Learning In-between Languages and Cultures: Using Trade Books to Support Bilingual Learning

Learning In-between Languages and Cultures: Using Trade Books to Support Bilingual Learning  

Together we will:

• Explore a variety of bilingual, multilingual, multicultural, and metalinguistically-focused trade books and analyze the potential for each type of book to support bilingual development
• Examine how to use trade books to raise students’ metalinguistic awareness, guide cross-linguistic and cross-cultural connections, and develop language and literacy through a translanguaging lens 
• Identify texts to build your library and cultivate a multilingual ecology to support and affirm language learning the school community 

TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators