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Students can learn and experience other languages in a natural environment, for example, by singing birthday songs in their home language. As well, when they learn physical activity such as taekwondo or fencing, they can chant one, two, three, or ready and go in the original language from Kroean or French. This not only helps them practice the language in a fun and engaging way, but also exposes them to different cultural aspects of that language.

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Students could share a song in their language or from their culture to listen to in class. Listening to music in class gives students an opportunity to experience part of each others' culture. Even if they cannot understand the words, music can express so much and allows us to connect beyond language. Including and celebrating all students' cultures fosters a sense of inclusivity and belonging.

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I have used code.org to teach coding. I did not initially realize that it was available in other languages until one of the first classes I used it, when a I went to help a Grade 2 student and saw that he had changed the language to Ukrainian. After that I made sure to point out how to change the language to all students so they could focus on the coding concepts without language being a barrier. Because the block-coding interface is very visual, I found it was still easy to observe and assist students even if I could not understand their language.

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Many kids' books are available in dual-language editions, allowing ELL students to share in the same stories as their classmates while providing an opportunity for them to deepen their knowledge of English, and connect that with their knowledge of their home language. Other students may also learn words or phrases from their classmates' languages, contributing a sense of language parity in the learner community.

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A word-wall of key vocabulary is a staple of the elementary classroom, and can be an effective teaching tool for anchoring students' knowledge, particularly when they are co-constructed with the class. By including this vocabulary in multiple languages, all students are able to access this tool to activate their prior knowledge. In addition, including translations of specialized, academic vocabulary gives ELL students more exposure and access to the low-frequency CALP language that they often lack.

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Teachers can set aside a bit of time during the week to allow students to explore various board-approved multilingual apps. Students can be introduced to different languages while having the autonomy to choose what they want to learn.

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Provide students with the opportunity to bring songs and stories from their culture through various formats, such as through recordings, books, or even just storytelling on their own. Teachers can set up a regular "show and tell" weekly/bi-weekly/monthly so that it becomes part of the classroom routine.

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Listening to or singing songs is a powerful tool for students to experience different languages. Music and the melody can help them engage with the language. ELLs in the class can feel a sense of inclusion and belonging.

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This is such a powerful way to bring languages into the classroom. It is an opportunity for your students to bond and share a musical experience together while also getting to practice their own/another language. This would be another great opportunity to invite a guest in to sing a song with your students in languages other than English.

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We learned about Binogi in our tech class this summer and I was amazed and wish I had known about it sooner! I had the opportunity to try it out a bit and look forward to incorporating it into my teaching practice.

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Invite Guests into The Classroom (Laura MacDonald)

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Invite Guests into The Classroom (Laura MacDonald)

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Invite parents/guardians into the classroom to read with the student in their mother tongue. I think also sometimes giving your students an opportunity to tell you what they want to read about could be beneficial. Give them the opportunity to tell you what is important and meaningful for them. Let them guide how they want to share their mother tongue in class.

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Reading buddies in Home Language (Laura MacDonald)

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Reading buddies in Home Language (Laura MacDonald)

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When I was doing my first practicum I had a student in my Grade 6 class whose first language was Korean. For reading buddies our class was paired with one of the kindie classes and there was a jk student whose first language was also Korean. This jk student was quite shy and nervous but when we paired him with the grade 6 student who also speaks Korean it gave them an opportunity to connect and read with each other in their first language.

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Connecting through song- Brittany Parisien

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Connecting through song- Brittany Parisien

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I think this may be my favourite strategy of all of them since I am passionate about music and love to learn new songs in other languages (Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French) to challenge myself musically. So if I can connect with an ELL student with their classmates through the unification of song, I would feel so complete with them! If I feel unsure about the pronunciation first, I would likely play a translation of a song choice on Youtube (or introduce a children's song in ELL student's language) before tackling it myself. I think this would be a great opportunity of engaging as a co-learner with the students, because we can collectively look back on the process of hearing the song for the first time and mastering the song and its pronunciation over time. It is such a wonderful idea!

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Using Read-Alouds from YouTube (Cindy Yu)

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Using Read-Alouds from YouTube (Cindy Yu)

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YouTube is a useful resource for read-alouds that teachers can easily access and present to the class. If teachers are not familiar or comfortable with certain languages that they want to expose the students to, looking up read-alouds of dual language books online can be a simple way of incorporating different languages in the classroom.

