Events
Nerd Night: Language on the Border
August 22, 2019
7:00 PM
401 East Nevada Avenue El Paso, TX 79902
- Event Days:
- Thursday
- Venue:
- Gonzalos G & R Restaurant
- Admission:
- $10
- Website:
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nerd-night-language-on-the-border-tickets-68175487719
- Contact E-mail Address:
- info@insightselpaso.org
- Contact Phone Number:
- 915-534-0000
*One city, dos lenguas * El Paso is the proud home of the Western Hemisphere’s largest bilingual work force speaking Spanish, English and ‘Spanglish.’ However, many experts have asked: is ‘Spanglish’ degrading language or is it building an important border culture? How does our brain perceive languages and how do these perceptions shape our impressions of others? Join our next Nerd Night conversation about language on border to dissect our region’s unique bilingual culture with a panel of local language experts.
**Speakers **
- Dr. Iva Ivanova (Assistant Professor in the UTEP Department of Psychology) – Bilingual language processing and communication: What happens in the mind when bilinguals talk
- Dr. Ana Schwartz (Associate Professor in the UTEP Department of Psychology) – The amazing benefits of biliteracy along the border: The cognitive powers of bilingual readers
- Angie Reza Tures (Director of Femme Frontera) – language and film in the Border Region
- Dr. Katherine Mortimer (Associate Professor in UTEP the College of Education) – Hacia la equidad educativa: Making schools more just through language