The Better Together California Teachers Summit is a free, statewide event for teachers that is held annually on nearly all California State University (CSU) campuses on the last Friday in July. The CSU served more than 10,000 teachers at the event, with CSU campuses providing the opportunity for K-12 educators to learn, share, and develop last-ing professional networks for advancing the teaching of the California State Standards. It is led by teachers, for teachers and this model recognizes the exper tise of outstanding classroom teachers as EdTalk and EdCamp leaders.

The National Resource Center

for Asian Languages

(NRCAL) led an EdCamp

break-out group at the Califor-

nia State University Fullerton

(CSUF). NRCAL is one out of

sixteen language resource

centers funded by U.S. Depart-

ment of Education.

Asian languages maps were

shown to emphasize the rele-

vancy of Asian languages in

the U.S.. The map on the

English language was the most

telling:

The yellow colors are areas

where less than 60% of the population spoke English.

NRCAL Highlight - California Teachers Summit at CSUF

Inside this issue:

NRCAL Highlight 1

Highlight & News 2

News 3

Tech Tip 4

Immersion Schools 4

Job Opening 4

August 2017—MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 8

NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER

For ASIAN LANGUAGES

(http://arcmap.mla.org/mla/default.aspx)

Page 2 NRCAL AUGUST NEWSLETTER

Link to NRCAL’s Vietnamese texts: https://goo.gl/xttDiy

NRCAL Highlight - California Teachers Summit (Ct’d)

Dr Tran presented NRCAL’s purpose, goals and partners. NRCAL also:

Conducts research on Dual Language immersion

Develops resources and teaching materials

Offers professional development sessions for K-12 dual immersion and world language teachers

In particular, Vietnamese texts were created for the center, with audio links, and this resource is free for all on NRCAL’s website.

Teachers who have participated in many of our professional development sessions then shared their learning experience. They were from the Garden Grove Unified, the Huntington Beach Union High, the Westminster, the Norwalk La-Mirada Unified School Districts, Citrus College, and CSUF.

Dr Jill Biden was the keynote speaker. In the morning EdTalk, Mayra Orozco, a Spanish immersion elementary school teacher addressed the topic of “Engaging Students Through Culturally Responsive Teaching.”

Dr. Fernando Rodríguez-Valls, another CSUF faculty, co-presented at this Teachers Summit on the importance of being multilingual and multicultural in the 21st century, focusing on ways to teach the Wor(l)ds with Critical and Bi-literate eyes.

Break-Out sessions’ topics were diverse: Equitable and Inclusive Instruction, Celebrating and Promoting Diversity, Meet-ing the Needs of English Language Learners, Building Civic Responsibility and Engagement, Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning, Networking to Enhance Your Teaching Practice, Supporting Quality Early Learning...

California English Learner Roadmap

The California State Board of Education adopted an English Learner Roadmap to help California’s more than 1,000 local school districts welcome, understand, and educate the diverse population of students who are learning English.

This Roadmap is the first new language policy adopted in nearly twenty years. It r emoves outdated barr ier s to bilingual and multilingual instruction, and will help schools meet updated state and federal education laws and requirements.

Demand for bilingual and multilingual instruction has been growing as proficiency in more than one language helps students compete for college admissions and jobs. High school seniors who demonstrate dual language skills can earn a gold “Seal of Biliteracy” on their diplomas. Cali-fornia was the first state in the nation to establish a state level Seal of Biliteracy. Since then, 27 states and Washington DC have joined in and established a statewide Seal of Biliteracy. In the Class of 2016 in California, more than 40,000 students earned the seal, four times the number at the beginning of the program, in 2010.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/sealofbiliteracy.asp

The English Learner Roadmap will also help California schools comply with the new federal Every Student Suc-ceeds Act (ESSA) and the state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). For updates on resources and guidance documents as they are developed: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/rm/

Reyna Perez is a Junior in Graphic Design at CSUF.

She is bilingual, sells her drawings on Instagram, has a

Graphic Design certificate and has volunteered her design

skills at OurTask.org

Dhaivat Dave is pursuing a Master ’s degree in Electrical

Engineering at CSUF, he was a computer lab assistant, has

volunteered at many CSUF events (ASI Spring concert,

Graduate Expo), is on the board of the Indian Student

Association at CSUF, and designed posters for his

Taekwondo club.