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Bridging a language gap through technology- Brittany P

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Bridging a language gap through technology- Brittany P

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As I mentioned earlier, I think technology is the way to go to support ELL students on their learning journey with English. Applications like Binogi and Khan Academy having content in English and other languages is excellent because I think it gives ELL students to cross reference words/content in both languages, thereby giving them the opportunity to expand their vocabulary in English. I wonder if this might look like an ELL student having two chromebook screens open side to side to see the two languages lined up next to each other, such as duplicate content on Binogi.

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Structural math language change to reflect first language (Deirdre M-Y)

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Structural math language change to reflect first language (Deirdre M-Y)

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Some of my research is on this and I find it super cool and related to this section. Many languages around the world are action based. But english is object based. In math this shows up when we talk about concepts. We describe something like a face of a square as a static thing that has no inherent motion. But, kids that think in an action based language have an extra layer of translation to do in their heads. To remove that the teacher can come up with ways in english to describe a thing like an action based language would. So a face of a square wouldn't be flat and square with four corners. Instead it is where the objects sits still, surrounded by four lines that come together at a 90' angle.

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The dual language book is an excellent idea for ELL students and English as first language students to bond over a plot of a story despite a language divide; it is a great way to dismantle a language barrier. The idea of using electronics to narrate a book when the teacher/ students are not familiar with the language is excellent because it gives the correct dialogue from a native speaker. Alternatively, the ELL student can read the book in their language and not need to rely on electronics if they are confident with the literacy level.

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I have used Khan Academy every year or so since 2016 and I love this website. I have not used their non-English support and I know that they are more limited. But, I think that Khan Academy could be an excellent tool for parents of ELL students who want to understand what their kids are learning. If they speak one of the offered languages and want to help their kids in Math (or another subject), but learnt it in a very different form, a teacher could let them know what areas on Khan the class is covering. And parents could teach themselves to understand and help their kids in their own language. Obviously the same could happen with ELL students

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When I was reading the first section, the idea of praising students in their home language resonated with me and reminded me of my first teaching placement. Since my first placement had a high population of ELL students who spoke Mandarin, I would often hear the EA in the classroom give praise in Mandarin. I think this strategy is powerful because it sends the message to the student that their efforts are being noticed and their cultural background/language is celebrated and accepted within the learning space.

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Reading from dual language books (Deirdre M-Y)

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Reading from dual language books (Deirdre M-Y)

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In one of my placements in a kindergarten class I read a few times from a beautiful book that focused on many different ways to say "hi". I don't remember all the langues but each page had lovely art work a few unique lines and the new languages "hi" in both the original language and phonetically. What I loved about this book is it let the ELL kids who spoke Arabic or Korean be an expert in pronunciation and several times volunteer to teach the class how to properly say the word. I love the idea of going beyond this to full dual language books, but this was an easier place for monolingual me to start.

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In linguistics cognates are words across languages that share a common root word. They often sound or look similar. I love this idea because English is full to the brim of borrowed words that have cognates in other languages! There are lots of obvious ones in the Germanic languages that english is close to. And many in the Romance languages english has borrowed heavily from. But we also share roots with West Asian languages and have borrowed words (especially for food and animals) from all over the place. By pointing these out we can show that the gap between languages isn't a huge as it seems

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Displaying Days of the Week in Different Languages (Cindy Yu)

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Displaying Days of the Week in Different Languages (Cindy Yu)

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Many teachers use a corner of the black/whiteboard to write out the days of the week and class schedules, and this can be a useful spot to display different languages. Teachers can ask students for the vocabulary of the days of the week and write them next to the English words. Every week can showcase a different language.

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Teaching popular songs in home languages (Kate MacNeil)

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Teaching popular songs in home languages (Kate MacNeil)

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During my second practicum on my last day, I sang and played "Count on Me" by Bruno Mars and invited all the students in their table groups to have the chance to learn and then preform the song with myself accompanying each group. With more time and planning, I would put students into groups that share the same home language and have each group learn how to sing and preform in that language and even invite students that may not speak a different language to learn a new language through music.

