Encouraging Language Development in Multilingual Learners
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Teaching & Learning Practices 1 hr Self Paced 1 General SCECH
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educators and early childhood providers. Learners
from other states or outside of the Michigan K-12
education system will pay full price for Michigan
Virtual courses.
Full Price:
$
10
About This Course
This course aims to enhance academic language development in multilingual learners. Participants will access vocabulary-building research, and gain strategies for enhancing multilingual learners' vocabularies. Emphasizing multilingualism as an asset, it covers language acquisition, evaluates vocabulary-building techniques, and explores activities that support multilingual learners. The course encourages reflection on the importance of vocabulary and educator support needs, using research, discussions, and planning to equip educators with effective strategies for fostering language development.
In this course, you will:
- Recall ways that being multilingual is an asset.
- Distinguish the ways multilingual children acquire language.
- Utilize activities that build vocabulary for Multilingual Learners.
- Evaluate vocabulary-building techniques for Multilingual Learners.
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SCECHs Granted
- 1 - General SCECH
Duration
- 90 days
Who should take this course?
- Birth-K
- K-5
What grade level(s) does this course apply to?
- Birth-K
- K-5
Source
- Michigan Virtual