Supporting Language Learners

Language Latte: A Podcast for World Language Teachers

In this episode, we are focusing on reaching language learners’ needs. Often cases, the students we are referring to are immigrants, refugees, or expats- students who are trying to learn the majority language of the school or community. These students often are in mainstream classes, and then are pulled either to a special language class, or pulled to receive one on one services, for example in reading or writing.

Today we’re speaking with a support teacher who understand what it is like to learn a new language, and live in a new culture. Ana Elisa Miranda is from Brazil but lives in Belgium. She works as a learning support and ESL teacher at a primary international school. Ana Elisa shares strategies to use with language learners to support their language journey.