Born and raised in Cordoba, Spain, Eduardo has always felt a vocation to communicate and share knowledge, bridging people of different backgrounds, expertise and cultures. After completing his Licenciatura in English Philology in Spain, he went on to teach foreign languages in the private and public sectors for adults and school-age students, in the United Kingdom and Spain. In 2005, he moved to the Oakland, CA to teach in a bilingual elementary setting, which allowed him to get actively involved in issues of language and educational equity. In 2008, he became and English Learner Network Coach, supporting more than 15 schools in their implementation of EL-support strategies and programs, with a focus on bilingual education. In 2010 he completed his Master of Arts in Education with administrative credential at UC Berkeley, and went on to become the principal at International Community School, in Oakland’s Fruitvale District. In 2012, Eduardo left this position to deepen his knowledge and potential as a Doctoral Student and Research Assistant with Professor Kenji Hakuta, at Stanford University. Since then, he has been involved in projects related to EL instruction and intercultural communication and interpreting.
The understanding between citizen and the sustainability/promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity are the most challenging aspirations of European policies. Intercomprehension can contribute to both as a plurilingual communicative practice, since it proposes mutual comprehension/intercommunication between allophone subjects instead of either accommodating to a language or resourcing to a lingua franca. In addition, it… Read more April 24: Prof. Encarnacion Carrasco Perea on Diversity, equity, quality: Intercomprehension, a shared value
LEEP Conference: Prof. Jana Echevarría Wednesday April 1, 12pm CERAS 101 Lessons Learned: Reflections On the Creation of An Instructional Model Over the past 20 years, the SIOP Model, an empirically validated instructional model for English learners, has been implemented in school districts across the U.S. and in other countries. This presentation will focus… Read more April 1, 2015: Prof. Jana Echevarría - Lessons Learned: Reflections On the Creation of An Instructional Model
Title: Academic Achievement and Language Development in Early Total Mandarin Immersion Presenter: Tara Williams Fortune Abstract Language immersion education has proven itself to be highly effective in developing high levels of proficiency in a first and second language and supporting academic achievement in English. However, little is known about program effectiveness when the… Read more January 12, 2015: Dr. Tara Fortune, Academic Achievement and Language Development in Early Total Mandarin Immersion
