This course will provide insight into how our cultural and linguistic experiences shape our development and readiness for school-based learning. By using examples of typical developmental learning experiences, the course highlights how exposure to and experience with more than one language or culture leads to differences in instructional needs and acquired skills and knowledge. Various examples are used to reinforce how differences affect instruction and assessment needs.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain how cultural factors impact language learning.
- Identify and describe experiential differences for multilingual learners as opposed to ability differences.
- Compare and contrast typical patterns of linguistic, cognitive, and academic development in multilingual learners with those of monolingual peers.
Intended Audiences
- Pre-K–12 General and Special Educators
- District and Building Administrators
- Multilingual Educators
- Speech and Language Pathologists
- School Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Interventionists
- Specialists
Course Type
- Self-Paced
Recommended PLUs
- 1 PLU