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Inviting Family and Community Members as Guest Readers (Kate MacNeil)

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Inviting Family and Community Members as Guest Readers (Kate MacNeil)

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Connecting with family and community members to be invited into the classroom and read dual language books is a great way for teachers and students to learn multiple languages as well as having the opportunity to encourage students to share their home language and feel a sense of belonging.

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Allowing students to share their home language through a community circle can be an encouraging and great learning experience for a student to share a part of their identity through bringing an artifact from home, discussing a new topic as a class, etc. and this allows the teacher and other students to learn new vocabulary together.

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After working with Binogi a little bit over the summer, I am interested in experimenting more with the Scribjab application in order to encourage students to produce their own dual language stories.

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I am eager to invite a guest speaker into my future classroom in order to take turns reading a story in different languages. Although I initially was thinking one guest speaker in a dual language reading experience, the idea could be expanded to a panel of guest readers telling the same story in even more home/L1 languages spoken by my students.

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Greeting Students in Many Languages (Sarah Rose)

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Greeting Students in Many Languages (Sarah Rose)

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I believe that this is a powerful strategy because it allows each student to hear their language spoken by their teacher, someone who most of the time is speaking the main school language. This will show the students that the teacher cares about each of them individually. I also think it would be great to have all the students learn greetings in multiple languages so that they can interact successfully with their peers and so that they are just a little more prepared for the global world that they will be entering into!

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Voice-to-Text, Then Translate! (Sarah Rose) 

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Voice-to-Text, Then Translate! (Sarah Rose) 

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I think combining voice-to-text software with google doc's translate feature, in which an entire document can be translated, could be a powerful use of technology in the classroom. If teachers can have students dictate in their own language, and then translate that text, they would be able to gain some insight into student thinking. I think this could work really well for journal entries if the journal prompts were provided in more than one language!

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One strategy that has stuck with me is the idea of having a lunchtime story hour, in which books are read in different languages. Guests/families/community members could be invited in to help facilitate this. I think this is a strong strategy because it helps all students in the school feel that their language is actually represented and valued in that space. I think it would be really cool if there could be a "Folklore from Around the World" theme, where students could hear folktales from different cultures!

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Counting to 10 in Different Languages (Alex Simons)

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Counting to 10 in Different Languages (Alex Simons)

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The reading mentions there are many Youtube videos, posters and songs that involve counting to 10 in different languages. The class could work on learning how to count to 10 in many home languages-- it would be an inclusive, fun and challenging way to have everyone working together. It is also very useful throughout life to know how to count to 10 in multiple languages!

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Binogi is an amazing website where students can watch instructional videos in their home language or have captions if they prefer. Students may also create their own videos with voiceovers and text in multiple languages. It is an excellent platform for students to share their stories- in the way they choose.

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This is an awesome idea because parents, community members, writers and illustrators, drag queens, etc, could all come in to read a book that is special to them in their home language. It makes the reading quite significant and powerful, which I think kids have a great sense for. The readers can answer questions that the students have afterwards. It would make for a memorable experience!

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Display Multiple Language Edition Books (Alex Simons)

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Display Multiple Language Edition Books (Alex Simons)

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This is a great idea because any student can grab a multi-language book, whether it is for learning English, or learning another language they are not familiar with. Displaying these books would create excitement in the classroom and could foster inter-student learning (ie. students could help each other with pronunciation)

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This strategy I think can be very underutilized, especially with older children. In my experience, songs have been common around kindergarten age and are a great tool for helping students remember concepts and routines. I think this is still applicable for older children as well, and a more fun and memorable way to incorporate other languages into classroom learning.

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Having experienced using Binogi myself, I think that it is a great resource. There are a multitude of languages and math concepts to learn from, and students can more accessibly learn about math concepts using this site.

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Partnering with a Guest for Dual Language books (Hannah)

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Partnering with a Guest for Dual Language books (Hannah)

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I really like this strategy as a way to incorporate dual language books in the classroom. I think that inviting a guest in to read a dual language book sparks a more genuine conversation, and when the gues knows how to speak the other language, allows children to have a more authentic experience with that new language. It is also a very respectful way of presenting this language to children if as a teacher you do not know how to speak that language yourself.

