Institute: Multilingualism as Stance: Exploring Language through Translingual Picturebooks

Name: Institute: Multilingualism as Stance: Exploring Language through Translingual Picturebooks
Start: 2026-06-04T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-05T16:00:00-07:00
Location: University of Arizona College of Education

Schedule

Thu, 04 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 am to Fri, 05 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

University of Arizona College of Education | Tucson, AZ

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
Join Regents Professor Kathy G. Short, Dr. Dorea Kleker, and Narges Zandi at the University of Arizona for a workshop exploring books and hands-on experiences that invite students to immerse themselves in an appreciation and awareness of the multiple languages in their lives and world. This workshop is based on multilingualism as a resource, not a problem, and on developing strategies for interacting with familiar and unfamiliar languages. Participants will explore new picturebooks, interact with children's authors/illustrators to talk about their global books, and leave with their picturebooks, booklists, and other materials.
The workshop is framed around translanguaging — the natural process of flexibly using one's entire linguistic repertoire to make meaning. Translingual picturebooks are written in English but weave another language into the story, often through dialogue between multilingual family and community members, and they now span a wide range of world languages beyond just Spanish and English. The focus is not on learning a language but on learning about language diversity and coming to view multilingualism as a stance on the world. There will be time to browse books, discuss, and participate in multilingual engagements. 🌍
Cost: $40 (includes lunch, materials, and a PD certificate for 14 hours)
Registration is limited to 35 people and closes on May 25..
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://cercll.arizona.edu/wowpd26/