Resources for administrators to support linguistic diversity in school communities.
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Teachers
A resource page for teachers of various content areas and grade levels to support ELLs in the classroom.
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Students
Resources ELLs can use to support their own learning and success!
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Resources for parents and caregivers of ELL students
Read More »Language Survey – In & Out of the Classroom
In my previous post, I explained a bit of the background as to how I got to starting this project. The long story short is that I learned my students (and the school in general) contained a huge linguistic repertoire, with almost all students being bilingual and biliterate in Galician and Spanish. This was FASCINATING to me, and I wanted to learn more and make a connection with my students through the classroom.
From the very first day of class in September, we began discussing language and multilingualism. One of the first activities we did was an “interview” activity where students spoke to their partners and recorded the languages spoken by their classmates, the languages they wanted to learn, and why each person thinks it’s important to speak multiple languages. We compiled a list on the board of all the different languages, and each of my classes had an extensive list resembling this one that I captured here:
Read More »Background
In September 2018 I showed up to my first day at CIFP Manuel Antonio in Vigo, Galicia (Spain). I would be a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant for the next ten months, meaning I would co-teach English language classes with the English teachers at my school.
It would take some time to fully describe the Spanish education system in one shot (you can learn more here if you’re interested), but I will explain the type of school I was placed at. ‘CIFP’ is the abbreviation before every vocational school and it stands for ‘Centros Integrados de Formación Profesional.’ These centers are free, publicly funded vocational schools, typically for students aged 18+. These centers provide an alternative to studying bachillerato (pre-college schooling) and an alternative to attending university. Students who complete these two-year cycles are then prepared to enter the workforce with credentials.
Read More »Survey Results + Conclusions
Here you can find the results of the language survey and the corresponding conclusions, considerations, and suggestions.
For reference as to what this is about, please check this blog post.
A version of this presentation was presented to students at CIFP Manuel Antonio in Vigo, Galicia. The class discussion paired with that presentation was used to generate the “post-survey” feedback information.
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