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Practical articles for teachers and school leaders working with multilingual learners.
A science teacher hands out a worksheet on how plants take in water. In one corner, two students lean toward each other. One of them
When I was teaching fifth grade, I had a group of French-speaking students who were quite fluent in English. When they were chatting with each
Why what we know about multilingual learning doesn’t always make it into mainstream classrooms. TL;DR: Many strategies associated with translanguaging have been used for decades,
Schools love celebrating diversity. We display flags from around the world, organize international days, invite families to share their traditions, and proudly describe our communities
Why developing proficiency in two languages doesn’t have to mean keeping them apart. Dual-language programs are designed to do something that many mainstream classrooms still
Two teachers. Same school. Same multilingual student population. Completely different approaches to language. In one classroom, students use their home languages to explore ideas, connect
Imagine walking into a classroom of 24 students. There are six languages represented in the room. The teacher speaks English, and perhaps a little French.
Translanguaging and code-switching are related, but they are not exactly the same. Code-switching usually refers to the way multilingual speakers alternate between languages or language
Why multilingual learners become the EAL team’s responsibility A multilingual learner is struggling with a science text. The classroom teacher notices. Someone says: “Can EAL