Teaching MLs

Ep 126. Gilda Martinéz-Alba: Wordless Books: So Much to Say!

@gildamart shares all the ways we can use wordless books w/ MLs to develop language and literacy skills.

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Ep 125. Social-Emotional Learning in the English Language Classroom

Dr. Gilda Martinéz-Alba and Dr. Luís Pentón Herra talk about how to integrate SEL with language instruction.

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Ep 124. Lesly Garcia - Designing instruction for SLIFE

In this conversation, teacher Lesly Garcia shares how she applies MALP principles to design relevant and sustaining pedagogy for SLIFE. It's such an applicable conversation. 

 

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Ep 123. English and SLIFE w. Dr.Luis Javier Pentón Herrera

Dr. Luis Javier Pentón Herrera provides an extensive overview of the research around SLIFE & showcases how teachers have implemented them in classes in this podcast conversation. 

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Ep 122. SLIFE: Bridging Where They Are and What They Need w/ Dr. Brenda Custodio

Dr. Brenda Custodio talks about how we can bridge where SLIFE are and what they need to be successful! It’s all about seeing MLs’ assets.

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Ep 121. From SLIFE to principal - Dr. Andrew Xiong

Dr. Andrew Xiong shares his process and reflections from being a Hmong refugee to becoming a principal advocating for SLIFE. 

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Ep 120. Balanced Literacy for SLIFE w/ Stephanie Ledger

Stephanie Ledger joins us to talk about why she uses a balanced literacy approach with SLIFE, the results, and how she does it. 

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Stephanie Ledger is an ESL/ELD early literacy resource teacher and a reception center assessor of newcomer students with the Waterloo Region District School Board, Ontario, Canada. Stephanie is passionate about co-creating equitable assessment and learning opportunities for multilingual learners (MLLs). She has spent over thirty years collaborating with elementary, secondary and adult multilingual learners and their teachers. Her research and practice focus on early literacy education for adolescent students of refugee background with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE). Stephanie has a Master of Education degree from Wilfrid Laurier
University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Currently, she is designing and teaching a course through Wilfrid Laurier, focusing on asset-based language and literacy instruction for MLLs of diverse
backgrounds.

Stephanie’s research publications are:

Ledger, S., & Montero, M. K. (2022). Transforming ESL Pedagogies: A Teacher’s Journey from Subject-Centered to Student-Centered Pedagogy When Teaching Print Literacy to SLIFE. In English and Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education: Global perspectives on teacher preparation
and classroom practices. (pp. 141-159). Springer, Cham.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86963-2_9

Ledger, S. (2021). Teacher Profile in Chapter 2: Social and emotional learning in pre- and in-service TESOL teacher preparation programs, In L.J. L. J. Pentón Herrera (Ed.), Social-emotional learning in the English language classroom: Fostering growth, self-care, and
independence. TESOL Press.
https://www.amazon.ca/Social-Emotional-Learning-English-Language-Classroom/dp/1953745024

Ledger, S. (2017). Shifting pedagogy for adolescent refugees with limited or interrupted formal education: A case study of the professional experiences of a secondary english literacy
development teacher. MEd. Thesis, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3090&context=etd
Montero, K. M., Newmaster, S. and Ledger, S. (2014). Exploring early reading instructional strategies to advance the print literacy development of adolescent SLIFE. Journal of Adolescent
& Adult Literacy, 58(1), pp.59-69. https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaal.318

Ep 119. Bridges to Academic Success for SLIFE w/ Dr. Lisa Auslander

Dr. Lisa Auslander (@lisaausl), founder of the Bridges to Academic Success talks about how we can best serve SLIFE.

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Ep 118. SLIFE: What every teacher needs to know w/ Dr. Andrea DeCapua

Dr. Andrea DeCapua (@AndreaDeCapua), a renowned expert in SLIFE talks to us about what every teacher needs to know to instruct them. You can support the podcast by purchasing DeCapua's book with this Amazon Affiliate's link at no cost to yourself https://amzn.to/3en2Ifv.

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Ep 117: Nicholas Emmanuele - How to create a queer-affirming environment

Nicholas Emannuele (@NAEmmanuele) shares his story of coming out as a queer educator and how to create a queer-affirming environment in this lovely conversation.