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Multilingual Learners: 3 Ways to Build Knowledge

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Professional Learning with Dr. Jana Echevarría

Research shows that students’ background knowledge is a key predictor of reading comprehension, thus students’ ability to understand grade-level content area texts.

Join renowned English learner expert and researcher Dr. Jana Echevarría as she explores what the research base says about background knowledge and its implications for classroom practice, with a focus on supporting the unique needs of multilingual learners.

 
Photograph of Dr. Jana Echevarría, Professor Emerita at California State University, Long Beach, presenter of the Background Knowledge for Multilingual Learners webinar

View this on-demand webinar with Dr. Echevarría to learn three proven strategies for building background knowledge:

  • Practical ideas for connecting multilingual students’ own lived experience and knowledge to lessons
  • Techniques for tapping into students’ previous learning
  • Strategies for fostering word knowledge, especially with English learners
 

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