RBERNing Questions
RBERNing Questions is a professional learning podcast, produced by Mid-State RBERN, where we answer your most compelling questions about teaching, serving, and supporting multilingual learners. We connect teachers and leaders of English Language Learners (ELLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLs) with experts in our field who will address timely and specific questions relating to instructional practices, teacher collegiality, and outreach to students and their families.
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RBERNing Questions
All About LACI- A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction with Dr. Luciana de Oliveira
Episode Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Luciana C. de Oliveira takes us on a deep dive into the teacher education model called LACI- a Language-based Approach to Content Instruction, featured in her latest book: Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Academic Language Development: A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction. She unpacks the ways teachers can “take advantage of students’ linguistic repertoires,” and discusses how teachers can implement literacy in multi-modal ways to encourage “message abundance.” Learn about the 6 C’s of support for scaffolding material in a multilingual classroom and how elementary teachers have implemented LACI using these C’s. How are you making your classroom “high challenge/high support” for your MLLs? Consider this burning question as you listen in today!
RBERNing Questions for this Episode:
1- Can you take us on a deep dive into the teacher education model called “LACI” - Language-based Approach to Content Instruction from your latest book, and tell us what inspired you to focus on content instruction as opposed to language instruction?
2- You have said, “Literacy doesn’t just involve reading. It involves multimodal ways of meaning making!” Can you provide some specific examples of how teachers can implement literacy in multi- modal ways?
Guest Bio:
Dr. Luciana C. de Oliveira (Ph.D.) is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Education and a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Her research focuses on issues related to teaching multilingual learners at the elementary and secondary levels, including the role of language in learning the content areas and teacher education. Currently, Dr. de Oliveira’s research examines scaffolding in elementary classrooms. She currently serves on the Member of the Independent Expert Advisory Council and the English Language Learning Advisory Council for iCivics, a non-partisan educational non-profit focused on teaching civics through online games, founded by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and now supported by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Resources:
Websites/Social Media
Virginia Commonwealth University: https://soe.vcu.edu/directory/full-directory/first--last-name-400362-en.html
FB: https://www.facebook.com/luciana.oliveira74
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luciana-c-de-oliveira-ph-d-674426218
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucianac.deoliveira/
DOE Multilingual Learners Resources:
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/multilingual-learners
Publications
Teaching Young Multilingual Learners: Key Issues and New Insights, Elements in Language Teaching Series (Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2023)
Article in STARS section: Journal of English Learner Education in Dec 2021, “Planning for Instruction using a Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction for Multilingual Learners” https://stars.library.ucf.e
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