Your Languages Are Your Superpower

About this episode

Dr Agnes Bodis interviews Cindy Valdez about the importance of inclusion and leadership in education for multilingual learners.

In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Cindy Valdez, an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) specialist, and Founder & CEO of Teach To Learn, an international education exchange program. Cindy is passionate about inclusion, helping other educators develop leadership in EAL/D and cater for the academic and wellbeing needs of multilingual learners, including students from refugee backgrounds. She is an author of professional publications, served as President of the Association for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ATESOL) NSW and is Member of the Board of Directors of Primary English Teaching Association of Australia known as PETAA. For additional resources, show notes, and transcripts, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dr Agnes Bodis

Guest: Cindy Valdez

Topics covered

• EAL/D
• multilingual learners
• inclusion
• education
• leadership
• refugee backgrounds

Keywords

• EAL/D
• multilingual education
• inclusion
• Cindy Valdez
• Teach To Learn
• ATESOL
• refugee education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Teach To Learn, Association for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ATESOL) NSW, Primary English Teaching Association of Australia

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