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Gerena, Linda
Professor
World Languages, Literatures, and Humanities
Phone: 718-262-2089
Office Location: AC-1D12A
Email: lgerena@york.cuny.edu
Dr. Gerena holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy/Bilingual Education, MA in TESOL, MA in Urban Bilingual Education. Her professional interests are Dual Immersion Bilingual Education, L1 Support, L2 Acquisition Theory & Pedagogy, Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), Content & Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), International Efforts to Improve Pedagogy in Language Teaching (Bologna 2018) & Effective Teaching Practices. Dr. Gerena began her career in NYC following the ASPIRA Consent Decree. For 40+ years she has been a bilingual advocate, language teacher, researcher, & teacher educator. In 2012, she received the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award to research bilingual education in Madrid, Spain. In 2013, as an EL Specialist, she provided PD for Bilingual & CLIL teachers in Spain. From 2009-2015, she researched literacy practices for secondary NYC ELLs in an NSF grant. In 2017-2018, Dr. Gerena conducted research in NYC DOE bilingual classes to support & improve pedagogy.
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Education
Degree | Institution | Field | Dates |
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PhD | San Diego State University and The Claremont Graduate University | Language and Cross Cultural Education; Bilingual Education; Educational Policy | 2002 |
MA | New York University, New York | Linguistics and TESOL K-12 | 1985 |
MA | California State University, Los Angeles | Bilingual/Urban Elementary Education | 1982 |
BA | Brooklyn College, City University of New York | Spanish Language and Literature | 1975 |
Areas of Expertise
- Dual Immersion/Two-Way Bilingual Education
- Second Language Acquisition
- English Language Learners (ELLs) 1-12
- L1 Maintenance and Support
- Spanish Language Development and Instruction
- Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
- NYS ENGAGE Common Core/BilingualStandards
- World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Standards for ELLs
- International Efforts to Improve Pedagogy: Bologna Process, 2018 European Higher Education Area (EHEA) Collaboration
- Bilingualism and Biliteracy
- Secondary ELL/F-ELL Instruction in Science and Math
- Content Literacy for ELL/F-ELLs
- Best Practices for ELLs in 1-12 Early, Emergent, and Content Area Literacy Instruction
- F-ELL Post Secondary Written Discourse