AASSA Educators’ Conference 2012
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
"Teaching Multilingual Children:
Ten Key Factors That Influence Successful Language Learning PART I"
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa - Teaching Multilingual Children: 10 Key Factors PART II
Presenter Name: Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
School/Organization: Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito (Quito, Ecuador)
Presenter Contact Info--Email: tracey.tokuhama@gmail.com
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Presentation Description: In this interactive workshop we will look at ten key factors that influence successful bilingualism and multilingualism and define the role of home, school and community in this process. We will begin by dispelling many myths around this topic and then see how this changes our in-class practice as well as general school policies. The workshop facilitator is the mother of three successful multilingual children (English, Spanish, German and French) who have maneuvered the international school system. She works with dozens of schools around the world and her work has contributed to Holland’s reform in foreign language instruction in the early ages.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012
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Presenter Bio:
Tracey has taught Kindergarten through University and is curently the Director of IDEA (Instituto de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje or The Teaching and Learning Institute) of the University of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador where she is a full Professor of Education and Neuropsychology. Tracey is also Director the new online education program for the University. Tracey has conducted conferences, workshops and research in 21 countries around the world, has more than 23 years of teaching experience and is now primarily focused on educational research. Tracey’s main areas of interests in 2011 have to do with the continual expansion of the Mind, Brain, and Education field, learning in the digital age and multilingualism. She is the author of five internationally published books on multilingualism and educational neuroscience. Tracey is a native of California and earned her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor’s of Science degrees from Boston University, her Master’s of Education from Harvard University and her doctorate (Ph.D) in Mind, Brain, and Education Science from Capella University.
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