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Teaching Strategies for Success: Introducing the Common Roots & Soil for Effective Dual Language Instruction

In the garden of DLE instructional frameworks, there are a lot of options to choose from – SIOP, the Biliteracy Unit Framework, Literacy Squared, the Translanguaging Unit Plan, GLAD,... the list goes on and on! How do you decide which one is right for your program?

We say to start by looking beneath the surface to the common instructional roots that all of these approaches share, and the soil of culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy that they are all planted in, and commit to keeping your focus there regardless of which approach or combination of approaches your program uses.

• How can I help my students develop language proficiency and learn subject matter at the same time?
• How can I help my students understand the material? How can I help increase their comprehension of what they hear and read?
• How can I help my students speak and write more in the language of instruction?
• How can I help my students connect what they're learning to their background experiences and the material that we've already studied?
• How can I help my students understand the building blocks of language and how they are the same or different in English and the partner language?
• How can I make sure that my classroom is a welcoming and affirming space for my students and their families? How can I make sure that the curricular materials, instructional strategies, and assessment practices promote equitable outcomes for my students?

• how to use the common roots and soil to differentiate instruction for students at different levels of language proficiency;
• how to make sure that the same kinds of supports are offered to students during instructional time in both English and the partner language; and 
• how to engage in co-planning about the common roots and soil if you're a Tandem Teacher who works with a partner in the other language. 

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