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Image Captions using Home Languages (Hannah)

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Image Captions using Home Languages (Hannah)

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I like this strategy because it is a relatively easy and practical way to make use of students home languages. I think that students can easily associate what they see to be able to describe it in their native language, and it is not too complex. So this strategy is a good exercise to use imagery whether thats in art or other subjects and bring it back to the use of a student language by describing what is going on in the picture.

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Online translation tool is a good technology to help ELLs. It can translate in time and provide timely help and understanding. Online translation is a good technology to help ELLs. It can translate in time and provide timely help and understanding. When ELLs want to express themselves in their own language, translation software can also present students' ideas in English to the class.

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Read books in different languages - Siming

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Read books in different languages - Siming

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Host multilingual storytelling time in the classroom by reading books in my language: Mandarin for my future students. Introduce and demonstrate my language to students, and encourage them to appreciate different languages. Or use online resources to present a story to students in different languages.

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Incorporating songs in other languages (Lynnette)

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Incorporating songs in other languages (Lynnette)

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singing songs in other languages is an amazing way for students to practice saying words in other languages and it also promotes the practice of creating meaning with their learning as well. They are able to associate meanings to the words they sing and it is also likely they will remember the words when they hear the songs again!

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This is a great resource for teachers to use as an online platform for their students to learn new languages in a variety of ways. Videos, words of the day, and books are all free features of this tool that can be used by students and teachers.

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Celebrating your own multilingual skills (Lynnette)

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Celebrating your own multilingual skills (Lynnette)

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Reading or speaking to students in different languages can gain the interest of your students' to share their own languages and also learn different languages. If we share the same languages as our students we can also build connections with them and help them see themselves being represented by the teacher and not feel like they are different, but rather celebrated!

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Closed captioning feature in other languages (Lynnette)

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Closed captioning feature in other languages (Lynnette)

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I love the idea of presenting videos in other languages and also having subtitles in other languages when showing videos to our students. It reminded me of the quote from the director of "Parasite", Bong Joon Ho who stated, "Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films." By showing students the art and films made from different cultures and languages, we can increase the appreciation and exposure of it. We can steer away from only showing material in english with english subtitles to our students.

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Encouraging ELL students to count numbers, days, and months in their home languages is a good strategy for recognizing, respecting and practising language diversity in the classroom. This helps create a supportive and inclusive learning environment in which ELLs can interleave mathematical concepts between English and their native languages, thereby enhancing their understanding.

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Songs, Poems, and Fingerplay (Alexandra C.)

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Songs, Poems, and Fingerplay (Alexandra C.)

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Incorporate songs and dances/fingerplay in different languages into the classroom every morning or after lunch. Encourage students to sing and follow along with the hand motions (e.g., Itsy Bitsy Spider, The Snowman Song). I love the idea of catering the songs to student interests. Older students could learn or create a poem in their home language and explain it to small groups.

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I love the idea of incorporating our students' languages into the classroom. This includes greeting and praising students in their home language, incorporating sayings and phrases from other languages into our daily routine (e.g., washroom, recess), and introducing literature/videos/music in different languages. In addition to this, I like the idea of bringing our students' home language into caregiver-teacher meetings (using Google Translate) and when offering students one-on-one feedback.

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Our class learned lots about this resource in our summer course and it can be a great tool to engage all of your students within the classroom. It is a free online resource and is geared towards the mathematics and sciences of teaching. This tool can be used in a wide range of different languages and when used correctly can be very engaging for all students!

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There are so many resources out there that allows for subtitles to be played in another language at the bottom so student's who are still learning English are able to follow along just as easily and help them with their learning.

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Incorporate student's languages into the classroom- Anna 

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Incorporate student's languages into the classroom- Anna 

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Provide opportunities for student's to learn classmate's languages. Incorporate different languages into the lessons or have a chart sheet with different phrases for all students to see and use with their fellow classmates (easy phrases like "I need to use the washroom" "Good morning" etc.) This allows students to not be ashamed or punished for using their language and rather be proud of it.

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Note-taking tools with recording features - Lucas Y. Zhang

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Note-taking tools with recording features - Lucas Y. Zhang

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Provide a note-taking tool with recording features like Google Keep or Livescribe Smartpen. This technology not only serves as an effective aid in classroom settings but also enhances the overall language acquisition process for ELLs. They can utilize to review recorded lesson notes, practice nuanced pronunciation, improve comprehension, and retain course materials at home.

