multilingual learners

Feasibility of the knowledge, language, and inquiry (K.L.I.) intervention for multilingual English learners

Published Year
2025
Resource Type
Journal
Target Audience(s)
Educators of English Learners
Educators of Bilingual Students
Administrators
Researchers

This study evaluated the feasibility of the Knowledge, Language, and Inquiry (K.L.I.) intervention, designed to support Grades 3–5 multilingual students classified as English learners (ML-ELs) in building content knowledge, language skills, and reading comprehension through inquiry-based sm

English learners? Emergent bilinguals? Multilingual learners?: Goals, contexts, and consequences in labeling students

Published Year
2024
Resource Type
Journal
Target Audience(s)
Educators of English Learners
Policy makers
English Learners
Families of English learners
Language Researchers

In this essay, the authors explore the dilemmas facing researchers, educators, and policymakers in how to refer to multilingual students who are deemed in need of language support in school. There is a growing concern with the label English learner, the term currently used in U.S.