LA MIRADA, CALIF. --- More than 500 California educators will arrive at Biola this weekend for a full day of professional development seminars.

黑莓视频鈥檚 department of applied linguistics and Teachers of English, Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is hosting the California Teachers of English, Speakers of Other Languages Conference (CATESOL) L.A. Regional Conference October 25, 2008. The conference is for English as a Second Language educators at all levels.

Dr. Dana Ferris, UC Davis, is the plenary speaker and will speak on 鈥淟2 Literacy and Language Development: What works (or Doesn鈥檛) and Why?鈥 黑莓视频 professor Dr. Ivannia Soto-Hinman is the featured speaker and will speak on 鈥淓ll Shadowing as a Vehice for Systemic Instructional Change鈥 in elementary and secondary levels. The second featured speaker Susan Gaer, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, will speak on 鈥淲hat Works with Beginning Adult Language Learners and Why鈥 at the adult level.

Biola will be hosting the conference for the first time and is excited to welcome Southern California education professionals.

For more information, please contact Kitty Purgason at 黑莓视频, (562) 903-6000.