ForwardedFrom: <b class="gmail_sendername">Anita Pandey</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:languagebuildingblocks@gmail.com">languagebuildingblocks@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:27 PM<br>
<br>*Language Building Blocks*: New TCP Bk. on Common Core & More<br><br><br>Forwarded message:<br>
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My colleague and friend, Rakesh Bhatt suggested that I contact you to<br>
ask if you would please share the attached press release with the<br>
LgPolicy list you moderate. *Language Building Blocks* was officially<br>
released from Teachers College Press on Friday!<br>
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It's available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and<br>
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<a href="http://store.tcpress.com/0807753556.shtml" target="_blank">http://store.tcpress.com/0807753556.shtml</a><br>
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My hope is that families, teachers, and school administrators will<br>
recognize the value of language/linguistics. I would value linguists'<br>
feedback. This book was inspired by a grant from the U.S. Dept. of<br>
Health and Human Services). I would be delighted to present at<br>
colloquia or professional development meetings.<br>
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Faculty can preview *Language Building Blocks* before adopting it for a course.<br>
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The free companion Resource Guide includes experts' voices from the US<br>
and Canada and is available Online at<br>
<a href="http://store.tcpress.com/0807753556.shtml" target="_blank">http://store.tcpress.com/0807753556.shtml</a> under "Supplementals." A<br>
sample chapter is also available for download (to the left of this<br>
tab).<br>
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*Language Building Blocks* emphasizes the centrality of<br>
language--specifically phonemic awareness, vocabulary development, and<br>
interaction through guided play and other scaffolding-based<br>
activities. When I share with area teachers how it wasn’t until age 7<br>
that I was introduced to reading in Africa, most teachers are shocked.<br>
Indeed, valuable lessons could be learned from other approaches and<br>
models to early childhood education. Young children must first<br>
acquire the necessary language and linguistic skills they need to be<br>
formally educated and to process content and make sense of instruction<br>
(i.e., to interact with what they hear, see, and/or experience at school).<br>
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Language Building Blocks also reiterates our linguistic debt to Africa<br>
and other continents and languages, and reminds us of our<br>
responsibility to underprivileged children, many of whom speak<br>
stigmatized dialects and languages. It outlines how best to empower<br>
and engage children and families from underrepresented communities.<br>
As demonstrated, language is our multipurpose GPS—a roadmap of our<br>
cultural and geographic origins, climate change, mathematical<br>
orientations, and global influences (e.g., in the form of<br>
Englishization). It is, as you will undoubtedly agree, the most<br>
accurate non-biological DNA of our history, identity, migration, and<br>
world view.<br>
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<a href="http://languagebuildingblocks.com" target="_blank">languagebuildingblocks.com</a> will also be up shortly and will feature<br>
hands-on activities, rubrics and a list of further readings tied to<br>
each chapter. Here is a link to a video clip that lists highlights:<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Vfy0CEFtE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Vfy0CEFtE</a><br>
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I look forward to hearing from you. Danke.<br>
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Warmest,<br>
Anita Pandey<br>
<a href="tel:443-885-1752" value="+14438851752">443-885-1752</a><br>
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P.S. I'll be happy to e-mail interested individuals a free copy of my<br>
first book, *The Child Language Teacher* (from CIIL, Mysore).<br>
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Selected Book Talks & Workshops: Fall 2012<br>
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Oct. 17: Y of Central Maryland, 6-9 p.m., Campfield Headstart Center, Baltimore<br>
Oct. 19: St. Vincent Headstart PD Day (all seven sites)<br>
Oct. 25: ABC Conference, Honolulu<br>
Oct. 27: Olivet Nazarene University<br>
Nov. 3: MD TESOL, Essex Community College (10-11a.m.)<br>
Nov. 7: *Language Building Blocks* launch fiesta, La Cosecha Dual<br>
Language Conference, November 7, Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>
Nov. 9: MMLA, Cincinnati<br>
Nov. 14, NABSE, Nashville<br>
Nov. 23: Randallstown Community Center, Randallstown, MD (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)<br>
Nov. 28: Morgan State University, 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m. Univ. Center<br>