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Role play dual-language stories  - Lucas Y. Zhang

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Role play dual-language stories  - Lucas Y. Zhang

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Add a fun twist to the use of dual language books. The teacher read the stories in English and have students act out the stories in their home languages. This way, they can improve their comprehension and proficiency in both languages while having a great time in class.

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Listening to podcasts are an effective listening comprehension tool for students to expand their vocabulary as well as learn to speak the language in both a more formal and informal setting. An example of a podcast is, "6 Minute English" by BBC where two people have a conversation at a slower pace and listeners can follow along with a transcript. It also provides a vocabulary list and question of the week.

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In my last practicum, a couple kids had written their own storybooks and the AT had featured them in their classroom library so other kids could borrow and read the books at their own leisure. Encouraging kids to write and illustrate a storybook in their preferred language of choice and either doing a show and tell or allowing the students (if they want) to do their own read aloud to the class will expose other children to new languages and cultures, but will also foster a sense of confidence and belonging in the student sharing.

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Affixing labels to different areas, furniture, items in the classroom in the languages of the students alongside the primary language of instruction can help them transfer knowledge and understanding.

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"Host multilingual story time over lunch", celebrate my own multilingual skills and impress my future students by reading both English and Urdu languages book myself. I'll also invite parents to help out by reading books in their own languages.

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The more technology the better for ELL students - Will

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The more technology the better for ELL students - Will

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I think the more digital interfaces there are in the classroom (and embedded into the classwork), the more opportunities ELL students have compared to worksheets, print books, etc. Even just the ability to copy paste text can empower an ELL student I feel.

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When you have a text in two languages it can be fun and interesting to look at some of the differences in translation - for example if there are cultural references or jokes that are distinct to each language, students might really enjoy hearing about them and why the changes were made.

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Videos in Home Languages with English Captions - Will 

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Videos in Home Languages with English Captions - Will 

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Play videos in student's home languages (possibly in a rotation if there are more than one) with English subtitles occasionally so that ELL students aren't always forced to read captions when a video plays.  Native English speaking students also experience what it's like to read the captions for understanding, and that could build empathy.

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Incorporate multilingualism into classroom life - Siming

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Incorporate multilingualism into classroom life - Siming

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Invite students who speak another language to teach classmates in their native language. Such as frequently used words: good morning, good job, goodbye, etc. Providing opportunities for students to be proud of their languages and help them embrace the diversity of language.

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Ensuring that there is a well-working Voice to Text app or program within the classroom at all times is very important to me. I saw how helpful it can be first hand during my first practicum. I will also try to find as many Multi Language apps and programs for students to use as I believe technology is going to slowly become more and more how Education will be working.

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Turning on the Captions! - David DiFrancesco

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Turning on the Captions! - David DiFrancesco

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This is by far the most important thing you can do to help an ELL when watching videos in the classroom. Even simple movement break videos can be more beneficial to students learning English. Rotating through the different languages within the classroom as best as possible, and sharing the sources for students who needed different captions to watch the video again. This can also helping hearing impaired students to better understand the video, making it an important accessibility need as well.

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Positive Reinforcement - David DiFrancesco

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Positive Reinforcement - David DiFrancesco

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Taking the time to learn the different ways to provide positive feedback to students in their home language is something that I will absolutely be doing as a teacher. To provide that encouragement in the best way possible for the student. Pulling from Shania's bright idea, compiling a list as a class and featuring it within the classroom is an amazing idea, fostering community between the students no matter their language.

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We spoke a lot today about incorporating a variety of technology in the classroom. I think using closed captions whenever playing a video or even when at the front of the room speaking is a great practice. For classrooms with multiple language learners with different backgrounds, the instructor can rotate which language they are using. Use of CC's are also a well rounded inclusive practice because it can support students who may have a hearing impairment and/or difficulty focusing.

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Intentional Community Building (Caitlin) 

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Intentional Community Building (Caitlin) 

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Incorporating community building best practices i.e., greeting students in their home languages, having students share stories/significant cultural artifacts with their classmates in their home languages, developing a multicultural word wall and ultimately celebrating each student

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Captions, Voice to text and Youtube - Madison

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Captions, Voice to text and Youtube - Madison

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Having access to voice-to-text and captions is valuable for students learning different languages. These tools provide written representations of spoken words. Also, for students who can't read captions yet, having voice-to-text also accessible allows students to hear the words in the languages spoken to them out loud. This helps make language learning more inclusive for everyone. Nowadays, with technology and students having computers at school, Google offers both of these features. Even when using YouTube, it offers different language options and captions which I LOVE!!!

