CABE 2015

This seminar is designed to help educators develop new paradigms for educating students for whom Standard English is not native. Participants will become knowledgeable about issues of language variation and learning in African American, Mexican American, and other Standard English Learner (SEL) populations, reflect on beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions that impact academic performance, and build new schemas for addressing SEL’s language acquisition and learning needs. The Seminar will highlight culturally and linguistically responsive instructional methodologies as “best practices” that build on the language, learning styles, and experiences of Standard English Learners (SELs) and serve as powerful pedagogy for eliminating disparities in educational outcomes for traditionally low performing SEL students.