FREE UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL ESL SEMINARS AT UC BERKELEY IN SEPTEMBER

FREE UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL ESL SEMINARS AT UC BERKELEY IN SEPTEMBER

In case a lengthy four year degree in ESL is not an option due to expenses or time availability, there is no reason not to take advantage of some of the free seminars that the University of California (CAL) is offering in order to increase your awareness and prowess in this in continually increasing and much in demand field of education. 

Learn more and see what some of the leading experts in language theory have to say about language acquisition and brain integration in this upcoming series of free seminars with some of the leading experts and academics recognized in this area today. The check out Paradise TEFL's multiple options to gain your certification and begin working in a TEFL/TESOL position in only four weeks instead. 

We at Paradise TEFL  (a fully accredited and globally recognized TEFL program) strive for our students  to learn conversational English with the latest proven strategies and methods, but share up to date pedagogy and strategies as part of our teachers career development through the latest teaching paradigms. Graduates with these additional certifications have the advantage of substantially increasing their marketability and employment status. This is a limited offer available only at the TEFL Chiang Mai location. Improve your chances of getting a good job with a higher level of pay by enrolling today!

 

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Language as Cultural Heritage: Loss and Revival

 

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

370 Dwinelle Hall

 

Free and open to everyone on a first-come, first seated basis.

 

This panel will interest anyone who is losing fluency in his or her native

language, or anyone who cares about endangered languages.

 

Moderator: Leanne Hinton (Linguistics, UC Berkeley)
Andrew Garrett (Linguistics, UC Berkeley)
Nakia Zavalla (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians)
Ana Celia Zentella (Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego)

 

 

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New Media, New Words, New Worlds

 

Thursday, September 8, 2011

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

315 Wheeler Hall

 

Free and open to everyone on a first-come, first seated basis.

 

If you like slam poetry, or any literature that crosses linguistic boundaries, 

this panel is for you.

 

Moderator: David Bates, UC Berkeley Department of Rhetoric and the 

                                             Berkeley Center for New Media

Gabriel Cortez, UC Berkeley student and slam poet
Abigail DeKosnik, UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and 

                                 Performance Studies, and the Berkeley Center for New Media
Lyn Hejinian, UC Berkeley Department of English

 

 

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Keynote event: Dreaming in Different Tongues: Languages and the Way We Think

 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

7:30 p.m.

Wheeler Auditorium

 

Free and open to everyone on a first-come, first seated basis.