Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

English as a Second Language

Registration for the 2006 Symposium and Literacy Day
has closed.

Concurrent Session
Descriptions

Hotel

Schedule at a glance

Directions to the McKimmon Center

2005 ESL Symposium
2004 ESL Symposium
2003 ESL Symposium
2002 ESL Symposium
(archival purposes only)

Comments: Cathy Boatwright

North Carolina State University's 5th Annual ESL Symposium
for K-12 teachers, trainers, & other educators interested in ESL

Thursday, June 1st and Friday, June 2nd (half day), 2006
at the Jane S. McKimmon Center, Raleigh

with a pre-conference  literacy institute  on Wednesday, May 31st,  and a post-conference literacy workshop on Friday, June 2nd

Plenary speakers for 2006 include:

Dr. Richard Fry Pew Hispanic Center "Foreign-born Teenagers Dropping out of School: Diversity, Trends and Some Large Explanations"	Alan Muriera Youth Health Educator, Wake County Human Services Executive Director of Kid Gloves, a non-profit organization	Dr. Jan Pilgreen The University of La Verne "A New Perspective on CALP: Using a Four-Pronged Approach to Help ELLs  Develop Literacy"
Dr. Deborah Short The Center for Applied Linguistics "What Research Is Telling Us About Effective Practices for ELLs"	Dr. Janet Zadina Tulane University Medical School "Language, Learning, and the Brain"