Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers
July 18-22, 2016
Target Audience: Language and content teachers in middle and high school immersion programs.
Using research-based second language acquisition tools, you will learn how to examine your learners’ language to better tailor your instruction to your learners’ needs. You will learn how to sharpen your learners’ critical thinking skills and you will expand your repertoire of tasks and activities to get learners speaking and writing.
Presenters: Elaine Tarone, CARLA director and distinguished teaching professor at the University of Minnesota, is well known internationally for her research and teaching on the topic of second language acquisition.
Maggie Broner is associate professor and current chair of the Romance Languages Department at St. Olaf College, Minnesota. She has presented and published her research on second language learning and content-based instruction in a wide range of national professional venues.
Gwen Barnes-Karol, professor at St. Olaf College, will join the institute to share her expertise.
Find out more about this unique opportunity on the Second Language Acquisition Basics summer institute web page: http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/2016/sla.html
Registration information: http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/registration.html
*Does not include the University of Minnesota student credit registrations. Good through May 15, 2016
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