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Continue reading →: What Does It Mean to Make Language Visible?
by Dr. Ruslana Westerlund I get these 3 questions a lot: Q: Why do you promote SFL and Genre Pedagogy? A: I promote equity. I chose SFL and Genre Pedagogy because they make the language of schooling visible and teachable. Too often, we expect students to read, write, reason, and…
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Continue reading →: All Blogs Are *NOW* FREEEE!Dear subscribers who are mostly teachers! We know you work really hard and you are underpaid. Westerlund Consulting LLC is providing all the blogs moving forward for FREEEEEEE! That means – RETROACTIVELY too! Now you can access the following blogs, previously available only by subscription: Cheering you on, About the…
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Continue reading →: Cross-Linguistic Meaning Making Through Noun Groups in Science
This week for Cohort 3 was Session 5 of our Building a Language Toolkit for Teachers: A Functional Approach book study, we explored one of the most exciting opportunities for supporting multilingual learners: cross-linguistic analysis. Rather than asking students to leave their home languages at the classroom door, we examined…
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Continue reading →: The Point of Departure: How Writers Guide Their ReadersWe are having so much fun in our summer book study unpacking key ideas from our book Building a Language Toolkit for Teachers: A Functional Approach. Sally Humphrey and I co-lead the sessions. To reflect on some of my favorite moments, I’ve been writing blogs. In Session 1, we talked…
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Continue reading →: Kindergarten Lesson: Why Don’t Signs Use Full Sentences?
This lesson is in response to a conversation on LinkedIn about Text as a Unit of Meaning. The question came up about whether we should work with texts with students with lower levels of language proficiency to which I responded: we can do complex work with short texts. I actually…
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Continue reading →: “Showing” and “Telling” in Narratives Through WIDA Language FeaturesWe are having a fantastic time in our summer book study. There are about 70 participants from 6 continents. I lost track of counting countries, it’s easier to count continents. Two theoretical chapters are out of the way – next week is the real fun begins. If you hurry, we…
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Continue reading →: Gamifying Alphabet LearningAlphabet Learning Doesn’t Have to Be Boring: Gamifying the Ukrainian Alphabet By Dr. Ruslana Westerlund (with Nicky Westerlund) I’ve been writing all about English in my blogs, and most of my work focused on the upper levels of the language system: Discourse and down. Well, today I’m changing things up…
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Continue reading →: The Role of Language in Health and Physical EducationBy Dr. Ruslana Westerlund I recently delivered training for instructional leaders from various learning areas – from environmental science to early years to math and science, and yes, health and physical education (HPE). (In the following weeks, I will be training social studies, literacy, art & music instructional leaders). Being…
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Continue reading →: A New Chapter: Making Language Visible Goes Full-TimeDear readers, Big news: Making Language Visible is growing. I’m excited to share that I’ve officially launched Westerlund Consulting, LLC as a full-time endeavor. What began as a space to think, write, and share ideas about language and learning back in 2013 has evolved into a dedicated consulting practice focused…
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Continue reading →: How Causality Unfolds Across Historical Texts: The Domino EffectBy Dr. Ruslana Westerlund I have previously written on how causal language is not always expressed through because and so in this blog. Today, I’m going to take you to historical texts to illustrate something that needs to be taught explicit to our students: how cause and effect chains are…
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I’m Ruslana
Proud immigrant woman business owner of Making Language Visible @Westerlund Consulting. I consult internationally on all things related to equipping all teachers with a pedagogically useful model of language. Book me at westerlundconsulting.com
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