At the fourth Austin Bilingüe meeting held on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 we had the pleasure of welcoming Monica Defosse (yours truly’s sister! – she is the first person from the right in the picture). Monica is an accomplished dual immersion school teacher and academic coordinator for the renown Colegio Humane in Leon, Mexico. Monica’s presentation consisted of an interactive session amongst the audience which followed the Accelerated Learning methodology. The session covered the basics of Dual Language education, the differences between it and traditional bilingual education, and a survey of the many benefits that dual language education can have on children and on the community. Attendees participated in the session by working as teams to develop posters that represented the participants understanding of the topics covered during the session as well as their own feelings and interpretations on the subject of dual language education.
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