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Working with both students with special needs and students who struggle with language acquisition I felt this course will allow me to develop skills to aid these students in strategies they can use independently to expand their vocabulary.

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As a speech and language therapist, I work with students who have difficulty using and understanding language. These students have difficulty accessing content due to their language impairments.

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As a 8th grade, Special Education Co- Teacher, I frequently witness the occasional gaps that form in student understanding of all 4 of the main content areas when they have not been exposed and furthermore provided with the ability to practice the new academic vocabulary or to revisit previous terms in newer contexts.

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Nando
Content Specific Vocabulary is the foundation of lesson building

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Judi -  Looking for additional ways to connect with struggling learners.

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Judi -  Looking for additional ways to connect with struggling learners.

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I'm taking this course because I have room to grow in teaching academic language with my students. I'm hoping to learn additional techniques I can apply in my own classroom this year.

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I would like to deepen my understanding of how to use academic language in the math classroom.

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Improve instruction, better understand challenges of Ells, meet their needs more effectively

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I want to better learn how to embed challenging content specific vocabulary into social studies in a way that students can understand and access. I especially want to make sure it is accessible to ENL students and struggling readers.

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I'd like to learn most efficient strategies for teaching academic language.

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I'd like to learn most efficient strategies for teaching academic language.

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Catie

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There is a big emphasis on academic language in our school and I see the value in it for our students. I want a better understanding on what it is and how to successfully implement it within my classroom.

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Deeper Understanding of AL - E. Fitzgerald

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Deeper Understanding of AL - E. Fitzgerald

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I was interested in taking this course to further dive into using academic language in my classroom and with small groups of students I teach. This past year, we started diving into AL during PD's and SIC days and I began to use some of the concepts in my everyday practice. I feel that I am ready to explore this concept at a deeper level.

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To learn new ways of implementing/teaching academic language strategies

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We are taking this course because we want to gain a deeper understanding of the techniques and methods we can use in our classroom to enhance our instruction of academic language.

We are also looking to develop new strategies to best meet the needs of our ENL and struggling readers.

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To have a clear definition of what academic language is and how to differentiate the instruction for diverse learners.

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Good understandings of theory but would like to further apply in the classroom.

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I hope to learn strategies to reach struggling language learners. -Aurora

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I am taking this course to deepen my understanding of how to more explicitly teach academic language in the hopes that it will help to boost the level of conversations in the classroom.