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Q: What does ML/ELL Mean?
Q: What does ML/ELL Mean?
A. Multilingual Learners (ML) refers to all children and youth who are, or have been, consistently exposed to multiple languages or language variations. These students are also often referred to as English Language Learners (ELLs), English as a Second Language (ESL), or Limited English Proficient (LEP).
What is the difference between all the terms?
What is the difference between all the terms?
Q: What is a heritage or ancestor Language?
Q: What is a heritage or ancestor Language?
A. A heritage/ancestor language is a minority language (either immigrant or indigenous) learned by its speakers at home as children, that is difficult to be fully developed because of insufficient input from the social environment.
People may have various levels of proficiency in their heritage language (fluent, able to listen and understand or no language, but connection to the culture, family and/or community where it is spoken.) Typically, heritage language speakers primarily speak English with the heritage language impacting academic language proficiency.
In BPS--many of our identified students are heritage language speakers and may have families with ties to Indigenous, Spanish or other communities.
Read more here
Q: How can i communicate with families who speak another language?
Q: How can i communicate with families who speak another language?
See our communication and translating document HERE
Google
Google
Google translate can be used on phones, tablets or computers to aide in conversations. Translation tools can be added to email and text to translate before or after sending a message. Google can also translate documents that are going to be sent home.
Talking points
Talking points
Teachers can use the free app. It allows teachers and families to communicate by translating the conversation. Teachers can send messages in English while families receive the messages in their language. **It is very similar to REMIND
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District paid interpreter service for Parent Teacher meetings, IEP meetings, etc.
Directions can be found here.
Q: We are reading ______, how do i get a translated copy?
Q: We are reading ______, how do i get a translated copy?
A: Translated novels
A: Translated novels
We are building the collection of other languages with the help of our SD2 librarians.
LOOK before you Buy!
Look in the SD2 Library catalog. Watch this video to learn How to find translated novels (and graphic novels) in BPS Library Search
If not available, please complete Request for ML/EL Additional Novels
Q: What supports are in my curriculum books already?
Q: What supports are in my curriculum books already?
Scaffolding Tools are embedded in most of the curriculum. Check teacher guides. Online texts are sometimes able to have AI translation turned on.
Diffit and MagicSchool can be used to scaffold text passages.
Can I just give Pass/Fail grades?
Can I just give Pass/Fail grades?
Short answer....No.
Please see our section on Grading in the ML/ELs in my class.
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