Translanguaging Course for Teachers: Practical Strategies
Practical Strategies for Multilingual Classrooms If you teach multilingual learners, you may already know that their languages are an asset. The harder question is usually:…
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How Can a School Become More Language-Inclusive?
Walk into almost any international school and you’ll probably see multilingualism everywhere. Students speaking different languages on the playground. Families communicating across languages at pickup. Teachers…
Translanguaging vs. Translation: What’s the Difference?
One of the most common misunderstandings I hear about translanguaging is that it basically means translation. Let students translate the worksheet. Let them look up…
Language Inclusion Is for Every Multilingual Learner
When schools talk about language inclusion, the conversation often turns immediately to students who are still learning English. That makes sense. Students developing proficiency in…
3 Practical Translanguaging Examples for the Classroom
A lot of people think that translanguaging in the classroom must be complicated. It isn’t. At least, not necessarily. A lot of the time, it…
Common Myths About Translanguaging in International Schools
International schools are multilingual places. Obviously. Walk through the hallway of almost any international school, and you’ll hear students switching between languages with friends. They…
More English Is Not Always Better Support for Multilingual Learners
Rethinking language, learning, and inclusion in schools with language diverse populations 1. The Question Many Families and Teachers Are Asking In international and bilingual schools,…
Global Identity Cannot Live on International Day Alone
I didn’t discover multilingual education in a textbook. I lived it. In second grade, I entered a Spanish immersion program where I learned math and…