Teaching MLs

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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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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. 

Dr. James Coda and Dr. Lei Jiang share why and how we can queer language instruction so that it affirms MLs’ identities. 

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We hear from Dr. @JoseMedinaJr89 about the need to stand with our queer students, family members, & queer colleagues if we want to be truly equitable. 

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