Paper Words recently showed at the California Assn for Bilingual Educators. Teachers loved it! Why? Because it captured the issues of an immigrant family trying to assimilate into a public school system without any multilingual resources. And the audience fell in love with the main character, Mei, a five-year old girl facing culture shock. This is made from the perspective of a family who wants the girl to succeed while retaining their first language at home.
Showing for free online:
WATCH PAPER WORDS ONLINE, part of GLOBAL VOICES
PBS SCREENINGS COMING UP:
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
KLCS
9:00 PM PDT
http://www.klcs.org/tvschedule.htm
Thursday, May 7, 2011
9:00 PM PDT
http://www.locatetv.com/listings/klcsdt ... 7-May-2011
to see an excerpt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tC59_fx7Co
For more detailed info: http://paperwordsanimation.com/index.ph ... &Itemid=28
ESL film for teachers on PBS May 3 & May 7th
Moderators: Dimitris, maneki neko2, Lorikeet, Enrico Palazzo, superpeach, cecil2, Mr. Kalgukshi2