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Podcast: Science of Reading: The Podcast
Episode: S1-23. Improving dual language instruction: Elizabeth Jiménez Salinas
Description: Multilingual author and expert Elizabeth Jimenez Salinas and host Susan Lambert discuss advocating for underrepresented English Learners (EL), improving dual language instruction, and learned passivity. Elizabeth shares tips for EL students during this time and reinforces the importance of home connection and language development.Quotes:âEnglish learners are put at a serious disadvantage by a school system that doesnât use their home language.ââIt is not just learning to recite rote wordsâit is comprehending and using the home language for parents.âResources:Eradicating Learned Pass...