Kevin Wong 黃浩文
@kevinwongla.bsky.social
Associate Professor @Pepperdine • #BilingualEducation & #Multiraciality • Aspiring picture book author • Editor of CATESOL Journal & The Teacher Advocate • #PhDad • Ephesians 2:10 • he/他/佢
www.kevin-m-wong.com • YouTube➡️@TheBilingualProfessor
www.kevin-m-wong.com • YouTube➡️@TheBilingualProfessor
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Kevin Wong 黃浩文
@kevinwongla.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Migrating here from X & looking for folks to follow! #Multiracial, #multilingual #professor of #teachered and former #teacher. Using hashtags to find my community. #langchat #literacies #academia #edusky #bilingual #academicchatter #kidlit #author #mixed #amwriting #followme #writers #TESOL #foodsky
My hot take on why schools in the United States treat bilingualism like a liability and not an asset in the very first few days of kindergarten.
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Why Schools in America Treat Bilingualism Like a Liability, Not an Asset
When I filled out my daughter’s kindergarten intake form, I thought I was honoring her bilingualism. Instead, I triggered a test that told me how little our schools value languages beyond English.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My hot take on why schools in the United States treat bilingualism like a liability and not an asset in the very first few days of kindergarten.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-sc...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-sc...
Book proposal submitted! I'm very excited about this one.
July 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Book proposal submitted! I'm very excited about this one.
Signed up for a community choir!
As the kids get older, they’re taking more extracurricular classes and cultivating passions. When does this stop and why don’t parents do the same? New goal: By the end of summer, I’ll either be enrolled in piano, Spanish, advanced mandarin conversation or singing in a choir. Hold me to it 🦋
July 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Signed up for a community choir!
Student misses class and doesn't let me know.
After a follow up email, student states they were sick.
Student also happened to post on social media that they were jogging along Santa Monica beach a couple hours before said class.
Come ON.
Ready for summer semester to be over.
After a follow up email, student states they were sick.
Student also happened to post on social media that they were jogging along Santa Monica beach a couple hours before said class.
Come ON.
Ready for summer semester to be over.
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Student misses class and doesn't let me know.
After a follow up email, student states they were sick.
Student also happened to post on social media that they were jogging along Santa Monica beach a couple hours before said class.
Come ON.
Ready for summer semester to be over.
After a follow up email, student states they were sick.
Student also happened to post on social media that they were jogging along Santa Monica beach a couple hours before said class.
Come ON.
Ready for summer semester to be over.
Jay Chou performed in Hong Kong and all my secondary school friends went to watch him. Missing home 🇭🇰
a man in a black leather jacket is sitting in a red chair with chinese writing on it .
ALT: a man in a black leather jacket is sitting in a red chair with chinese writing on it .
media.tenor.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Jay Chou performed in Hong Kong and all my secondary school friends went to watch him. Missing home 🇭🇰
My first book is out! 💙
"Generative AI & Language Teaching" w/ @universitypress.cambridge.org is FREE until 7/11.
We wrote this for teachers: to support, not overwhelm as they navigate the world of AI in education.
📘: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#EdTech #GenAI #LanguageTeaching #AIinEducation
"Generative AI & Language Teaching" w/ @universitypress.cambridge.org is FREE until 7/11.
We wrote this for teachers: to support, not overwhelm as they navigate the world of AI in education.
📘: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#EdTech #GenAI #LanguageTeaching #AIinEducation
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching
Cambridge Core - Teacher training and professional development - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching
www.cambridge.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My first book is out! 💙
"Generative AI & Language Teaching" w/ @universitypress.cambridge.org is FREE until 7/11.
We wrote this for teachers: to support, not overwhelm as they navigate the world of AI in education.
📘: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#EdTech #GenAI #LanguageTeaching #AIinEducation
"Generative AI & Language Teaching" w/ @universitypress.cambridge.org is FREE until 7/11.
We wrote this for teachers: to support, not overwhelm as they navigate the world of AI in education.
📘: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#EdTech #GenAI #LanguageTeaching #AIinEducation
ChatGPT just helped me process some hard parenting x meltdown at bedtime stuff and I never thought I’d be here but here we are. Parenting in the age of AI. It helps.
