#015 - The Bilingual Advantage: The Promise of Bilingualism and Biliteracy
Fireside Charla with SDSU President Adela de la Torre
English - March 02, 2020 18:49 - 25 minutes - 59.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsCourses Education communityservice highereducation innovation leadership service Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we will learn about the importance of bilingualism and biliteracy development, an area of teaching and research in which SDSU is a national leader. More specifically, we will explore why bilingualism and biliteracy offer today’s students and graduates a competitive advantage, given today’s culturally and linguistically diverse global society. Also, we will learn what SDSU is doing to meet the high demand for bilingual teachers.
About Jose Sebedra:
Jose Sebedra is a 4th-grade student at Bostonia Language Academy in El Cajon. At a very early age with the help of his first-grade teacher, Jose discovered his love for public speaking. Jose has been very passionate about speaking and sharing on different topics that currently affect our community and making our world a better place.
About Cristina Alfaro
Dr. Cristina Alfaro has been appointed Interim Associate Vice President for Global Affairs by SDSU Provost and Senior Vice President Dr. Hector Ochoa.
Links:
https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/education/dle/bilingual_credential.aspx
http://www.isc.sdsu.edu/student_affairs/isc/
https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/oip/
https://education.sdsu.edu/departments/dle
https://education.sdsu.edu/ceber