Jordi Solsona-Puig, CSUSB assistant professor of education, advocated for dual language immersion programs during his keynote presentation when the Riverside County Office of Education hosted its Dual Language Consortium. Also, CSUSB is also hosting its second Dual Immersion Symposium, “Equity in Translanguaging,” on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9.
The James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education at Cal State San Bernardino, in partnership with San Bernardino Valley College, applied – and received – $500,000 funding for the Integrated Bilingual Authorization Program grant from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Interest in Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs has been growing in the last two decades as a high-quality bilingual education response for all students, but especially for English learners.
The main goal of the collaboration between assistant professor Jordi Solsona-Puig’s class and the xREAL Lab was to integrate technology in the lesson planning, specifically the resources found through 3D and augmented reality (AR) from an equitable approach to designing learning experiences.