EDCI 510: Linguistics for PK-12 ESOL Teachers by Jessica Shirley

Presenter: Jessica Shirley
Questions posed:
1. Why do you, as a teacher of multilingual English learners, need to study linguistics?
2. How can your cross-linguistic knowledge of English and other languages help address linguicism - discrimination based one’s language practice (e.g., accent) - that your students encounter in daily lives?