Affirm the linguistic, cultural, and experiential assets that multilinguals bring into the classroom.
Now is the time to push past the limits of the long-term English learner (LTEL) label and embrace a new way of honoring secondary multilinguals’ valuable life experiences and academic potential. By focusing on experienced multilinguals’ strengths and what teachers can do, you’ll discover new avenues for teaching the academic language skills required for them to process content lessons and clearly communicate discipline-specific ideas.
This concise guide presents an easy-to-implement cross-curricular instructional framework specifically designed for secondary content teachers. Practical, research-based, and classroom-tested this book includes:
- Four essential actions that foster the conditions for experienced multilinguals to reach the highest grade-level content and language proficiency
- Specific strategies with ‘try it out’ prompts to encourage implementation
- Templates and anchor charts for structuring lessons
- Vignettes and stories from both the student and teacher perspective
There is nothing lacking with experienced multilinguals. All they need are the right conditions to unlock their potential—so they can express themselves as the mathematicians, scientists, historians, writers, and artists they know themselves to be.
Cuprins
Foreword by James Cummins
Chapter One: An Affirming Shift
Chapter 2: Instructional Framework for Experienced Multilinguals
Chapter 3: Starting with Summative Assessments
Chapter 4: Writing Integrated Objectives
Chapter 5: Establishing Comprehensible Input
Chapter 6: Structuring Discipline-Specific Output
Chapter 7: Collaborating for Long-Term Success
Despre autor
Beth Skelton (she/her) (www.bethskelton.com) is an independent consultant focused on creating equitable educational experiences for multilingual learners. She has been working in the field for over three decades teaching elementary, middle, high school and adult language learners in urban, suburban, rural, and international settings. As a university exchange student to Germany, Beth experienced firsthand the challenges that experienced multilinguals face when studying new content in their non-heritage language. She could communicate with peers, but still needed additional scaffolds to successfully write formal papers, read academic texts, and comprehend dense lectures. This influential experience still informs her work with students, teachers, schools, and districts around the world. Through workshops, coaching, and consulting, she advocates for all multilingual learners, especially those who have years of experience. Beth also enjoys hiking, skiing, yoga, playing marimba, gardening, and spending time with her family. You can connect with Beth by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at @easkelton.
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