1. Best Practices for Teaching and Advising Multilingual Students
Friday, May 19, 2017
Sally Pinkston, Academic Advisor and Community Faculty
College of Management, Metropolitan State University

2. Agenda Who are multilingual students?
Growing up in the USA: Culture, Equity and Language in the classroom
The additional challenge that many multilinguals face: SLA!
How can educators help?
Culturally responsive teaching
Learn about teaching and advising multilingual students from those who do it (YOU)!

3. Who are multilingual students?

4. Growing up in the USA Culture, Equity and Language in the Classroom
NEA Priority Schools. (2011, April 7). English Language Learners: Culture, Equity and Language [Video file]. Retrieved from 5:09

5. Second Language Acquistion
Educators need to understand the basic SLA concepts to appreciate how multilingual students learn.

6. How can educators help?
multilingual students in Mainstream Classroom

7. Culturally responsive teaching
improve learning for all students
Wendy Nelson-Kauffman on Culturally Responsive Teaching

8. Your views on best practices for advising multilingual students

9. References
Audiopedia. (2017, January 8). What is Second Language Acquisition?[Video file]. Retrieved from Baldwin, T. A. (2015). Culturally responsive pedagogy: A transformative tool for CCCU educators in multicultural classrooms. Christian Education Journal, 12(1), 97=117. CREC. (2011, September 8). Wendy Nelson-Kauffman on Culturally Responsive Teaching [Video file]. Retrieved from Film Media Group (2010). Teaching ESL students in the mainstream classroom: Best Practices in the Classroom [Video file]. Retrieved from Gay, G. (2002). Preparing for culturally responsive teaching. Journal of Teacher Education, 53(2),

10. References (continued)
NEA Priority Schools. (2011, April 7). English Language Learners: Culture, Equity and Language [Video file]. Retrieved from Thonus, T. (2003). Serving Generation 1.5 learners in the university writing center. TESOL Journal, 12(1), Thonus, T. (2014). Tutoring Multilingual Students: Shattering the Myths. Journal Of College Reading & Learning (College Reading & Learning Association), 44(2), Villegas, A.M. & Lucas, T. (2007). The culturally responsive teacher. Educational Leadership, 64(6), 30. Wlodkowski, R.J. & Ginsberg, M.B. (1995). Diversity & motivation: Culturally responsive teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Zamel, V. & Spack, R. (2006). Teaching multilingual learners across the curriculum: Beyond the ESOL classroom and back again. Journal of Basic Writing, 25(2),