Bilingual Education Resource Center

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(BERC)

Mission/Purpose Statement:

The Bilingual Education Resource Center (BERC) will provide project participants with a centralized base from which they can augment their learning. Pre-service and in-service content area teachers alike will benefit form having accessible information, documentation, resources and university faculty housed within the Bilingual Education Resource Center. The BERC will arrange and advise current and former participants of upcoming staff development opportunities, conferences, beneficial web sites, library resources, check-out material, etc. 

BECA Resources:

Through the BECA grant, Bilingual/ESL educational resources and other related materials are available for viewing and check-out:

	books
	periodicals
	reference materials

Spring 2002 course outlines

EDBL 5337: Teaching Strategies for ESL & Content Area Teachers of LEP Students

EDBL 5338: Methods of Teaching ESL to Pre K-12 Students

 

Proposed Syllabi

	EDBL 3334: Dual Language and Cognitive Development in Bilingual Program
	EDBL 3337: Content Area Development for English-as-a-Second-Language Populations
	EDBL 5334: First & Second Language Acquisition Issues in Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language: graduate level
	EDBL 5336: Instructional & Management Issues in Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language
	EDBL 5337: Teaching Strategies for ESL & Content-Area Teachers of Limited English Proficient Students: graduate level
	EDBL 5338: Methods of Teaching ESL to Pre K-12 Students

educational/teaching materials

The University of Texas Press (publications)

resource guides

	NABE 2001 Conference Program
	BECA Grant Proposal Narrative

 

Related websites:

Other information on Bilingual/ESL education can be found at the following websites:

	CATESOL: California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
	Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for children and adolescents/Centro para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles en español
	Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
	Cutting Edge CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) Demos
	Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web
	James Crawford's Language Policy Web Site and Emporium
	EFL Web
	Intercultural Development Research Association
	Latin World and Latin American Internet Resources
	Linguistic Minority Research Institute
	National Association for Bilingual Education
	National Clearinghouse of Bilingual Education
	OBEMLA (Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Affairs)
	TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Language, Inc.)
	Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE)
	League of United American Citizens
	Education Week: Bilingual Education

 

 

 

Texas Tech University Faculty & Personnel: 

(TTU Bilingual/ESL Education)

 

George Thatcher, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Room 320

Phone: (806) 742- 1997 x 278
Fax: (806) 742- 2179
E-mail: george.thatcher@ttu.edu

 

Title VII Doctoral Fellows:

 

Rachel Juarez                Wayne Langehennig                   Shelly Wright        

torrez_r@utpb.edu            dolangeh@.ttu.edu                   

 

 

Professional Development Opportunities:

	Texas Tech University faculty positions
	Professional Development for pre-service and in-service teachers: TBA BERC/CPEDform.pdf (Continuing Education Professional Development)

 

 

 

 

For more information...

 

Bilingual Education Resource Center

Room 318/Education/Administration Building

Texas Tech University 

College of Education 

P.O. Box 41071 

Lubbock, TX 79409 

ph. #: (806) 742-1997 ext. 292 

FAX #: (806) 742-2179

BERC@ttu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

                                          

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