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Language and Cultural Sharing with Dual Language Books - Madison 

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Language and Cultural Sharing with Dual Language Books - Madison 

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Once a month, a student can invite a family member into the classroom. The family member and the student can choose a book in their language and read it to the class. The teacher can translate it into English with a translator or try it themselves. Afterward, the student and their family member can share more about the book, and students can ask questions. Then, the teacher can display words, or pictures in the classroom from the book's or their language.

As a future teacher, I'd like to learn and try reading dual language books to the class too. As a role model, I believe it will be really good to have your students see you trying to learn their languages.

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Cultural Greetings or Student Cultural Show and Tell.  - Madison Ladd

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Cultural Greetings or Student Cultural Show and Tell.  - Madison Ladd

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Before entering the classroom, you can say 'hello' to the teacher in your own language and add a friendly gesture like clapping, hugging, fist bumping, spinning, or anything else that makes you feel welcome. This will make our classroom a friendly and inclusive place. (I would like to incorporate this in the future as a teacher)

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At the end of each week pick a different student to share a short video or pictures about their culture. They can even bring something into the classroom if they want. This way, we can learn about each other's background, culture and languages and have fun together.

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Read and Write Google Chrome extensions (Hia)

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Read and Write Google Chrome extensions (Hia)

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With the Google Read and Write extension app, students can choose the various languages to translate on the web pages. It helps ELLs to read with quick searching of the words in their home languages.

Furthermore, Read and Write enables ELL students to listen to the texts on the readings as well as summarize the reading in short, preventing ELLs from becoming overwhelmed with too much English reading.

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Read aloud with traditional fairy tales or stories in dual language books will be approachable for younger grades. Students can always access the book during free time or break times after read aloud, which they can also explore and repeat with their peers.

For older grades, students can use various online resources to listen to books in other languages during reading time and they can share with their classmates.

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Students can respond to attendance using their native language, and other students can practice different languages that they would like to speak.
Students can have more opportunities to use their mother tongue with a variety of attendance questions, such as would you rather..., and teachers can learn the language together.

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I recently explored an app called Get Epic! It’s a platform that provides students with books to read, audio available, and various different subjects and levels. They had a variety of books for students to choose from, and it also gave them options to read in dual languages.

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As mentioned in articles, sharing your language with students can get them excited about learning a new language or even see their language being represented. If I, as a teacher, bring in Hindi books to my classroom and read in both languages, it gets students curious as to what I’m saying or reading to them. After the book is finished reading in English and Hindi, I share some words for them to learn. Bringing in parents to read to students in dual languages and teach new words to the students.

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When creating a lesson with options for dual languages, give the student a vocabulary sheet that provides them with the English word and meaning, the word and meaning translated to the language they speak, and a picture to represent the word. The vocabulary sheet will give students visual support if they need it.

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Technology For Translating Instructions (Shania) 

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Technology For Translating Instructions (Shania) 

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If time and resources were available I think it would be wonderful to be able to pre-translate all instructions that are going to be provided to students for class work, homework etc into their home language. Ideally the students would have access to the technology at school and at home, which would allow for families to support the work at home if needed or just be looped in.

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In my future practice, as someone who speaks two languages, I hope to model the use of Dual-Language books in the form of read-alouds/reading circles. My hope is that through my own modelling, I might inspire/encourage students to sign up to lead a reading of a dual-language book of their choice in their home language to the class.

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Praise, Encouragement & Compliment Word Wall (Shania)

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Praise, Encouragement & Compliment Word Wall (Shania)

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Co-create a praise/encouragement/compliment word wall with phrases/words such as thank you, cool, I like that, I love that, interesting, etc in the different languages represented in our class. I would model using these new phrases/words in our daily classroom practice in hopes that students use them as well to praise, encourage and compliment each other.

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There are several games that can be incorporated into lessons/classrooms that are multilingual. Children love games and I think it is a great way to engage them with the incorporation of their home language, and/or to help make all students aware of different languages that exist in the classroom. Some examples include:
- Language Gain
- Influent
- Count to Ten
- LingoArcade
-Elevate

etc.

