[Edling] Upcoming Webinar – Language Assessment Practices in Chinese Immersion Education (Dec. 14)

[Zhongfeng Tian via Edling]

Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to join us for an upcoming webinar titled “Language Assessment Practices in Chinese Immersion Education,” sponsored by CALPER (Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research) at Penn State. The session features Becky Huang (The Ohio State University) and Zhongfeng Tian (Rutgers University–Newark).
📅 Date: December 14
⏰ Time: 4:00–5:30 PM (US Eastern Time)
📍 Location: Zoom (free registration required)
This interactive webinar will:

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Introduce essential principles of language assessment for K–12 Chinese immersion teachers
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Demonstrate how these principles apply to real classroom scenarios
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Offer practical tools for building effective and sustainable assessment practices

🔗 Registration:
https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/CWhjYTfWS_mwghcWtpl_xA#/registration
Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues, educators, and anyone interested in Chinese immersion education and language assessment.
We hope to see you there!
Warmly,
Zhongfeng


Zhongfeng Tian (田中锋), Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bilingual Education

Department of Urban Education

Rutgers University–Newark

Past Chair, AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG<https://www.aera.net/SIG012/Who-We-Are>

Associate Editor, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism<https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rbeb20>

(Faculty Webpage<https://sasn.rutgers.edu/zhongfeng-tian-tianzhongfeng>; ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhongfeng-Tian>; Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qsrPjD0AAAAJ&hl=en>; LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%B8%AD%E9%94%8B-%E7%94%B0-031803b8/>; Scopus<https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218559453>)



New books:

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Asian Americans in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: The Long Overdue Voice<https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/asian-americans-in-bilingualism-and-bilingual-education/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-682d9e893bdec>
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Decolonizing Academic Writing Through Translingualism: Walking the Talk<https://www.routledge.com/Decolonizing-Academic-Writing-through-Translingualism-Walking-the-Talk/Christiansen-TianTianZhongFeng-Canagarajah/p/book/9781032764351>

New special issues:

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The Role of Teachers’ Language Ideologies and Identities in Shaping Translanguaging Practices in Multilingual Classrooms<https://jelipub.com/volume-3-issue-2/>
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Generative Artificial Intelligence in Second Language Writing<https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10X1P179M03>
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Reimagining Instruction and Assessment for Adolescent Emergent Multilinguals through Translanguaging<https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10DWDFZ9FTH>


New articles (all open access!):

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Conceptualizing the Transformativeness of Translanguaging: A Spectrum Perspective<https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.70011>
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Translanguaging for Equity and Justice in Assessment: A Systematic Review<https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15111567>
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Translanguaging in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Mandarin FLES Program<https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.70011>
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An Investigation of Parents’ Decisions to Enroll in Mandarin-English Dual Language Immersion Programs<https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2024.2433140>
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Principal Agency Fifty Years After the <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-024-09706-6> Lau<https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-024-09706-6> Decision: Building and Sustaining Bilingual Education Programs for Asian Languages<https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-024-09706-6>
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