NRCAL Highlight - Welcome Back to School, CSUF Faculty Affiliates!

Inside this issue:

NRCAL High- 1,2

News 3

Tech Tip 4

Community 4

SEPTEMBER 2017—MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9

NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER

For ASIAN LANGUAGES

There are at least 13 Faculty Affiliates at CSUF who support NRCAL’s mission. As presenters, consultants, curriculum

developers and participants, they enhanced our Professional Development sessions, World Language Day, Community

Round Table sessions, Immersion and Language Programs curriculum development,

and many more NRCAL projects.

Jack Liu

Modern Languages &

Literatures Department Loretta Donovan

Elementary and Bilingual

Education Department.

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Highlight- CSUF Faculty Affiliates (Ct’d)

Tim Green

Elementary and Bilingual

Education Department

Meiko Shimura

Modern Languages &

Literatures Department

Adrian Jung

Special Education Department

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News : DeMille Elementary Immersion program expands!

Bilingual Teacher Shortage in California

DeMille Elementary Viet/English Dual Language program welcomed 3 classes of Kindergarteners this year, 2017-18.

A survey of 111 school districts in California shows they provide bilingual programs

such as Dual Language Immersion (27%), World Languages (21%), Advanced Place-

ment Programs (21%), Native Speakers classes (13%), Transitional Bilingual Educa-

tion Programs (12%) and other programs. As seen from the graph on the left, 53% of

school districts reported a shortage.

While most districts (58%) have plans to expand bilingual education opportunities,

among these, 86% expect a teacher shortage.

The good news is that there are nearly 7,000 bilingual teachers, the majority of whom would be willing to teach in bilingual programs if they could have access to needed supports. Bilingual teachers need support to get caught up on the current research, pedagogy and best practices, opportunities to strengthen their second language, and additional compensation.

The report recommends that higher education teacher preparation programs expand

bilingual certification and credentialing opportunities, and that future bilingual teachers

are recruited from among the 126,000 students who earn the Seal of Biliteracy.

The types of support teachers need include:

professional development in biliteracy pedagogy and methods;

opportunities to strengthen their own target language skills;

bilingual materials;

paid coursework and tuition to obtain bilingual certification and opportunities to

attend conferences for their own continuing education;

coaching, collaboration and paid planning time;

training in cultural awareness and cultural proficiency, and support in working

with families.

This survey was developed by Californians Teachers Association (CTA), California

Federation of Teachers (CFT), Association of California School Administrators

(ACSA), and California Together.

Source: Californians Together Report, June 2017. “Unveiling California’s Growing Bilingual Teacher Short-

age

www.cta.org

www.cft.org

www.acsa.org

www.CaliforniansTogether.org

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TECHNOLOGY TIP - Mango - An encouraging app to learn languages

VIETNAMESE BOOKS for children

COMMUNITY EVENTS

National Resource Center for Asian Languages

Japanese: Dance: Sept 23,1pm-3pm, 8́13East 1st Street, L.A. https://goo.gl/UMJrvV Okinawan Identity Talk: Sept 9th, 6-8pm,

1964 W. 162nd Street, Gardena https://goo.gl/5425E4

Korean: Festival: Oct 10 3:30pm-Oct 13 9:00pm, McCumber Shopping Center, 5450 Beach Blvd. Parade on Oct 12, 2pm. Korean

pop star.s

Chinese: Moon Festival: Sept 23, noon-8pm Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego. Food, Lion dance, Korean drummers,

www.MoonFestivalSD.com

Vietnamese: “Lê ̃Vu Lan”- Ancestors’ Day, Sept 2nd or 3rd, at various Buddhist temples in Westminster, Santa Ana, Perris, For

more information: https://goo.gl/WLyg32

NRCAL STAFF:

Director: Dr. Natalie Tran

Assistant Director: Dr. Bang Lang Do

Student Assistants: 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.

This app is free but has upgrades for a fee. A narrator introduces each chapter's goal, reads sen-

tences aloud, and offers positive encouragement like, "Don't worry if the conversation seemed

difficult; we'll lead you through it, part by part."

Users are quizzed and can click an arrow to move to the next slide when they're ready. They can

choose to hear & see color-coded words. Chapter quiz includes questions from previous chapters.

Occasional cultural notes pop up to explain religion, common greetings, and other elements that

relate to slang and language, including notes about literal meaning versus perceived meaning.

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