For classroom teachers and Emergent Bilingual specialists alike, this on-demand, self-paced course will give you practical information about the five stages of language acquisition and the instructional strategies you can use at each stage to help your students progress toward fluency.
You’ll also learn how to use an academic language framework to support your Emergent Bilingual students as they learn vocabulary and language structures that are associated with academic content areas. In-depth examples are provided for math, English language arts, and science teachers.
A Quick Note on the McREL / Region 13 Collaboration:
Classroom Instruction that Works - for ELLs is a course created by McREL International in collaboration with Region 13. The majority of the video content was recorded in classrooms in Colorado - another state with high percentages of Emergent Bilinguals in K-12 classrooms.
The classroom instruction, vehicles to improve language acquisition, and best practices in EB education are consistent with the standard of excellence to which Texas teachers of EBs are committed.