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Collaborate with bilingual students, parents, and staff to create a list of multilingual journal prompts. These prompts can help ELL students gradually transition to writing in English.

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I think it would be useful to have a screen translating the instructors voice in real time during a lesson in the language spoken in the classroom so that all students feel confident in the information given.

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having set up diferent kahoots that are cross curricular in a subject of the teachers or students choice, creating a chance for students to see different visualizations of words, imagery, contexts, stories, songs in the classroom.

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I think it would be nice for English Language Learners to see their teacher attempt to read from a dual language book in a language other than English. This would allow students to feel proud of their linguistic abilities, hearing their teacher struggle with pronunciation and make mistakes encourages their use of English without perfection and shows recognition that using a second language is challenging.

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Dual Language Literature Circles - Sahar Baig

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Dual Language Literature Circles - Sahar Baig

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Providing a selection of dual language books in literature circles that students can read as a group, or read independently and have meaningful deep discussions during literature circles. These group meetings help enhance communication skills, critical thinking skills, and gives you different perspectives. There are also a variety of roles that can be used for these discussions to stimulate language development and proficiency.

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Create their own "Community" books (greg)

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Create their own "Community" books (greg)

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For example, having a book for the entire term where its in a chart that has english words that theyve learned from their reading block of their book of choice and see how the words are different and or similar in a different language.

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Rewording nutrition break guided to the community learning (greg)

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Rewording nutrition break guided to the community learning (greg)

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Having students practice saying foods described in their communities languages each week differentiation for english.

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PP1: Include strategic use of students’ home language in the classroom (Syrena)

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PP1: Include strategic use of students’ home language in the classroom (Syrena)

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I am planning to employ the strategy of encouraging students to write words that they don't know in English in their home/L1 language so as to promote more fluid writing. Afterwards, they can highlight the L1 words and find the translations in order to add to their individual word banks stored in the front their writing journal.

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I love the idea of allowing students to produce a first draft of a piece of writing in their home language prior to scribing it in English. I think this practice allows them to feel confident in their work and gain a deeper understanding of their writing.

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"Incorporate songs, fingerplay, chants, poems, and counting in other languages"

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In my future practice, I would like to greet my students in their home languages when taking attendance.

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Technology can lend a voice and help you read a story in more than one language. There are many websites that provide culturally relevant stories in English and/or other languages. Some of these websites are animated, narrated, student created, or are read aloud by a celebrity (Storybooks Canada, Write our World ).

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In my future practice, I would celebrate my own multilingual skills and impress my students by reading both languages (Bengali & English) of the book myself and encourage my students to do so.

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Binogi Canada (www.binogi.ca) offers rich online resource for supporting middle and high school students in learning mathematics and science concepts through content in their home languages . Binogi Canada currently provides free online animated lessons in nine different languages. I can resonate with this because I used this resource for the multilingual learners' assignment for Technology course, and I would definitely incorporate this platform into my future practice.

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Show students how to use Google Voice to Text features in platforms like Google Docs to assist them. Works with a variety of languages!

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For example, cocreate a simple story dualtext book text with the languages that are present in your classroom. Or with older students have them work in language pairs to create their own creations

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Students can be encouraged to invite a parent in as a special guest in the classroom to share traditions, stories and overall knowledge about their culture. Parents will be encouraged to share their home language through books, songs, or stories.

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The learning community (students and teacher) identify a word of the day that could be used authentically and practically in the classroom. Ask students to write the word in their language and then provide a transliteration (how you would say it) as a guide to pronunciation. Put the word
on the board each day for easy reference.

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storytelling dual language books (Ammira)

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storytelling dual language books (Ammira)

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Invite parent readers who speak another language(s) featured in the book in the classroom, this can enhance the learning experience. They can take turns reading the story in both languages, making it more interactive.

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incorporating songs, fingerplays, chants, poems, counting, and math concepts in other languages can engage students. YouTube is a valuable resource for finding multilingual versions of songs and counting activities.

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I will invite community members into my classroom to share dual language read aloud books. Depending on the grade level, I would also invite students to share a dual language read aloud with their classmates. This is a great way to foster a sense of meaningful belonging in the classroom environment.