Teaching Language Acquisition Through English & Storytelling Session Added to MECA
California State University, Northridge Department of Elementary Education Asst. Prof. Dr. Shartriya Collier-Stewart will speak on “T.A.L.E.S: Using Storytelling and the Arts to Scaffold the Language Development of Bilingual Students and Their Families” on Sunday, August 20th at 9:15 am.
This presentation examines the development of an eight-week intergenerational family literacy program-Teaching the Acquisition of Language Through English and Storytelling-(T.A.L.E.S). Through the use of the arts and storytelling, families were able to cultivate their bilingual voices and celebrate their multicultural identities. This presentation provides hands-on strategies for using storytelling to scaffold the literacy development of bilingual/ESL students and their families.
Dr. Shartriya Collier-Stewart came to California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 2005. She has been an educator for over 15 years. Ms. Collier has taught a variety of grades ranging from teaching first grade in Honduras, Central America to teaching creative writing to high school students in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. in Spanish from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Shartriya received her Master’s degree in Bilingual/Bicultural Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She completed her doctorate in Language Education with an emphasis in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her research interests include immigrant women entrepreneurs and language use, biliteracy development, immigrant family literacy, and the writing workshop in ELL classrooms.