[EDLING:379] Re: Proposal for New AERA SIG ELLs, Immigrants & Refugees

[Elana Shohamy]

Hi Nancy and others, i would be happy to join this important SIG, what a super
good idea. BUT i think the 'secondary school' is much too narrow, i never liked
the distinction between levels of schools, elementary, secondary... it should
be about education and people and not levels.... in the course i taught at
berkeley last semester about immigrants and refugees we had students of all
levels TOGETHER and it was most enriching!
E



Quoting Nancy Hornberger <nancyh at gse.upenn.edu>:

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>   FW: Proposal for New AERA SIG ELLs, Immigrants & Refugees
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> From: "Reyes, Reynaldo" <rreyes9 at utep.edu>
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> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:11:32 -0600
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> To: <bcahil at nmsu.edu>, <jodonnel at nmsu.edu>,
> <mariamm at nmsu.edu>, <nbaptist at nmsu.edu>,
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> Cc: Christian Faltis <cfaltis at asu.edu>, "Izquierdo,
> Elena" <ielena at utep.edu>
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> Conversation: Proposal for New AERA SIG ELLs, Immigrants &
> Refugees
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> Subject: Proposal for New AERA SIG ELLs, Immigrants &
> Refugees
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> Hello Friends and Colleagues:
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> We are sending this e-mail to ask for your support in the creation of a
> new Special Interest Group (SIG) with AERA.  The new SIG will be called
> “ELLs, Immigrants, and Refugees in Secondary Schools.” It’s
> purpose is
> to address and seek out specific knowledge dealing with the lives of
> adolescents from this particular student community (and even the
> sub-groups that fall within), which will provide researchers and
> educators who commit their professional and personal lives to these
> students a base where their voices may be illuminated and heard.  We,
> the organizers of this new SIG, believe that there is a call to create
> such a SIG because of the continued complexities and uniqueness
> associated with these student groups at the secondary level within the
> U.S. Beyond just language, this SIG will address issues of culture,
> psychological adjustments, peer issues and influences in acculturation
> and/or assimilation processes, teacher perceptions of and preparation
> for working effectively with such students groups, and the role(s) of
> politics in the lives of these students and their presence in our
> schools and communities, among others. *Note: A copy of the new SIG
> proposal is attached.  
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> *If you are a member of AERA (or will soon become one), and you are
> interested in joining this new SIG then do the following:
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> 1) reply to this e-mail by stating: “I currently am a member
> of AERA and I will join the proposed SIG should it come into
> existence.”  
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> 2) following this statement, please provide your full name,
> institutional affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and AERA
> member ID number.  
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> Furthermore, if you know of any friends and/or colleagues who are
> members of AERA and you think would be interested in joining this SIG,
> please forward this e-mail to them.  
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> If you are interested in joining this SIG, a response within 2 – 3 days
> would be greatly appreciated.  
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> Thank you for your time and support.
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> Sincerely,
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> Reynaldo Reyes III, Ph.D.                               
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> University of Texas at El Paso
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> Christian Faltis, Ph.D.              
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> Arizona State University
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> Elena Izquierdo, Ph.D.
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> University of Texas at El Paso
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Prof Elana Shohamy
School of Education
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel 69978
Co-Editor, Language Policy:
www.editorialmanager.com/lpol/default.asp?pg=login.asp



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