A Dual Language Success Story (Episode #42 from America the Bilingual)

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NC: A Dual Language Success Story

(Episode #42 from America the Bilingual)

 

America The Bilingual

America the Bilingual has just released Episode #42 North Carolina: A Dual-Language Success Story! This podcast showcases the success North Carolina has experienced with dual language/immersion (DL/I) programs and highlights the co-valedictorians who were part of the first kindergarten DL/I class in Chatham County Schools at Siler City Elementary in 2004-2005. The podcast also includes educators discussing the importance of language education.

 

Episode #42 is currently on the landing page for all America the Bilingual episodes at http://www.americathebilingual.com/episodes/or can be accessed directly at http://www.americathebilingual.com/42-north-carolina-a-dual-language-success-story.

 

Chatham

 

The voices from North Carolina include:

  • Jonathan Aguilar, 2018 co-valedictorian at Jordan-Matthews High School (Chatham County Schools)
  • Ivanna Mann Thrower Anderson, NCDPI ESL/Title III Consultant
  • Helga Fasciano, NCDPI Special Assistant for Global Education (retired)
  • Olivia Gregson, 2018 co-valedictorian at Jordan-Matthews High School (Chatham County Schools)
  • Ann Marie Gunter, NCDPI World Languages Consultant
  • Mary Lynn Redmond, Wake Forest University Professor Emerita & ACTFL Past President
  • Ken Stewart, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Spanish Teacher (retired) & ACTFL 2006 National Teacher of the Year

 

For more information about North Carolina’s DL/I programs, see the NC DL/I website at bit.ly/NCDLIsite