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Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Presenter: Maggie Essig
ECPD Credit Hours: 1.5
Event ID: 225507013

Crafting a Multilingual Learning Environment to Capitalize on Students’ Linguistic Assets: Explore the Who, What, Where, When, & Why

  • Who can build a multilingual learning environment regardless of the language they speak? (Answer: All educators!)
  • What decisions about classroom design, resource selection, instructional strategies, and family communication can create a safe and welcoming environment?
  • Where can home language materials be utilized?
  • When does a multilingual learning environment begin to facilitate metacognitive, metalinguistic, and metacultural awareness?
  • Why should you invite and incorporate students’ languages and cultures into all classroom settings as valuable resources that build understanding and validate student identity?

TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators