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Your Morning Boost - Unlocking Potential: Supporting Long-term English Learners


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Your Morning Boost Ready to lead with intention? Join us for 'Your Morning Boost' – your daily dose of motivation to empower yourself and your team. Subscribe now and start your day with a powerful mindset Check us out at: www.awbeducation.orgwww.grundmeyerleadersearch.com This episode of Your Morning Boost, hosted by Melissa Grinstead, explores the often overlooked group of long-term English learners (LTELs) who have been learning English for more than five years but struggle to reach expected proficiency levels. Melissa highlights the common challenges they face, such as gaps in academic language and social emotional frustrations, and emphasizes the importance of targeted and explicit instruction in academic vocabulary, grammar, and language structures. Melissa shares valuable strategies to support LTELs, including providing a supportive classroom environment, utilizing visuals and sentence frames, and incorporating students’ native languages. Additionally, she stresses the significance of family engagement in understanding and addressing the unique needs of LTELs. This insightful episode is a must-listen for educators seeking to empower their English learner students and foster inclusive classrooms.

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