Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners:Tools for Equity

Celebrate the Cultural and Linguistic Strengths of Multilingual Learners

Despite recent efforts to shift the narrative for our English learners, most of our present policies and practices are indisputably informed by a deficit lens that focuses on what is lacking (English language proficiency) rather than assets (emergent multilingualism. In this book, Sydney Snyder and Diane Staehr Fenner apply a strengths-based perspective where all educators can feel ownership for multilingual learners' success within and beyond classroom walls.

Highlights of the book include:

- Case studies and reflection exercises to help educators respond to and mitigate deficit-thinking
- Practical and printable tools that guide educators on how to draw from students' cultural and linguistic assets
- Authentic classroom video clips to support closing knowing-doing gaps
- Sketch note graphics that serve as visual supplements to help reinforce key concepts and spotlight central themes.

By using culturally responsive teaching as a framework for changing educational outcomes for multilingual learners and presenting the steps needed to develop a climate in which all students' backgrounds, experiences, and cultures are honored, educators will build a stronger and more diverse school community.