The International Student Experience: Start Here! ESL overview

This video features effective teachers, classrooms, and schools that use research-based theoretical frameworks such as multiple intelligences, affective filter, and comprehensive input to design successful language acquisition programs. This complete staff development program touches on all aspects of the English Language Learner’s school life—-from the first day of school, to daily classroom instruction, and after school programs. The viewer will be able to: make informed decisions for program planning, curriculum development, and instruction using the Foundation-Framework-Tools model; understand the impact of demographic shifts, policy, and compliance regulations on educating English Language Learners; implement practical techniques to better understand and address the unique needs of English Language Learners and their families; lower the affective filter, which helps create inclusive school/classroom environments; increase active participation through research-based processes, strategies, and skill development techniques; access and apply important information from videos, books, web sites, and other valuable resources.