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"This resource section includes numerous articles, blog posts, and links to online networks with tips for planning distance learning for English language learners (ELLs). See our complete distance learning guide for more information."

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"In partnership with the South Dakota Department of Education, this webinar shares lessons learned from distance learning in spring 2020 and tools and suggestions for supporting ELs in the 2020-21 academic year.

• Explore lessons learned from distance learning in spring 2020

• Reflect on 5 areas for supporting ELs in the new academic year

• Learn about connections between challenges and solutions in reaching ELs in rural, urban, and suburban contexts."

"At SEAL, our mission is for all English Learners in California to learn, thrive, and lead. During this moment, we need to ask the question, 'What considerations for distance learning do teachers need to make in order to place English Learners at the forefront?' We hope this serves as a contribution to what will need to be an ever-growing conversation about how we serve our ELs in this crazy time.

"The move to virtual environments for teaching and learning raises many questions about access, including for students whose first language is not English. These students may not have access to the language supports they usually receive during the school day. Non-verbal cues are more limited. And in a time when parents are an essential part of the teaching team, educators may be challenged to communicate with those who speak another language."

"Broadening our perspectives and a deeper understanding of our students can greatly help us to build more successful programming. To do this, it’s critical to learn as much as we can about students’ and families’ personal, social, cultural, and life experiences and partner with them on behalf of their children’s academic and social-emotional development."

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"Translanguaging is when a multilingual person’s full linguistic repertoire is used and honored, instead of trying to keep narrowly focused on a single language.” En Comunidad, pg. 20

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