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Continue reading →: Language is for the living of life, not for the production of structures (Hasan, 2008/2011)
Source: Hasan, R. (2008/2011). Modes of learning, modes of teaching: semiotic mediation and knowledge. Language and education: Learning and teaching in society. Volume 3. ed. J Webster. London: Equinox. Chapter 2.
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Continue reading →: Will English learner relicensure policy actually improve professional development in Minnesota districts?
By Miranda Schornack, a doctoral student in Second Language Education at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. The bright side In 2014, the Minnesota Legislature enacted requirements for educator relicensure that focus on professional growth around working with English learners (ELs) (MN§122A.18, Subd. 4(b)) (also, see Appendix A). These new requirements are…
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Continue reading →: Much more than a reclassification issue: ELLs in K-12
by Ruslana Westerlund, Ed. D., WIDA at Wisconsin Center for Education Research and Luciana C. de Oliveira, Ph.D., University of Miami Much more than a reclassification issue: ELLs in K-12: A Response to Keeping long-term English learners from getting stuck This blog post is in response to the original blog Keeping…
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Continue reading →: “Aren’t some students too young to talk about critical issues?”by Jenna Cushing-Leubner & Alexa LaPatka “Aren’t some students too young to talk about critical issues?” This is a question that is often asked – by colleagues, by teacher-students in my graduate classes, by my family and friends back home who are not educational researchers, but are very interested in the…
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Continue reading →: 2015 in review
Thank you dear readers for your interest and engagement with the Reclaiming the Language for Social Justice blog in the first year of its existence. WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for my blog. Check it. You might be highlighted below. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall…
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Continue reading →: Paradoxes of Rigor
by Ruslana Westerlund I have recently been reflecting on how rigor by itself can really do more harm than good. I originally titled this blog as “Fed Up with Rigor” but quickly realized (after it started making circles on social media) that it might be sending the wrong message. Let…
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Continue reading →: My Visit to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights
By Ruslana Westerlund, Author of From Borsch to Burgers: A Cross-Cultural Memoir On October 22, 2015, my good friend Diana Merritt Turner took me — on behalf of the Teachers of English as an Additional Languages (TEAL) Manitoba Conference Committee — to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights (CMHR) located…
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Continue reading →: Building on the Translanguaging Practices of Emergent Bilinguals
Originally posted on The Educational Linguist: Below is the text-version of a short article that I wrote for Penn GSE Research into Practice. Click here to see the full web version. Educational linguists have developed a theory of bilingualism that has significant implications for teaching emergent bilingual students. The centerpiece…
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Continue reading →: Bringing Academic Language to the Mainstream: Using Sentence Frames to Collaborate with Classroom Teachers
By Max Ginsberg, a Minnesota Teacher Can a single idea bring about lasting change in an entire school? That was the question I pondered as one of the instructors of the West Metro Leadership Academy asked what kind of change project we were going to bring back to our schools.…
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Continue reading →: Using Immigrant Children as Pawn in Pre-Election Times
By Dr. Christel Broady US readers are caught up in the bizarre world of political demagogy toying with the topic of immigration and immigrants. We can find one candidate describe all Mexican illegal immigrants as rapists and murderers. Another one describes Asians giving birth in the USA as creating anchor…
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