This would apply for our MLLs in middle school as well! Intense literacy development needs to continue in middle school, in subjects as well as language acquisition / EAL classes https://t.co/4rou8rCVIL
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Planning for emergent multilingual learners does not take alot of difficult manoeuvres. Sometimes a simple script / skeleton with sentence frames can allow an English beginner to show content knowledge, such as this outline for a video about geography. @ELLSAChat#ELLSAexpertise
The first unit, we worked on learning these sentence combining structures.
At the end of the unit, students are now using them to write a summary paragraph to scaffold their ability to summarize.
Guiseppe Mineo, HCMC ELLSA Chapter Coordinator, emphasizes the importance of identity in language learning. Check out the article: https://t.co/peK80CdMJb #ELLSAexpertise
Welcome back (or nearly welcome back) to our many colleagues and our #multilinguallearners ! As we begin to map out our PD journeys this year, let's remember to plan to attend #ELLSA2025 !
Fantastic news for teachers of multilingual learners! The #ELLSA2025 website has come online! Please register while early bird discounts apply to learn with Dr. Kate Seltzer @kate_anna , Rowan University, and Jon Nordmeyer @NordmeyerJ of the #MLRC : https://t.co/E9Vjf6tlVp
There have been so many ELLSA meetups around Asia in the past month! Check out news from #ELLSAchapters @ https://t.co/hSSJK0cLvH . #ELLSAconnects expert practicioners in the field of multilingual teaching and learning!
Trying this sentence combining approach to teach students to write a Cause-Effect sentence starting with Because/ Since / Due to.
Will let you know how it goes.
Happy August 2024! We hope you have had / are having refreshing breaks with friends/family as we return to our work with #multilinguallearners in 24-25AY! If time permits, please reply with a link to an interesting recently-read article or research on language learning!
@ELLSAChat A great way to start your thinking about teaching writing to MLs is to listen to @TanKHuynh interview Wexler and Hockman about "The Writing Revolution" https://t.co/yYbNBlgMGr
@megan_vosk@AMLE I have just started using Chat GPT 4. Pretty powerful. Have been asking it to teach me something, test me, and give me a report on my learning. Wondering how to make this a process for students...