Category: Advocacy
Five-Minute Film Festival: Culturally Responsive Teaching
The changing racial and cultural landscape of America is certainly a much-discussed topic — some researchers studying U.S. Census data and demographics even say that America could be a ‘minority majority’ country as early as 2050. While the barriers between countries continue to come down, and globalization continues, how can teachers address the needs of students from a variety of cultural backgrounds and upbringings? This collection of videos introduces culturally responsive teaching (CRT), and includes some techniques that you can use to help students from diverse backgrounds succeed together.
Source: Five-Minute Film Festival: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Does the Term ‘English-Language Learner’ Carry a Negative Connotation?
Students filed a petition to ask that the term will be replaced with “multilingual students.” Read more here http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2016/02/does_the_term_english-language.html
ESL Advocacy Guide
Click to access advocacy-eLs-overview.pdf
Large document with information on how to advocate for ESL students in the United States.
Advocating for ELL Students
Information from TESOL on how to advocate for English language learners.
http://www.tesol.org/docs/default-source/books/advocating-for-english-learners_ch-1.pdf?sfvrsn=2
Bilingual Kids Can Express Their Emotions Better New Reseaech Suggests
read the full article here:
Multi-lingual children express their emotions better: study
Press Trust of India / London August 03, 2012, 14:35
Switching from one language to another while in a conversation can help children express themselves better, a new research has found.
A study by University of California and Morgan Kennedy of Bard College researchers has found how ‘code-switching’, or switching back and forth between different languages to discuss and express emotions in a multilingual family might play an important role in children’s emotional development.