Dr. Lilly Wong Fillmore Professor of Education Language and Literacy, Society and Culture University of Southern California at Berkeley

Areas of Specialty Processes by which children acquire English as a Second Language in public schools Language learning of minority children in American Schools

Educational / Professional Highlights 1972: Began studies of how children acquire English as a Second Language. 1974: Joined the faculty of University of California at Berkeley where she has been for almost thirty years. 1976: Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University

Research Longitudinal study for the past 25 years on how children acquire a second language over time Affects of instructional practices and classroom structure on language learning Academic progress of LEP children in English only and bilingual programs Asian and Latino children in elementary school programs in California

Recent Study Language resources of Alaskan Native Children along Yukon River See Article: “Lilly Wong Fillmore Breaks New Ground ”

Teaching Specializations Second Language Learning and Teaching Education of Language Minority Student Socialization of Children for Learning Across Cultures

Lilly Wong Fillmore speaks on: What Teachers Need to Know about Language School Reforms and English Language Learning: New Challenges for Bilingual Education Bilingual Education Research

Articles by Wong Fillmore 1.“Social Interaction, Social Context, and Language: essays in honor of Susan Ervin- Tripp” (1996) 2.“Learning a language from learners” (1992) 3. “When learning a second language means losing the first” (1991) 4. “Second language learning in children: A model of language learning in social context” (1991)

More articles… 5. “Language learning in social context: the view from research in second language learning” (1989) 6. “Individual differences in second language acquisition” (1979) 7. “Loss of languages: Should educators be concerned?” (2000) 8. “Language and cultural issues in the early education of language minority children” (1992) 9. “When does teacher-talk work as input” (1985)

Current Studies and Interests Academic language demands of high stakes tests and the instructional support needed by English language learners and speakers of English dialects Revitalization of indigenous languages in the Southwest

Awards and Distinctions The Jerome A. Hutto Professor of Education at University of California in Berkeley Recipient of an award from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in recognition of her work promoting the learning and use of Spanish by Spanish speaking children in the United States