Interpretive Mode: Viewing

If you are a WIDA state, you may already know that WIDA expanded the four language domains and combined them into two modes of communication: interpretive and expressive. Interpretive mode includes: listening, reading, and viewing. Expressive mode includes speaking, writing, and representing. Below are examples of ways teachers can encourage ELs interpret meaning created through videos, images, and movement. To make a copy, click on the button below.