Teaching & Learning  Language

Teaching and working with multilingual humans requires a balancing of tensions around how to leverage linguistic first language assets while working diligently on addressing needs for English proficiency.  As well, language teachers balance the introspective work of doing culturally relevant/sustaining teaching while, simultaneously brokering the success of ELs in U.S. schools.  Strong educators work within these tensions to habitually reflect on cultural and linguistic assets from which to build upon students' learning.

In this section you will learn a variety of strategies, practices, and approaches in the field of ESOL and SEI.  As such, you can build a toolkit for ways to differentiate instruction for your students. 

Massachusetts RETELL Strategies