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ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
BILINGUAL-MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION INTEREST SECTION (B-MEIS)
The Bilingual-Multilingual Education Interest Section (B-MEIS)
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. B-MEIS 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 B-MEIS.
The B-MEIS leadership team for 2016–2017 is as follows:
- Sandra Musanti, Past Chair
- Francisco Ramos, Chair
- Helen Berg, Chair-Elect
- Juliet Luther, Incoming Chair-Elect
- Alsu Gilmetdinova and Andrés Ramírez, Newsletter Coeditors
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