Teaching Dual–Language Learners: New Science Outlines Effective Practices
Linda Espinosa
Tuesday, 10 Apr 2018 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Linda Espinosa is nationally recognized for her work to establish effective educational services for children who are acquiring English as a second language. She will discuss how new science on the brain and language development has implications for improving instruction for young dual-language learners. Espinosa has worked extensively with low-income Hispanic/Latino children and families throughout the state of California as a school administrator and program director. She is a Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education at the University of Missouri, Columbia. The 2018 Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Lecture in Early Childhood EducationEspinosa has served as the codirector of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University and Vice President of Education at Bright Horizons Family Solutions. She currently is the cochair of the First Five, Los Angeles County Universal Preschool Research Advisory Committee.
Espinosa is the author of the text Getting it RIGHT for Young Children from Diverse Backgrounds: Applying Research to Improve Practice.
Cosponsored By:
- Barbara E. Mound Hansen Lecture Fund
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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