Enhance your knowledge of linguistic differences between Spanish and English and their impact on language and literacy instruction for emergent multilingual learners!

Participants will learn research-based strategies for effective language and literacy instruction in programs where content is delivered in Spanish and English, such as dual language and transitional bilingual education programs.

This interactive institute, formerly known as Language and Literacy Instruction for Emergent Bilingual Learners, is designed to provide participants with research-based, effective methods for teaching academic language and literacy to students in grades K-8 in programs in which students are afforded the opportunity to learn in both Spanish and English. Classroom practices are framed by an understanding of how Spanish and English linguistic features are the same and different.

The 15-hour institute will provide both live (synchronous) and on-own (asynchronous) online learning and take place over several days. It will include:

• Workshop/webinar sessions with CAL facilitators to understand and discuss effective practice as well as network with other educators with similar priorities
• A culminating project in which participants plan a lesson based on what they have learned

Institute Objectives
Participants will be able to

• Explain why knowledge of the systems is
• important for teaching in bilingual settings
  Identify systems and structures of Spanish as compared with English
• Describe cross-linguistic practices
• Use methods for teaching students the similarities and differences between languages to promote metalinguistic awareness

Curriculum Overview
The following provides an overview of the institute topics. Practical classroom-based instructional strategies are embedded throughout the presentation. All materials will be available electronically, including the daily presentation handout, activities, and resource links.

The Context for Spanish Language and Literacy Instruction

• Participant introductions
• The Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (3rd edition) https://www.cal.org/publications/guiding-principles-3/
• Current trends in the research on biliteracy instruction in the U.S. educational context
• Understanding the value of comparing and contrasting Spanish and English for students

Developing Awareness of Similarities and Differences between Spanish and English

• Building metalinguistic awareness to promote cross-linguistic transfer
• Examining similarities and differences between the languages related to
  • Pragmatics (discourse level language)
  • Syntax (sentence structure)
  • Semantics (words and word parts, cognates)
  • Phonology and orthography (sound-letter correspondences)
• Assessing language production holistically