June 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
ChatGPT just helped me process some hard parenting x meltdown at bedtime stuff and I never thought I’d be here but here we are. Parenting in the age of AI. It helps.
Sunset in Hawaii 🫶🏽
June 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Sunset in Hawaii 🫶🏽
A beloved principal, unjustly removed. A community refusing to stay silent.
🎥 Watch this powerful mini-documentary on why we’re fighting for Principal Garmon’s reinstatement:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegO...
#LAUSD @lausdsup.bsky.social @laschoolswest.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social
🎥 Watch this powerful mini-documentary on why we’re fighting for Principal Garmon’s reinstatement:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegO...
#LAUSD @lausdsup.bsky.social @laschoolswest.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social
Save Our Principal: Los Angeles School Parents v. LAUSD
YouTube video by Broadway Parents
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June 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A beloved principal, unjustly removed. A community refusing to stay silent.
🎥 Watch this powerful mini-documentary on why we’re fighting for Principal Garmon’s reinstatement:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegO...
#LAUSD @lausdsup.bsky.social @laschoolswest.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social
🎥 Watch this powerful mini-documentary on why we’re fighting for Principal Garmon’s reinstatement:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegO...
#LAUSD @lausdsup.bsky.social @laschoolswest.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social
There are now 7 articles published (linked below) about the injustice of removing our beloved principal due to @laschoolswest.bsky.social negligence/mishandling. Sign our petition here: change.org/broadwayunited
@lausdsup.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social @ktla.com @nbcla.com @abc7.bsky.social
@lausdsup.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social @ktla.com @nbcla.com @abc7.bsky.social
Sign the Petition
Help Us Keep Our Beloved Principal Garmon at Broadway Elementary Dual Language School
change.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There are now 7 articles published (linked below) about the injustice of removing our beloved principal due to @laschoolswest.bsky.social negligence/mishandling. Sign our petition here: change.org/broadwayunited
@lausdsup.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social @ktla.com @nbcla.com @abc7.bsky.social
@lausdsup.bsky.social @lausdhr.bsky.social @ktla.com @nbcla.com @abc7.bsky.social
There’s more than one way to be bilingual. If you’ve ever understood your family’s language but struggled to speak it back—you’re not alone. This video challenges narrow definitions of fluency and makes space for the kind of bilingualism that often goes unrecognized.
www.youtube.com/shorts/Qk8yV...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Qk8yV...
Receptive Bilinguals Are Not Monolingual | The Bilingual Professor
YouTube video by The Bilingual Professor
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There’s more than one way to be bilingual. If you’ve ever understood your family’s language but struggled to speak it back—you’re not alone. This video challenges narrow definitions of fluency and makes space for the kind of bilingualism that often goes unrecognized.
www.youtube.com/shorts/Qk8yV...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Qk8yV...
Making soy sauce eggs and, let me tell you, when I measured each liquid, I was crouching down to make sure it hit the bottom of the meniscus. Who said AP chemistry wasn’t relevant?
May 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Making soy sauce eggs and, let me tell you, when I measured each liquid, I was crouching down to make sure it hit the bottom of the meniscus. Who said AP chemistry wasn’t relevant?
My children who have learned how to control Alexa are playing Christmas tunes… and I’m not upset about it. 🎄
May 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My children who have learned how to control Alexa are playing Christmas tunes… and I’m not upset about it. 🎄
Just learned I have an IMDb profile because of work I did with PBS. And now I REALLY feel like I’m from LA. 🌴
www.imdb.com/name/nm16236...
www.imdb.com/name/nm16236...
Kevin Wong | Additional Crew
Known for: Jamming on the Job
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May 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Just learned I have an IMDb profile because of work I did with PBS. And now I REALLY feel like I’m from LA. 🌴
www.imdb.com/name/nm16236...
www.imdb.com/name/nm16236...
Chaperoned a kindergarten field trip to Huntington Library/Gardens and am reminded that teaching first grade is the hardest thing I ever did (though it was so rewarding).
May 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Chaperoned a kindergarten field trip to Huntington Library/Gardens and am reminded that teaching first grade is the hardest thing I ever did (though it was so rewarding).
