Name: Breaking the English-Only Spell: Translanguaging as a Power Move in Monolingual Classrooms
Start: 2025-08-05T14:15:00-0600
End: 2025-08-05T15:15:00-0600

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Tuesday August 5, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm MDT

TBA

What if bilingual learners didn’t have to check their languages at the classroom door? In this provocative session, we challenge the English-only status quo by spotlighting translanguaging and cross-language connections as essential tools for equity, engagement, and deep learning. Discover how bilingual students can strategically draw on all their linguistic resources—even in rigid English-only contexts—to make meaning, access content, and build identity. Through real classroom examples and actionable strategies, we’ll reimagine instruction that doesn’t just allow but leverages multilingualism. It’s time to flip the script: bilingualism isn’t a barrier—it’s the superpower your classroom needs.

Speakers

Dr. Sue Hopewell

Past Director of Literacy Squared; Associate Professor Emeritus in Equity, Bilingualism, & Biliteracy, University of Colorado at Boulder

Dr. Sue Hopewell is Associate Professor Emeritus from the University of Colorado Boulder with a specialty in Equity Bilingualism and Biliteracy. She has been with Literacy Squared for 21 years, most recently serving as its director. All of Dr. Hopewell's work centers on effective... Read More →

Tuesday August 5, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm MDT
TBA

NTO, K-5th

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Teach to Reach 2025

Dr. Sue Hopewell

Teach to Reach 2025

Dr. Sue Hopewell

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