BEIS Newsletter - March 2012 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
•  UPDATE FROM THE BEIS CHAIR
ARTICLES
•  REPORT ON THE BEIS INTERSECTION: SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA
•  REPORT ON THE BEIS SPECIAL ACADEMIC SESSION: EXAMINING THE "E" IN TESOL
•  A MEXICAN BILINGUAL/ESL TEACHER IN THE UNITED STATES: CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DISSONANCE
•  CRITICAL BILITERACY IN THE ESOL CLASSROOM: BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN WITH DUAL-LANGUAGE MENTOR TEXTS
•  RE/MAKING THE GROUND ON WHICH THEY STAND: MAKING A SCHOOL GARDEN WITH CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS
•  THE ONTARIO HERITAGE LANGUAGE PROGRAM: A CRITICAL LOOK AT WHAT WAS, WHAT IS, AND WHAT IF
•  ENFRENTANDO O DESAFIO: A BUSCA POR OBJETIVOS EDUCACIONAIS PARA O ENSINO DE LINGUAS NA ESCOLA REGULAR
2012 CONVENTION SCHEDULE
•  BEIS Convention Sessions
About This Community
•  Bilingual Education Interest Section (BEIS)
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS - BEIS/TEDS BILINGUAL BASICS
•  Special Topic Issue

About This Community

Bilingual Education Interest Section (BEIS)

Kristin Snoddon, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

The Bilingual Education Interest Section (BEIS) of TESOL has the purpose of supporting and promoting primary languages and literacies as fundamental to the acquisition of English as a second or additional language. BEIS supports the human right of all individuals to develop and maintain proficiency in a primary language, including a native signed language, and in English. Teachers of English to Deaf Students (TEDS) is part of BEIS.

The BEIS leadership team for 2012-13 is as follows:

• Aida Nevárez-La Torre, Chair
• Sandra Mercuri, Chair-Elect
• Kristin Snoddon, Past Chair

The Special Topic Issue of Bilingual Basics will be edited by Francisco Ramos and Yvette Lapayese. Please see the sidebar for more information.