Unlocking Multilingual Learners' Potential

Bring classroom content to life for multilingual learners

In this eagerly anticipated revision of their bestselling book, authors Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, and Meghan Gregoire-Smith share dynamic, research-backed strategies that every educator of multilingual learners (MLs) can add to their repertoire. Including more of what educators loved from the first editionauthentic classroom examples, a wide variety of research-based instructional strategies, and practical tools to implement across grade levels and content areasthis is the ultimate practical guide to unlocking the potential of MLs in K-12 classrooms.

With fresh graphics and eye-catching colors, this thoroughly revised edition also includes:

• Considerations for newcomers and students with interrupted or no formal education (SLIFE)
• An added chapter on building scaffolded instruction and peer learning opportunities into MLs' academic reading and writing activities
• Additional opportunities for reflection and application
• A new unit planning template aligned with research-based instructional practices, including a completed example unit

Situated within five core beliefs that frame the must-haves for MLs' equitable and excellent education, Unlocking Multilingual Learners Potential is a guide to research-based practices and a toolbox of strategies every educator can implement to make content accessible and increase language proficiency among MLs.

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