Tag Archives: translanguaging

Online Teacher Education Resources in ELT: Cultivating Positive Dispositions With Multimodal Resources

Posted on 18 August 2020 by Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert
Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert
Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert

In this third part of our blog series on virtual teacher education, we discuss how to help teacher candidates develop asset-oriented dispositions for teaching multilingual students. All teacher candidates have preconceived beliefs, and there are a number of assumptions about … Continue reading →

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Should ELs Be Allowed to Speak Their L1 in School?

Posted on 26 March 2019 by Judie Haynes
Judie Haynes
Judie Haynes

In 2016,  20% of people living in the United States considered themselves bilingual, compared to 10% in 1980 according to the annual American Community Survey. Grosjean states in a 2018 article in Psychology Today that one of the reasons there is … Continue reading →

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Five ELT Trends to Watch in 2017

Posted on 23 January 2017 by Kristen Lindahl
Kristen Lindahl
Kristen Lindahl

The new year is well underway, and many opportunities to innovate and improve our pedagogical practices abound! Below are five of the top trends that I predict will frame much of the discussion in the coming year around how to … Continue reading →

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