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"