High School/Community College
English Language Learner/Basic Skills Colloquium

Friday, March 7, 2008
The Santa Monica College
ESL & English Departments,
through a Basic Skills Initiative grant, present

Keynote Speaker:  Mark Roberge

 

"Generation 1.5 students: Best Practices for Student Success"

 

 9:00 -  9:30

Coffee & Introductory Remarks
 

 9:30 - 10:30

Presentation on characteristics of 1.5/multilingual students
 

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:45

Presentation on strategies for working with 1.5/multilingual students
 

11:45 -  1:00

Networking Lunch

 1:00 -   2:00

Workshop:  Looking at Generation 1.5 student writing

 2:00

Evaluation & Closing Remarks