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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Pages 97-102

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... Why do these developments matter both in the early years of formal schooling (K­3) and for master­ 
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... THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009 8:00–8:30 Welcoming Remarks Kenji Hakuta (Committee Chair) , Stanford University Barbara Chow, Education Program Director, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 8:30–10:30 Panel 1: Vocabulary and Academic Language M oderator: Claude Goldenberg (Committee Member)
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... , McGill University
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... Achieve Guadalupe Valdés, Stanford University Open Discussion 3:50–4:00 Break 4:00–5:00 Discussion of Themes from the Day's Presentations M oderator: Kenji Hakuta (Committee Chair) , Stanford U niversity Open Discussion 5:00 Adjourn FRIDAY, OcTObeR 16, 2009 9:00–11:00 Panel 4: Language Deficits and Differences: Past and Future M oderator: Jill de Villiers (Committee Member)
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... , Stanford M University Committee Member Respondents: Jill de Villiers, Smith College Claude Goldenberg, Stanford University William Labov, University of Pennsylvania Open Discussion 12:15–1:15 Lunch and continued discussion of the papers
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... , Stanford University Committee Member Respondents: Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics Fred Genesee, McGill University Lynne Vernon­Feagans, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Open Discussion 2:45–3:00 Summation and Closing Remarks Kenji Hakuta (Committee Chair) , Stanford University 3:00 Adjourn
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