Translanguaging Project by Ellin Liu

Culturally Sustaining Disciplinary Literacy for Bi/Multilingual Learners: Creating a Translanguaging Social Studies Classroom

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 06:56:03 UTC

Teachers can leverage students' home languages to deepen their understanding of complex historical concepts.

Colonialingualism: colonial legacies, imperial mindsets, and inequitable practices in English language education

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 06:59:28 UTC

The article explores how colonial legacies and imperialist ideologies are embedded in English language education. The unit on colonialism could include critical discussions about the role of language in colonial power dynamics and provide opportunities for students to explore how colonial languages, like English, were used to marginalize Indigenous and other colonized peoples.

“Our country has gained independence, but we haven’t”: Collaborative translanguaging to decolonize English language teaching

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 07:01:26 UTC

The author explores how English-only language policies in postcolonial Malaysia perpetuate colonial mindsets and restrict the linguistic freedom of multilingual students. It argues that translanguaging, when applied as a collaborative pedagogy, can challenge these ideologies and foster more equitable and inclusive learning environments.

Culturally Relevant Books and Resources

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 19:37:49 UTC

Inquiry-Based Instructions & Multilingual Learners

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 19:51:16 UTC

Use inquiry-based instruction and the five Es principle (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) to help students explore authentic problems and make connections between language and content in the unit.

Using Inquiry-Based Learning with Multilingual Learners

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 19:53:36 UTC

This resource talks more about how to support multilingual learners develop their language and literacy skills with inquiry-based approach.

Example Tool for Translation

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 19:54:48 UTC

How ELLs Can Be an Asset in History Class

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 19:57:00 UTC

Some general practices that can be used to support multilingual learners, including using KWL chart to access prior knowledge, using visual, and simple language.

Haitian Revolution - Bilingual Poem

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:01:48 UTC

Use with an audio/video that read aloud the poem. If there is a video, teachers can use Visual Thinking Strategy to elicit observations and feelings about the poem.
Text analysis: (1) What is the tone of this poem? (2) How can you tell? List the words or phrases that support your conclusion. (3) How do the ideas expressed in this poem relate to the Haitian Revolution? (4) What did you learn about how Haitians today think about the Revolution from this source?

Colonialism and Resistance Research Notetaker

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:12:42 UTC

Use graphic organizers like this to help multilingual learners take notes and organize information as they read sources about colonialism. This is a type of scaffolds that help students chunk larger researching and writing tasks.

Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:16:03 UTC

The use of English and the oppression of native languages can be a potential topic of the unit on colonialism.

TPE 1 Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:23:07 UTC

1.1 Apply knowledge of students, including their prior experiences, interests, and social-emotional learning needs, as well as their funds of knowledge and cultural, language, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to engage them in learning.

1.3 Connect subject matter to real-life contexts and provide active learning experiences to engage student interest, support student motivation, and allow students to extend their learning.

1.5 Promote students' critical and creative thinking and analysis through activities that provide opportunities for inquiry, problem solving, responding to and framing meaningful questions, and reflection.

TPE 2 Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:24:59 UTC

2.2 Create learning environments (i.e., traditional, blended, and online) that promote productive student learning, encourage positive interactions among students, reflect diversity and multiple perspective, and are culturally responsive.

TPE 4 Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All students

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:29:29 UTC

4.4. Plan, design, implement and monitor instruction, making effective use of instructional time to maximize learning opportunities and provide access to the curriculum for all students by removing barriers and providing access through instructional strategies that include:

applying principles of UDL and MTSS
use of developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriate learning activities, instructional materials, and resources for all students, including the full range of English learners.

TPE 7 Effective Literacy Instructions for All Students

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 20:31:45 UTC

7.7 Language Development. Promote students' oral and written langauge development by attending to vocabulary knowledge and use ... Create environments that foster students' oral and written language development, including discipline-specific language.

Applying Translanguaging to a World History Unit

ellinliuyi — 2024-10-15 21:11:12 UTC