Professional Development Series #3

Identifying Assets and Resources to Support Instructional Practices

Through the Use of Personal Narratives and Digital Storytelling

FREE Virtual Seminar

November 9, 2024 @ 8:30 AM - 12 PM

Keynote Presentation Summary

In her presentation, "Creating Space for Asset-Based Pedagogy: Supporting Dual Language Learners through Storytelling," Dr. Soon Young Jang explores the theoretical and pedagogical frameworks of translanguaging as well as its application within the classroom.

Pedagogical translanguaging is the intentional use of one's full linguistic repertoire within the same lesson, "a constructive and sense-making communicative means for bilinguals" (Garcia 2009).
Creating multilingual resources creates an opportunity for students to utilize their home languages (often seen as deficits), connect with their family, and appreciate their roots.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Soon Young Jang

Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

A photo of Dr. Soon Young Jang smiling at camera.

Dr. Soon Young Jang is an Associate Professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She obtained a Ph.D. in Language and Literacies Education from the University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include children’s bilingualism and biliteracy, heritage language learning, translanguaging, and language policy and practice. The relationships between language, identity, and power in our society are at the core of her research inquiry. Additionally, Dr. Jang is the Principal Investigator of the ACTT (All Children Thrive through Translanguaging) project which advocates for culturally and linguistically diverse children and families through multiple communities of practice (university-based and student-centered, teacher-based, family-based, and online-based). This project is funded by the Dr. Seuss Foundation.

**Discussion Sessions**
Topic	Discussion Lead
案例研究：林老师的双语班（5年级，普通话-英语）(Case Study: Mr. Lin’s 5th Grade Class of Bilingual Mandarin-English Students)	Dr. Cindy Ai-Ling Li
案例研究: 张老师的中英文双语五年级班级 (Case Study: Ms. Zhang's 5th Grade Class of Bilingual Mandarin-English Students)	May Fu
案例研究：陈老师的五年级双语中文-英语班 (Case Study: Ms. Chen’s 5th-Grade Class of Bilingual Mandarin-English Students) Link to Asset Map	Katharina Chung
Case Study: Mr. Perez’s 5th Grade Class in South Los Angeles (Case Study: Mr. Perez's English Classroom) Link to Asset Map	Dr. Nirmla Flores
Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Tej Yam: Ms. Lee’s Chav Kawm Lus Hmoob thiab Lus Askiv (Case Study - Ms. Lee’s Bilingual Hmong Classroom)	Dr. Vicky Xiong-Lor
ការសិក្សាករណី: ថ្នាក់ទី៥ របស់លោកឈឹម សិស្សអាមេរិកាំងមកពីកម្ពុជានិយាយភាសាខ្មែរនិងអង់គ្លេស (Case Study: Mr. Chhim’s 5th Grade Class of Cambodian-American Students)	Dr. Sara Pol-Lim
사례 연구: 박 선생님의 한국계 미국인 이중 언어 5학년 반 (Case Study: Mr. Park’s 5th Grade Class of Bilingual Korean-American Students)	Dr. Minhye Son
Caso Práctico: La Clase de quinto grado de la Sra. García, con estudiantes bilingües en español e inglés (Case Study: Mrs. García's 5th Grade Class of Bilingual Spanish-English Students) Link to Asset Map	Dr. Myriam Casimir
Nghiên Cứu Điển Hình: Lớp 5 Song Ngữ Việt-Anh của Cô Nguyễn (Case Study: Ms. Nguyen's 5th Grade Class of Bilingual Vietnamese-English Students) Link to Asset Map	Thuy-Vy Le Tran

Professional Development Series #3

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