Dec. 5: Prince Georges Cty. Public Schools ESL Professional Development Day<br>
Dec 7: Delaware Department of Education, 401 Federal St., Dover<br>
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2013:<br>
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Jan. 22: St. Vincent Head Start<br>
Feb. 7 : Featured presentation with Dr. Eugene Garcia, NABE 2013<br>
March 12: Howard County Public Library, Miller Branch, Ellicott City,<br>
MD (7-8:30p.m.)<br>
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Author's Bio:<br>
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Anita Pandey earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois at<br>
Urbana-Champaign and holds two M.A. degrees (the first in TESOL). She<br>
is full professor and Coordinator of Professional Writing at Morgan<br>
State University. Over the past 23 years, she has taught courses in<br>
linguistics, professional development, and ESL). She is co-presenting<br>
a plenary at the 2013 NABE Convention.<br>
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Born and raised in a bilingual home in Africa, she developed an<br>
interest in language(s) early on. She picked up Hindi/Urdu, English,<br>
Yoruba, Hausa, and Nigerian Pidgin in her childhood, and learned<br>
French and Spanish as a teenager--primarily from children.<br>
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In 2000, she was lead ontologist for two companies in Silicon Valley,<br>
California. This laid the groundwork for her work in professional<br>
communication. She was a featured speaker at the 22nd Penn State<br>
Conference on Translingual Writing and at the 2012 Intercultural<br>
Communication Conference (<a href="http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/icic/" target="_blank">liberalarts.iupui.edu/icic/</a><br>
conference/2012_conference). She is co-presenting a plenary at the<br>
2013 NABE Convention and at the 2013 NM Dual Language Conference and<br>
is also a speaker at the La Cosecha Dual Language Conference in<br>
November 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her research interests include<br>
intercultural communication and dual language and literacy<br>
development.<br>
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During her childhood years, her family was constantly on the move, so<br>
she was forced to skip grades 5 through 8 because English-medium<br>
schools were not as accessible. After being home-schooled for a brief<br>
period, she entered high school at age 9 and successfully passed the<br>
regional West African Examination Council’s exit exam (like the SAT)<br>
at 13. She gained admission into a two-year College of Arts and<br>
Sciences the following year, and completed her Bachelor’s by age 19.<br>
She earned a B.A. (Hons.) with a 1st Class distinction in linguistics<br>
from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and taught at the College of<br>
Education, Azare (Nigeria) before pursuing graduate studies.<br>
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Dr. Pandey was the PI for the largest grant awarded to MSU by the<br>
Department of Health and Human Services (~$318K for YR 1) for a<br>
linguistically enhanced program for ECE professionals. She has<br>
presented at multiple venues, including the NAEYC, Head Start's<br>
National Research Conference, ACEI, TESOL, AAAL, the International<br>
Society for Language Studies, International Conference on World<br>
Englishes, and NCTE. She is on the Research Committee of ACEI and<br>
volunteers for <a href="http://www.unforgotten.org" target="_blank">www.unforgotten.org</a>.<br>
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Anita Pandey’s research has appeared in international journals like<br>
Childhood Education, TESOL Quarterly, Critical Inquiry in Language<br>
Studies, Africa Today, Business Communication Quarterly, and Knowledge<br>
Management. She guest-edited the millennium issue of World Englishes<br>
(London: Blackwell). Her book, *The Child Language Teacher:<br>
Intergenerational Language and Literary Enhancement* (from CIIL)<br>
proposes a fresh approach to community-wide language and literacy.<br>
Contact her for a copy. She is associate editor of the Journal of<br>
English as an International Language, and guest editor of the 2011 and<br>
2012 issues of the International Journal of Communication. She is<br>
also on the Advisory Board of 4 international journals. Her latest<br>
book is titled Language Building Blocks: Essential Linguistics for<br>
Early Childhood Educators (TCP: Columbia Univ.). She has two<br>
daughters (Sahara/Helper, aged 6 and Sarika/Singing Bird, 8) who<br>
inspire her to be a better teacher and parent. She can be reached at<br>
<a href="mailto:languagebuildingblocks@gmail.com">languagebuildingblocks@gmail.com</a> and <a href="tel:443-885-1752" value="+14438851752">443-885-1752</a>.<br>
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*Language Building Blocks* is available through several bookstores, including:<br>
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<a href="http://store.tcpress.com/0807753556.shtml" target="_blank">http://store.tcpress.com/0807753556.shtml</a><br>
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