Culturally Responsive Instruction to Improve English Learners’ Academic Oral Language Development

Dr. Elke Schneider provides multiple strategies to support emergent bilinguals in oral language instruction.

Are we Listening Beyond the Accent?

Elizabeth McCauley McDonald, a South Carolina assistant principal, encourages teachers to hear beyond their emergent bilingual students’ accents, if one exists, and embrace student language and culture as knowledge wells to promote student growth.

Culturally Responsive Instruction for Non-Native Speakers of English

Dr. Elke Schneider, a professor at Winthrop University, shares ways teachers can implement culturally responsive teaching in their classrooms to support their emergent bilingual students.