Category: Language Functions
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Compare and Contrast in an ELD Curriculum
Today, I want to discuss one of my favorite language functions- compare and contrast and its use in an ELD curriculum. Understanding language functions and their place in both an English language development and general curriculum is key to teaching multilingual learners. Language functions are the purpose for which language is used. They are what…
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Language Forms in an ELD Curriculum
I previously wrote about high-yield language functions, but if language functions are the verbs used to learn language, what are language forms and how do we use language forms in an ELD curriculum? Typically when we talk about language forms, we are referring to three levels of language, the discourse level, sentence, and word levels.…
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High-Yield Language Functions
Every ELD Curriculum should include the 11 High-Yield Language Functions. In a previous blog post about ELD Curricula, I discuss why programs for multilingual learners do not generally have curricula specifically for them. In my free 10 Steps to Creating an ELD Curriculum, I briefly mention how important it is to start with the language…