Social-Emotional Factors of Multilingual Learners

This module was originally developed as part of the English Learner Training and Professional Development Project, and was later revised and adapted for virtual delivery in 2021 as part of the Multilingual Learner Training Project.

During this training, participants will understand and identify common social-emotional factors affecting multilingual learners.

In this training participants will:

  • review general strategies to support Multilingual Learners with language development;

  • practice modifying activities in order to support academics and support language development.

Content Overview: 

Multilingual Learner Student Profiles

Participants have a chance to reflect on a Multilingual Learner student they know and think about what they know about them.

Social-Emotional Factors

This activity introduces participants to the most common social-emotional factors that Multilingual Learners grapple with which often affect achievement and participation in school, as well as recent political shifts.  

Reviewing Coaching and Action-Planning Toolkit

Participants become familiar with the activities and tools they will be taking back to their programs to implement with the rest of their staff to help them understand their ML population better and institute targeted strategies to meet the needs of their MLs.

Training Length: 2 hours

NOTE: This training must be requested as part of a three-part series, alongside Knowing Multilingual Learners and Strategies for Language Development.