Terminology to Describe Multilingual Learners: Labels and Their Implications Terminology maps available for free download At SupportEd, we had been hearing the terms English learner, multilingual learner, multilingual language learner, and emergent bilingual being used interchangeably. These were just a few of many terms used in the field of English…
SupportEd to host webinar on ML oral language development Watch the webinar replay Peer Learning: Fostering Multilingual Learners’ (MLs’) Oral Language Development and Content Understanding. FAIRFAX, VA — SupportEd is hosting a free webinar titled Peer Learning: Fostering Multilingual Learners’ (MLs’) Oral Language Development and Content Understanding. The interactive webinar…
SupportEd President Keynotes Michigan Association for Bilingual Education (MABE) 2022 DEARBORN, MI, MAY 17, 2022 — SupportEd President and Founder, Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD, gave the keynote presentation at the Michigan Association for Bilingual Education (MABE) in Dearborn, Michigan on May 5. MABE is a nonprofit organization that has been…
SupportEd Talks Culturally Responsive Teaching with Tan Huynh SupportEd’s Principal Associate, Dr. Sydney Snyder, and President, Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner, were guests on episode 92 of Tan Huynh’s Teaching MLs Podcast. The podcast, which is part of SupportEd’s free library of resources on culturally responsive teaching for MLs, is intended for teachers who are passionate about language learners. The duo talked all things MLs (multilingual learners) and…
Equity for Multilingual Learners in Social-Emotional Learning With Free Framework Tool for Download Equity for multilingual learners in social-emotional learning — We are now well into the 2021-2022 school year, and while teachers, students, and families may have settled into some day-to-day routines, we can’t ignore the fact that we…
Here-To-Stay Tools & Strategies for Supporting Our Multilingual Learners I vividly remember the day in March of 2020 when my school system in Maryland announced that we would temporarily be shutting down. At the time I was working at the district level in an English language development curriculum office. When…
