Supporting Multilingual Learners in Education

The video emphasizes the importance of supporting multilingual students by embracing their linguistic and cultural backgrounds. It suggests strategies such as providing space for multiple languages, using storytelling and plays, employing layered questioning, and offering diverse reading materials. These approaches aim to enhance language learning and foster an inclusive classroom environment.

Why is it important to celebrate and extend a student's first language?

• To replace it with English

• To make them forget their home language

• To send a message of inclusion

• To make learning English harder

What is one way to help multilingual children use their home language in the classroom?

• Only speaking to them in English

• Pairing them with a partner who speaks a different language

• Not allowing them to speak their home language

• Providing space and time for them to use multiple languages

How can pairing students with a partner who speaks the same home language help?

• It makes them forget their home language

• It deepens fluency and builds connections between languages

• It isolates them from other students

• It makes learning English more difficult

What is a fun way to reinforce language skills for new English learners?

• Reading silently

• Acting out stories

• Writing essays

• Listening to lectures

What does research show about acting out words and phrases?

• It has no effect on language recall

• It only helps with short-term memory

• It makes learning more difficult

• It nearly doubles the ability to recall words months later

What is the purpose of layered questioning?

• To test only advanced students

• To give language learners a variety of ways into the content

• To confuse students

• To make questions harder

What type of question might be best for students with low proficiency?

• Questions requiring a gesture in response

• Yes/no questions

• Open-ended questions

• Either/or questions

How can offering a variety of books benefit students?

• It limits their reading choices

• It makes them read less

• It helps them understand and enjoy reading more

• It confuses them

Why should students be allowed to explore books in their native language?

• To isolate them from other students

• To engage them and help them grow as readers

• To limit their reading skills

• To make them forget English

What type of characters should be included in the books offered to students?

• Only fictional characters

• Characters that are completely different from them

• Characters that look and think like them

• Only historical characters