Welcome to ELD

Big Ideas of ELD Instruction at PLE:

Four Big Ideas anchor the standards and are interwoven throughout the framework:

• Equity of opportunity and access

  • This is essential for multilingual learners' preparation for college, career and civic lives.

• Integration of content and language

  • Academic content is the context for language learning, and language is the means for learning academic content.

• Collaboration among stakeholders

  • Stakeholders share responsibility for educating multilingual learners.

• Functional approach to language development

  • This approach helps educators focus on the purposeful use of language.

These Big Ideas support the design of standards-based educational experiences that are student-centered, culturally and linguistically sustaining, and responsive to multilingual learners' strengths and needs.

•••For more information, visit the WIDA site @ https://wida.wisc.edu/teach/standards/eld#statements