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Language Education

IU departments co-sponsoring symposium on teaching and learning indigenous languages of Latin America

Serafin Coronel-Molina

For the second time, two units at Indiana University are co-sponsoring the Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America, or STLILLA, focusing on the preservation and promotion of indigenous languages of Latin America. The symposium begins Sunday (Oct. 30) at the University of Notre Dame.   Full Story >>

For second consecutive year, Indiana Teacher of the Year is IU School of Education alumna

IU Limestone Crest

The Indiana Department of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett have named Riverview Middle School teacher Melanie Park, who holds two Indiana University School of Education degrees, as Indiana's 2012 Teacher of the Year. Bennett presented Park with the award during a surprise ceremony today (Oct. 10) at her school in Huntington, Ind.   Full Story >>

$1.9 million federal grant to IU School of Education at IUPUI will build ESL teaching capacity

Annela Teemant

The U.S. Department of Education is granting $1.9 million to the Indiana University School of Education at IUPUI for a five-year grant to prepare more teachers with techniques to more effectively teach English as a Second Language (ESL) students.   Full Story >>

Weekend conference at IU to promote early language learning

Language Learning

A Saturday (Oct. 2) workshop at the Indiana University School of Education will emphasize best practices for implementing and advocating for teaching world languages in schools. The Indiana Network for Early Language Learning (IN-NELL) and "Bridges: Children, Languages, World," a project of IU's Center for the Study of Global Change, is holding its fall conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Wright Education Building at 201 N. Rose Ave.   Full Story >>

State grant to IU School of Education to fund place-based preparation of ESL teachers

ESL Grant

A new Indiana University School of Education program that will develop more highly-trained teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) -- ESL Professional Communities for Expertise and Leadership Development -- has received $154,000 in funding from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.   Full Story >>

National Council for Teachers of English honors School of Education professor

Gerald Campano

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has named Gerald Campano, associate professor in the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education of the Indiana University School of Education, as the 2009 recipient of the David H Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English, one of the most distinguished awards in English language education. The organization selected Campano for his 2007 book Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Remembering (Teachers College Press).   Full Story >>