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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Desiree Pallai Downing, an assistant professor of instruction

in the bilingual bicultural program and in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin.

As a lifelong multilingual learner, she helps us understand some of the unique aspects of bilingual Spanish-speaking students

and how to craft instructional opportunities that take advantage of students' home language.

We dive into the linguistic structure of Spanish and why that matters for our Spanish-speaking

students who are also learning English.

Are you unsure about what cross-linguistic transfer actually means?

Well, we discuss that too.

We know you'll come away from this episode

learning something new about language and learning. Well, hello, Desiree. We're so glad to have you

on today's episode. Thanks for joining. Very, very happy to be here, Susan. Well, we have a whole lot to talk about in terms of biliteracy and just understanding some differences between Spanish and English.

But before we get started, we always like our listeners to understand a little bit about who you are and your journey into this world.

Yes, yes, that's very nice.

So I am from Nicaragua. So my native language is

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