This one day workshop will provide educators with an overview of language development and second language acquisition with a specific focus on English Language Learners (ELLs). We will discuss the overlap and impact of language-based learning disabilities when students are dually identified as ELL and LBLD. Participants will review specific strategies and tools to better identify, understand, and support ELL students, as well as create a safe, inclusive, and productive classroom for all students.

MEETING OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to...

• Define and describe the stages of language acquisition
• Explain how to support and provide structure to ELLs with LBLD
• Discuss cultural considerations when teaching ELLs
• Review instructional strategies to support ELLs, students with LBLD, and students in both categories, including Landmark’s six Teaching Principles and universal design for learning (UDL)