Dealing with trolls is SUCH an interesting experience. Thankfully, I'm confident in these lived and researched truths about bilingualism and can use the trolls to further elaborate/justify for audience members that take the bait.
And again, engagement is engagement!
www.youtube.com/shorts/OEgQo...
And again, engagement is engagement!
www.youtube.com/shorts/OEgQo...
Accents Aren’t Broken! | The Bilingual Professor
YouTube video by The Bilingual Professor
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dealing with trolls is SUCH an interesting experience. Thankfully, I'm confident in these lived and researched truths about bilingualism and can use the trolls to further elaborate/justify for audience members that take the bait.
And again, engagement is engagement!
www.youtube.com/shorts/OEgQo...
And again, engagement is engagement!
www.youtube.com/shorts/OEgQo...
We don’t talk enough about what it feels like to lose a language you once knew by heart.
Not because you wanted to. But because school, work, and survival in a dominant-language society slowly pushed it into the background.
www.youtube.com/shorts/v-tD8...
Not because you wanted to. But because school, work, and survival in a dominant-language society slowly pushed it into the background.
www.youtube.com/shorts/v-tD8...
When Bilinguals Lose a Language | The Bilingual Professor
YouTube video by The Bilingual Professor
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We don’t talk enough about what it feels like to lose a language you once knew by heart.
Not because you wanted to. But because school, work, and survival in a dominant-language society slowly pushed it into the background.
www.youtube.com/shorts/v-tD8...
Not because you wanted to. But because school, work, and survival in a dominant-language society slowly pushed it into the background.
www.youtube.com/shorts/v-tD8...
Currently sitting on four peer reviews for journals (among all the other things to juggle in academia).
Beginning an experiment now where I say no to everything for the next month. May 9 to June 9. Will document below.
Beginning an experiment now where I say no to everything for the next month. May 9 to June 9. Will document below.
May 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Currently sitting on four peer reviews for journals (among all the other things to juggle in academia).
Beginning an experiment now where I say no to everything for the next month. May 9 to June 9. Will document below.
Beginning an experiment now where I say no to everything for the next month. May 9 to June 9. Will document below.
It's tied with that feeling when students say they're going to miss class and to "let them know if there's anything important they'll miss."
Right.
Right.
That disarming feeling when you tell someone you’re only teaching two classes this semester and they ask what else you do with your time. How do you answer?
May 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's tied with that feeling when students say they're going to miss class and to "let them know if there's anything important they'll miss."
Right.
Right.
That disarming feeling when you tell someone you’re only teaching two classes this semester and they ask what else you do with your time. How do you answer?
May 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That disarming feeling when you tell someone you’re only teaching two classes this semester and they ask what else you do with your time. How do you answer?
Working on an R&R. Writing does not get easier.
May 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Working on an R&R. Writing does not get easier.
In this video, I unpack how seemingly “neutral” attitudes about language actually push kids to hide parts of themselves. From classrooms to homes, monolingual bias shows up in quiet ways, shaming accents, discouraging heritage languages & erasing generational connection.
youtube.com/shorts/luMsX...
youtube.com/shorts/luMsX...
The Monolingual Bias Silences Bilingual Kids | The Bilingual Professor
YouTube video by The Bilingual Professor
youtube.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In this video, I unpack how seemingly “neutral” attitudes about language actually push kids to hide parts of themselves. From classrooms to homes, monolingual bias shows up in quiet ways, shaming accents, discouraging heritage languages & erasing generational connection.
youtube.com/shorts/luMsX...
youtube.com/shorts/luMsX...
Awww I have my first YouTube troll! Ironically, that seems like an indication that my channel is gaining good traction, and the troll engagement is still engagement!
New video out titled “What is an accent?”
youtube.com/shorts/cCxjw...
New video out titled “What is an accent?”
youtube.com/shorts/cCxjw...
May 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Awww I have my first YouTube troll! Ironically, that seems like an indication that my channel is gaining good traction, and the troll engagement is still engagement!
New video out titled “What is an accent?”
youtube.com/shorts/cCxjw...
New video out titled “What is an accent?”
youtube.com/shorts/cCxjw...