Supporting Emergent Plurilinguals in Schools

These newsletter projects were created as an assignment for the course.  Students aimed to draw attention to what they perceived to be issues that need to be addressed in the EAL field.
By: Donna Johnston & Wanda Einarson


Engaging EAL Parents  
By: Cori Biech & Laura Kirkup
This newsletter discusses the relevant research regarding EAL parent engagement, and offers some practical ways to increase engagement in parents, and by extension, students. 

ELL Parental Support 
By: Cathie Cullen & Nicole Koroluk

This video examines multilingual education in a Manitoba context through review of governing policies, current literature, and next steps for stakeholders.

The term multiliteracies refers to an approach to teaching that acknowledges the increasing number of culturally and linguistically diverse students in classrooms as well as the recent explosion in digital and literacy technologies.  This newsletter offers readers valuable information about multiliteracies and various practical examples for establishing multiliteracies in classrooms.


By: Yan Chen
Words from the author: As an international student, I really understand the status of the global citizens in the linguistically and culturally diverse society, as well as why infusing global citizenship is important to those "new comers." I believe that it is really a valuable topic for every EAL teacher to study and discuss. 


Internationally Educated Teachers (IETs)  
By: Huzaifa Ibrahim

Principles of Teaching English Language Learners based on the work of Cummins
By: Cori Biech & Laura Kirkup
This page is a summary of principles for teaching English Language Learners as presented in Professor Jim Cummins' work.