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Chief Sealth International HS students visit UW

A group of Spanish/English bilingual students from Chief Sealth International High School visited UW on May 27, 2022. The visit, which included several academic events, was organized by CMTRL, as part of its mission to promote the teaching, learning, and use of heritage and minority languages in our state. After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we were extremely happy to receive this group of multilingual students and their teacher in our campus.

The day started with a campus tour organized and led by Melisa Miralles (College of Education and Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department), David Cruz (Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department) and Ben Grewe (Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department).

H.S. students on campus tour
Group photo by Drumheller Fountain

In the morning, Chief Sealth students met with Prof. Angélica Amezcua, the director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program at UW, Prof. Eduardo Viana da Silva, the director of the Portuguese Language Program at UW, and two students from the Spanish heritage language program, Belén Sepulveda and Jocelyn Castillo Santacruz.

Prof. Angélica Amezcua talks with the students
Belen and Jocelyn give a presentation

In the afternoon, students had an opportunity to put their Spanish skills into use to interview our guests Teresa Luengo Cid and Lluvia Ellison-Morales. Teresa Luengo talked with the students about her work with the Latinx community at the King County Library system, and her writing projects and involvement with Seattle Escribe. Lluvia Ellison-Morales shared her experience working at King County Metro, where she leads the design and implementation of engagement strategies that involve community in decision making for capital projects.

Teresa Luengo Cid talks with the students
Lluvia Ellison-Morales is interviewed by the students
Lluvia Ellison-Morales talks with the students
Lluvia Ellison-Morales during the interview

The whole-day event was designed and coordinated by the CMTRL members Prof. Ana Fernández Dobao and Prof. Angélica Amezcua (Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department), with the collaboration and support of Dr. Russell Hugo (Language Learning Center) and Dr. Michele Anciaux-Aoki.

CMTRL thanks the Center for Global Studies, the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department, and Seattle Public Schools, sponsors of the event.

(Publication) CELIN Briefs on Chinese Language Learning and Teaching
Bilingual and Biliteracy Development in English and Chinese in Early Childhood to Early Grades

by Chan Lü (Associate Professor, University of Washington) & Shuhan C. Wang (Project Director, CELIN@Asia Society)

Executive Summary Full Text CELIN Briefs