BEIS Newsletter - August 2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  NOTES FROM THE CO-EDITORS
•  BILINGUAL INTEREST SECTION (BEIS)
ARTICLES
•  RECOGNIZING, VALUING, AND BUILDING ON HERITAGE CULTURES AND LANGUAGES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
•  STRATEGIES ARE NOT ENOUGH: PERCEPTIONS MATTER, TOO!
SUMMARIES OF RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
•  RECONCEPTUALIZING BILINGUAL PEDAGOGY: EMERGING TRENDS IN WESTERN CANADA
CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS
•  HARMONIZING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH IN INTEGRATED LEARNING COURSES
•  THREE REASONS TO FLIP YOUR CLASSROOM
•  AUTO-/BIOGRAPHIES IN THE 21st CENTURY: DIGITAL STORYTELLING AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS

BILINGUAL INTEREST SECTION (BEIS)

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 2012–2013 is as follows:

• Kristin Snoddon, Past Chair
• Aida A. Nevárez-La Torre, Chair
• Sandra Mercuri, Incoming Chair