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Spring 2025

Professional Development Series #4

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy: 

Effective Strategies for Language-Based Instruction Using a Learner-Centered Approach

 

Event Information

In-Person Seminar (Part I)

Held at the College of Business Administration, California Polytechnic State University

on May 30, 2025 @ 5:30 PM - 8 PM

 

Virtual Seminar (Part II)

May 31, 2025 @ 8:30 AM - 12 PM

 

Sessions
Topic Name

Part I - 課程設計中的語言教學與內容教學: 双语沉浸式课堂中的教学策略/雙語沉浸式教室中的教學策略 (Lesson Planning Consideration - Content Versus Language Instruction: Teaching Technique in a Dual-Immersion Classroom)

Part II - 教学评估的力量 (The Power of Assessments)

Dr. Cindy Ai-Ling Li

什么是文化与语言响应式教学法？(What is Culturally and Linguistically-Responsive Pedagogy?)

Dr. Yu Zhang (Virtual only)

文化与语言响应式教学 (Culturally Relevant Lesson Planning (Asset Based Approach))

Katharina Chung

Hmong Bilingual Teacher Education Program 4

Dr. Vicky Xiong-Lor (Virtual only)

Part I - なぜ授業計画が重要なのか (Why Lesson Plan Matters)

Part II - 文化的関連性のある授業計画（学習者の強みを活かすアプローチ）(Culturally Relevant Lesson Planning (Asset Based Approach))

Dr. Yewon Sung

Culturally and Linguistically-Responsive Pedagogy (Korean): Effective Strategies for Language-Based Instruction Using a Learner-Centered Approach

Dr. Minhye Son

Chia Sẻ Các Phương Pháp Dạy Tiếng Việt Ở Góc Độ Tập Trung vào Cá Nhân Học Sinh (Effective Strategies for Language-Based Instruction Using a Learner-Centered Approach)

Hương Đặng (Virtual only)

Culturally and Linguistically-Responsive Pedagogy (Vietnamese): Effective Strategies for Language-Based Instruction Using a Learner-Centered Approach

Thuy-Vy Tran (In-Person only)

 

Keynote Presentation Summary

In her presentation, "Culturally & Linguistically Responsive / Relevant / Sustaining," Dr. Elisabeth Chan discusses classroom methods of challenging deficit-based systems with asset and community-based approaches: 

  • Building foundational knowledge of multilingual learners' home languages and practicing culturally sustaining pedagogy 
  • Offering translanguaging space for their linguistic repertoire and employing multimodality for their engagement
  • Implementing integrated approaches for content and language, incorporating untapped funds of knowledge - the lived histories of community members - into core curriculum

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Elisabeth Chan, PhD

Professor, Northern Virginia Community College

A photo of Dr. Elisabeth Chan as she smiles at the camera.

Elisabeth Chan has nearly 20 years of experience as an English language educator. She has advocated for, presented, researched, and published on social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), for which she draws upon her lived experiences as a second/fourth-generation Chinese American from the U.S. She served on TESOL International Association's Board of Directors from 2022-2025. Currently, she is co-editor for a 2026 TESOL Journey special issue on critical race praxis in English language teacher education.