Prsentations for Educators of Emergent Bilinguals with Kathryn Carpenter, CUNY-NYSIEB Support team. Introduction to “Translanguaging in Curriculum and Instruction: A CUNY-NYSIEB Guide for Educators” by Sarah Hesson, Kate Seltzer, and Heather H. Woodley.
Linguistic Mediation explained to make it easier for teachers and students to understand what it is, how to make the most of it in their lessons and the difference between strategies and microskills.
Cross-linguistic Mediation Practice. A tourist and a guide carrying out an interaction and mediation task. The tourist needs help to understand a leaflet with a selection of restaurants so she can decide which place would suit her preferences best.
Intralinguistic Mediation Practice. A Spanish flatmate needs to open a bank account in an English-speaking country. She needs help to understand the information she has found on the Internet, so she asks her Scottish flatmate for help.
