Clarifying the Roles of Translating, Interpreting, and Translanguaging How to Effectively Incorporate Home Languages into Your Classroom Take a minute to consider your opinions on how and when multilingual learners (MLs) should use their home language in content classrooms (e.g., math, social studies, science). For each statement in Figure 1,…
How to Provide Effective Scaffolding Instruction to Support Multilingual Learners A Q&A with ML expert, author, and SupportEd president & founder, Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD. Note: A version of this article first appeared on Education.com on January 28, 2019 titled Scaffolding Instruction for English Learners: A Q&A with Diane Staehr…
Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners: The Role of Background Knowledge Scenario: Supporting multilingual learners (MLs) in a 9th Grade U.S. History classMr. Nguyen has six MLs in this U.S. History class of 22 students at varying proficiency levels. The MLs in his class speak a variety of languages, such as…
Practical Strategies and Resources for EL Distance Learning Note: This post is a guest blog written by Dr. Eugenia Krimmel. Dr. Krimmel is the founder of CollegeESL.com and an ESL Instructional Coach at Commonwealth Charter Academy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Countless schools across the country are temporarily closing their brick and mortar…
Six Steps to Making Texts Accessible for English Learners and Multilingual Learners Six steps to consider when supporting ELs in accessing complex, grade level text. Imagine the following scenario. Ameena is an English learner (EL) in the 8th grade who entered a U.S. public school for the first time one…
Scaffolding Instruction for English Learners 101 Note: This post first appeared on Education.com June 4, 2018. That piece is titled Scaffolding Instruction for English Learners: A Q&A with Diane Staehr Fenner. With English learners (ELs) numbering more than 4.8 million and comprising 10 percent of the general school-aged population, all…
