Biliteracy, essential to dual language education, plays a role in advanced language acquisition, access to academic content, and developing awareness of cross-linguistic connections. We will focus on two case studies of biliteracy in DL programs. First, we examine how DL programs frame biliteracy as essential to program development through an examination of multiple program master plans. Second, we consider the range of biliteracy in a DL fifth-grade class, and its long-term impact on students.
Coordinator, Bilingual Authorization, Fresno Pacific University
The Bilingual Authorization at Fresno Pacific operates through our three campuses in Fresno, Visalia, and Merced. Courses are held online, but field experience is conducted up and down the Central Valley.Our area is seeing explosive growth in dual language programs and our mission... Read More →
