US and beyond.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Bilingual Education Research

Chair

• Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York - CUNY

Papers

• Overview and Structures of Support of the City University of New York–New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals - Maite Sanchez, Hunter College - CUNY

• Working Across Programs to Support Emergent Bilinguals Through Bilingual Education, ESL, English Language Arts, and Community Engagement - Brian A. Collins, Hunter College - CUNY

• Fostering Bilingual Reading Identities in Dual-Language Bilingual Classrooms - Ivana Espinet, Kingsborough Community College - CUNY; Kate Seltzer, Rowan University

• Translanguaging Literacies: Children's Literature and Literacy Instruction - Luz Yadira Herrera, California State University - Channel Islands; Carla España, Brooklyn College - CUNY

• Transforming Urban and Rural Teacher Education: The City University of New York and Upstate New York - Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Brooklyn College - CUNY; Erin Kearney, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York - CUNY

Discussant

• Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania