MD TESOL welcomes you to our
44th Annual Conference
where you will
share your funds of knowledge to foster
community, action, and agency!
Hosted by: Towson University
on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Keynote Speach by Dr. Heather Linville
"Advocating for Multilingual Learners:
Where We've Been and Where We Are Going"
In her keynote presentation, Dr. Heather Linville will first highlight the several advances we have made in multilingual learner (ML) education due to advocacy efforts over the past few decades. Tracing historical and current approaches to advocacy, she will then explain the multiple ways teachers are and can be advocates for MLs. She will finally focus on the work that remains to be done, highlighting how we can and should work with other groups that are fighting for linguistic diversity and linguistic justice.
Heather A. Linville, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Her research interests include teacher advocacy multilingual learners, digital storytelling, and translanguaging. Heather has taught around the world, including Indonesia, Mexico, and Panama. Her most recent publication, with Polina Vinogradova, is the book Digital Storytelling as Translanguaging: A Practical Guide for Language Educators (Routledge, 2024). She also edited Advocacy in English Language Teaching and Learning (Routledge, 2019) and wrote Advocating for English Learners—Zip Guide (TESOL Press) with James Whiting. Heather is also President of her local TESOL affiliate, WITESOL.
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Our invited guest speakers include: Dr. Gilda Martinez-Alba & Dr. Javier Luis Pentón Herrera (virtual only), Dr. Polina Vinogradova, Dr. Luciana de Oliveira, Dr. Christa de Kleine, and Dr. Debra Suarez
Dr. Luciana de Oliveira
