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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 →: 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 →: Paradoxes of Rigor
by Ruslana Westerlund I have recently been reflecting on how rigor by itself can really do more harm than good. Let me make myself clear: I am all about high expectations for ALL students, especially marginalized students such as culturally and linguistically diverse learners. However, I am passionate about High…
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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 →: What Does Language Have to Do with Social Justice?by Ruslana Westerlund This post was inspired by the Social Justice Panel at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I participated as an invited speaker. It was organized by Carl Grant, Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This post does not reflect the content of the panel. The panel…
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Continue reading →: My Speech is Accentless, But My Skin Color is Not
Poem by Ruslana Westerlund as Featured on Protest Poems Originally published in 2010 Where are you from? What languages do you speak? Aren’t you from Mexico? Really, where are you from? Since you asked, I will answer you. You might listen, but will you hear me? You might hear me,…
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Continue reading →: We Must Define OurselvesPoem by Ruslana Westerlund Originally posted around 2008… I definitely remember it was a Saturday, but I forgot the year…. Today, I was inspired. I was inspired by the dedicated ESL Teachers who chose to spend their Saturday together with other ESL teachers. ESL Teachers are a very closely-knit group…
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Continue reading →: Reclaiming My Students’ Home Languages Between The Slices of The Dubai SkyThis is a true story from my teaching experience in 2007-08 school year. Not a very long time ago, I was an ESL teacher. I wanted to teach my students how to create a dialog by using call outs/cut outs or so called dialog bubbles. I gave them different magazines…
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