Welcome NRCAL’s new Student Assistants

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29th Vietnamese Teachers’ Professional Development by the Association of

the Vietnamese Language & Culture Schools of Southern California

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On July 29th and 30th, at the Coastal Community College in Garden Grove,

more than two hundred teachers of the Vietnamese language in community

schools, public schools, colleges and universities across the United States and

Canada gathered at this annual professional development event.

Participants came from Calgary, Toronto, Minnesota, and many other states in

the U.S. The lectures and workshops were delivered in English, in Vietnamese

or in both languages. Topics range from psychology, history, grammar, to using

technology, visual art, music, and many other means to enhance the teaching

and learning of the Vietnamese language.

Mrs. Trang Dai Glassy Tran Nguyen, a collaborator and partner with NRCAL,

presented on “teaching the Vietnamese language through the Montessori method.”

Dr Natalie Tran and Dr Fernando

Rodriguez-Valls presented on the

process to become a dual language

teacher for immersion programs in

Californian public schools.

Dr Tran Chan Tri of CSUF presented on learning

Vietnamese syntax through song lyrics.

Phone: (657) 278 - 4335

Email: nrcal@fullerton.edu

Check us out at

http://www.fullerton.edu/nrcal/

2600 Nutwood Ave. Suite 610 Fullerton, CA 92831

TECHNOLOGY TIP - Duolingo: A useful app to learn languages

ASIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS in CALIFORNIA (non exhaustive list)

Chinese: The Pasadena Unified School Distr ict offer s Mandar in immersion in 3 of its schools since 2008: Pantera Ele-

mentary, Sierra Madre Middle School, and Pasadena High School. https://www.pusd.us/Domain/1288. The Los Angeles Uni-

fied School District has Mandarin immersion programs in 3 of its schools: Bradock Drive and Broadway Elementary, and

Mark Twain Middle School. The Orange Unified School District’s Fletcher Elementary has a Mandarin immersion program.

Vietnamese: The Garden Grove Unified School Distr ict will offer a dual language program in Vietnamese in the fall to

transitional kindergarten students at Murdy Elementary School. http://murdy.ggusd.us/. DeMille Elementary school contin-

ues its immersion program. http://demille.wsdk8.us/

Japanese: Verdugo Woodlands Elementary in Glendale, CA, has been offer ing Japanese immersion program since

2010. https://www.verdugowoodlands.org/Page/1. Culver City Unified’s El Marino Elementary offers Japanese dual language.

Korean: The Los Angeles Unified Distr ict has Korean immersion programs at 8 of its schools: Cahuenga, Denker Ave,

Third Street, Wilton Place and Lilienthal Elementary schools, Berendo and Burroughs Middle Schools, and Fairfax High

School.

JOB for CSUF students

National Resource Center for Asian Languages

National Resource Center

for Asian Languages

Bilingual/Bi-literate students in Chinese and Korean

What: Telephone questionnaire and Focus group

Where: Social Science Research Center at California State Fullerton - http://hss.fullerton.edu/ssrc/careers/

index.aspx

Starting Date: Immediate

NRCAL STAFF:

Director: Dr. Natalie Tran

Assistant Director: Dr. Bang Lang

Do

Student Assistants: Mi Hoang

Ngan Nguyen

Phuong Nguyen

Reyna Perez

Dhaivat Dave

The National Resource Center for Asian Languages (NRCAL) was designed to improve the

nation’s capacity for the teaching and learning of Asian languages including Vietnamese,

Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. NRCAL’s main focus is to improve the teaching, learning,

and research of Asian languages in the United States by drawing on the expertise of Asian

language scholars, educators, and community stakeholders.

Training students to be bilingual not only enhances their cognition, employment opportuni-

ties, and cultural competency, but also improves national business development, innovation,

and security. Our goals are achievable through collaboration with K-12 school districts and

community-based organizations.

Its game-like features are addicting. A teacher’s dashboard has progress tracking. Kids view photos to learn

terms, translate sentences, and type in phrases that a narrator reads aloud. If they make a mistake, they’ll see

the correct answer, and their responses help the system customize future lessons. Kids can also opt out of

sections if they're familiar with the material.

Parents need to know that kids have to register to use the site, and they can use Google, Facebook or an email

address to do so. They can also friend other users by clicking on any posts they've made to the site forum to

access their profile. Supervision is necessary.