Episode Details

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Renaissance.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Too often, programs for emergent bilingual learners use curricula, teaching methods, and assessments that were designed for monolingual English students. As a result, the programs underestimate what these learners know and can do, resulting in missed opportunities and poor outcomes. 

In this edWeb podcast, noted scholar Dr. Kathy Escamilla and Doris Chávez-Linville show you why U.S. schools need a Science of Biliteracy to better meet the needs of emergent bilingual learners. You’ll understand:

• How the Science of Biliteracy is both alike and different from the Science of Reading
• What the research shows about how bilingual students learn to read—and how two languages interact in the brain
• Why it’s essential to leverage students’ home languages to support literacy development, from Pre-K through high school
• How to understand and build on all of the language and cultural assets that students bring to the classroom

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school and district leaders, assessment directors, bilingual/ESL directors, and reading directors.