Advocacy

Assessing Multilingual Learners of English: Accommodations

Why is it critical that we evaluate multilingual learners differently from the way we evaluate their monolingual and English-proficient peers? Learn some of the most effective and common accommodations to provide more equitable assessments. 

Author: Naashia Mohamed

Terminology Matters: What Do You Call Your (English) Learners?

English learner. Emergent bilingual. Multilingual learner. ESOL student. Dual language learner. Plurilingual learner. How do you refer to your learners? Are there things we need to consider when we choose to use one term over another?

Author: Naashia Mohamed

Affecting Language Policy: Start With Your Language Orientation

Many people equate policy with law and politics—something that brings to mind lawmakers and politicians rather than educators.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

“Literacy” vs. “Reading”: 3 Questions to Consider This Fall

Greetings from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where I’ll be writing this “teaching reading” blog for these next 12 months!

Author: Spencer Salas

2022 TESOL Advocacy & Policy Summit

TESOL returned to Capitol Hill with its 2022 Advocacy & Policy Summit, 20–22 June 2022.

Author: TESOL International Association

5 Gestures to Teach MLLs

In my June blog, entitled “The Importance of Body Language for Effective Oral Communication,” I introduced how important it is to teach body language to multilingual language learners (MLLs) so that they can learn to communicate effectively.

Author: Judie Haynes

10 Tips on Strengthening Home-School Partnerships Through Effective Family Engagement

In the context of schooling, family engagement refers to the process of schools and families working together through a participatory and collaborative approach to support a child’s learning and well-being.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

Countering Anti-Black Racism in Ourselves and in Our Classrooms

This month, I have invited a member of the NJTESOL/NJBE Executive Board, Tasha Austin, to be a guest columnist on my TESOL blog.

Author: Judie Haynes

4 Ways to Celebrate Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month: Start With Names

In 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives recognized April as the National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month.

Author: Judie Haynes

Assessment Equity for ELs: Put Students Before Data

As the time for assessing K–12 English learners (ELs) with an English language proficiency test approaches, many teachers and parents are concerned by COVID-19 health considerations during the administering of standardized tests.

Author: Judie Haynes

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