Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students is a free professional learning community that focuses on accelerating learning of bilingual and multilingual students by providing the asset-based instruction they need to perform as well as their monolingual peers.
Emergent Bilinguals are one of the fastest-growing segments among school-age children in the U.S. According to the National Center of Educational Statistics, one out of 10 children in classrooms across the nation are Emergent Bilinguals, also known as English Language Learners (ELLs) or English Learners (ELs).
Since 2010, the number of students who are English Learners has increased by more than half a million. Join the community to collaborate on strategies and ideas to support emergent bilingual students.
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Strategies to Build English Learners' Language Skills: From Newcomers to AdvancedPresented by Brenda Adeva, Educational Consultant, Ballard & Tighe; and Pamela Abbey, Educational Consultant, Ballard & Tighe
Watch Our Most Recent edWebinar Series: Emergent Bilingual Week: A New Era in Multilingualism
How Diverse Language Experiences Shape Learning: The Cognitive Outcomes of Bilingualism and Literacy DevelopmentPresented by Dr. Young-Suk Kim, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, School of Education, University of California, Irvine; Dr. Gigi Luk, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University; Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, President, Valley Speech Language and Learning Center; and Dr. Raj Chattergoon, Director of Efficacy Research, Lexia LearningModerated by Cassandra Wheeler, Director of Lexia LETRS® State Success, Lexia Learning
Supporting Diverse Multilingual Learners: An Asset-Based ApproachPresented by Dr. Lizzy Cashiola, Associate Director of Regional Research, Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research; Andrea Bitner, ELL Educator, Author, and Speaker, Interboro School District (PA); Dr. José Viana, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia Learning; and Breanna Guzman, Senior Language Product Specialist, Lexia LearningModerated by Cassandra Wheeler, Director of Lexia LETRS® State Success, Lexia Learning
Cultivating Belonging for Multilingual LearnersPresented by Denise Soler Cox, Activist Filmmaker, Podcaster, Speaker, and AuthorModerated by Cassandra Wheeler, Director of Lexia LETRS® State Success, Lexia Learning
Measuring Success: Defining Quality Education for Multilingual StudentsPresented by Dr. José Viana, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia Learning; Breanna Guzman, Senior Language Product Specialist, Lexia Learning; Dr. Linda Cavazos, Executive Director, ELLAS Consulting (English Learner Leadership Advocacy Support); and Martha Hernandez, Executive Director, Californians TogetherModerated by Cassandra Wheeler, Director of Lexia LETRS® State Success, Lexia Learning
What’s Unique About Teaching Reading to Multilingual Learners?Presented by Dr. José Viana, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia Learning; Tan Huynh, Teacher, Author, Podcaster, and Consultant, KIS International School (Cambodia); Beth Skelton, Educational Consultant, Educational Consultants, LLC; and Breanna Guzman, Senior Language Product Specialist, Lexia LearningModerated by Cassandra Wheeler, Director of Lexia LETRS® State Success, Lexia Learning