Rowan University ESL, Bilingual, & World Language Education

Check out the work of interfaithrise.org! #interfaithrise You may want to contribute.

Here are all of the events this week: sites.rowan.edu/internationa...

The International Center is sponsoring *International Education Week* –
Check out this Spanish/English Conversation Partners event!

Congratulations to Dr. Linares! She won the 2025 English Journal Edwin M. Hopkins Award! Dr. Linares received this award for her research article "Resisting Monoglossic Ideologies: Translanguaging as the (He)Art of Language Arts."
#RowanProud #RowanCED

Check out #Spanish #science videos w/ both English & Spanish subtitles: www.tpt.org/scigirls-en-... This could also be a tool for building empathy for English-dominant students/teachers as they experience hearing Spanish & reading English subtitles. Thx to Sophia (ESL CUGS) for this find!

Some of our @RowanCED ESL/Bilingual pre-service teachers experienced their 1st @NJEA convention! #njeaconvention #proudtobeateacher #RowanProud

Here's a paid opportunity for bilingual (Spanish/English) folks. Check it out!

Check it out! #FirstGenWeek

Illustrated Mathematics Dictionary Easy-to-understand definitions, with illustrations and links to further reading. Browse the definitions using the letters below, or use Search above.

Search alphabetically to check out these accessible math definitions at www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/... #mathisfun

Spring registration is right around the corner!
Tuesday, October 28: registration opens for all Graduate Students
Monday, November 24: registration opens for all non-matriculated students sites.rowan.edu/registrar/ #spring2026

Check it out! www.rowan.edu/arts/boxoffi... #mexicanamerican

Windows, Mirrors and Migration: Tackling the Literacy Crisis and Building Empathy Through Literature A number of factors can lower immigrant family engagement in their student's success. This webinar will go over strategies to improve that.

📣Attention Teachers!
Join us for a FREE Webinar to explore strategies and tools that help ELA teachers bring migration, identity, and belonging into their classrooms.

📅 October 22, 2025
🕓 4:00-5:00 PM ET
🖥️ On Zoom

Click the link to sign up!

@leeandlow.bsky.social & The Immigrant Learning Center

Check out this #facultyspotlight on Dr. Kate Seltzer in the Rowan University College of Education! Read more here: education.rowan.edu/about-the-co... #boemember

Supplementing grade-level content with additional resources? Check out PBS "for teachers"! whyy.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/our... #civicsforkids

Rowan students celebrate linguistic diversity Coming together to celebrate linguistic diversity, hundreds of students gathered at the Chamberlain Student Center Pit to learn about the numerous forms of diversity and inclusion programs and clubs t...

#LinguaFest in the news! thewhitonline.com/83765/featur...

Assessing Biliteracy: Understanding Student Performance When Learning in Two Languages - edWeb Explore cutting-edge research on biliteracy development, drawing on findings from the Biliteracy Trajectories Project to reframe how we interpret student assessment data.

Check out this free webinar, "Assessing Biliteracy: Understanding Student Performance When Learning in Two Languages," offered on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT home.edweb.net/webinar/clrt... #Biliteracy

Today students in BLED 40412 had the opportunity to sample 月饼 & learn vocabulary for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. Check it out: www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese... #mooncake #handsonlearning

Student Conversation Partner Request Form for Fall 2025 Complete this form to request a student conversation partner at Rowan University. Contact Dr. Marilyn Manley, Chairperson of the Department of World Languages, with any questions (manley@rowan.edu).

Interested in developing your multilingualism? Sign up for a conversation partner: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... This is open to @RowanUniversity undergraduate & graduate students & a great opportunity for pre-/in-service teachers in @RowanCED!

The @RowanUniversity @RowanCED faculty members in our ESL, Bilingual, and World Language Education programs make a great team! It was a joy for us to talk with students about pursuing a career in language education at #LinguaFest today!

What a privilege to collaborate w/ @RowanUniversity's ELP (Ms. Probasco), Dept of World Languages (Dr. Manley), & Int'l Center! Our ESL, Bilingual, & World Language Education programs (Dr. Hoffman pictured here) represented @RowanCED well. The 1st Annual #LinguaFest was a success!

Today our ESL, Bilingual, & World Language Education programs in the College of Education participated in #LinguaFest, a celebration of languages and multilingualism at @rowanuniversity! It was moving to see so many attendees "Thank a teacher" who impacted them. What languages do you see?!

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In Linguistics & SLA, pre-service teachers created #soundwalls, adding IPA symbols, their names, & words from languages with a shared sound. Languages included Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, German, French, Italian, and Zapotec! #MultilingualSoundWalls #BridgingLanguages

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Building a diverse classroom or school library? Check out this tool for tracking your books: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Download the blank spreadsheet here: www.justiceleaderscollaborative.com/just-books-t... #DiverseBooks

In BLED 40412/40512, ESL/BE teachers explore how language evolves thru neologisms. Check out @washingtonpost.com contest winners: Take any word in the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing 1 letter, & write a new definition. www.washingtonpostsmensainvitational.com/2024-submiss...

How To Read Chinese Music — Victoria Boler Update: June 2020 This is a post I wrote while teaching music in Guangzhau, China. It is a narrative of how my friend, Emma, taught me to read music in Chinese notation. This is not meant to be a defi...

Teaching MLs in elective classes (i.e., "specials") can present unique opportunities & challenges. Recently, a NJ music teacher reached out about piano lab for a recently immigrated Chinese student. Ever wondered how to read Chinese sheet music? www.victoriaboler.com/blog/2015/11...

Do you have the #sealofbiliteracy? Check out this opportunity at Rowan! www.rowan.edu/ric-edelman-... #bilingualism #multilingualism

Educational Resources Welcome to Re-Imagining Migration’s comprehensive resource collection, featuring over 500 carefully curated materials designed to transform how schools and educators approach migration, inclusion…

As you begin a new school year, check out the resources at Re-imagining Migration! reimaginingmigration.org/resource-lib... #ResourceLibrary #belonging @reimagining.bsky.social