Experts Directory: Education: English as a Second Language
Sandra B. Chong
Department of Elementary Education
work: (818) 677-2533
email: sandra.b.chong@csun.edu
Also speaks: Korean
- Literacy instruction in elementary school grades K–8
- English-as-a-second-language instruction and methods for K–16 and SDAIE
- Bilingual (Korean/English) instruction and methods for K–8
- Classroom management
- Credential and master’s program advisement
- Supervision of student teachers
- Home literacy practices and second language acquisition
Irene C. Cota
Department of Elementary Education
work: (818) 677-7893
email: irene.cota@csun.edu
- Bilingual/multicultural education
- Parent education
- Student teachers
Beth Lasky
Department of Special Education
work: (818) 677-2725
email: beth.lasky@csun.edu
- Delivering good instruction from kindergarten to adult education
- Diversity in education
- Inclusion of students with disabilities in schools, including colleges and universities
- Instructing students with disabilities
- Second-language learners
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David L. Moguel
Department of Secondary Education
work: (818) 677-4010
email: david.l.moguel@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Teacher education
- Bilingual education and education of immigrant students
- Latino/Hispanic population history, culture and education
- Service learning
Theresa Montaño
Department of Chicana/o Studies
work: (818) 677-6801
email: theresa.montano@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Public education
- Teachers’ unions
- Privatization of public education
- Education in Los Angeles
- Bilingual education/duel immersion
- California politics
- Chicana/o studies
Learn more about Theresa Montaño:
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Rachel Friedman Narr
Department of Special Education
work: (818)677-4007
email: rachel.narr@csun.edu
Also speaks: American Sign Language
- Education of the deaf and hard of hearing
- Communication strategies for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
- Bilingual language acquisition
- American Sign Language and (spoken or print) English
- Teacher preparation
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Ana Sánchez-Muñoz
Department of Chicana/o Studies
work: (818) 677-2734
email: ana.sanchezmunoz@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Language variation and change
- Sociolinguistics
- Bilingualism and situations of language contact, especially Spanish in the United States
- Language acquisition, specifically in teaching Spanish as a heritage language
- How schooling in English contributes to the loss/attrition of a heritage language
- Author: “Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: A Study of Speakers’ Register Variation”
- Co-author: “Learning English/Learning America: Latino and Asian American Voices”
Learn more about Ana Sánchez-Muñoz:
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