Starting Points: Teaching English-Language Learners

Starting Points

Classrooms with multiple spoken languages can present a unique set of opportunities and challenges for educators with little or no specialized training.

Our Starting Points video training DVD presents proven ways to support all children’s learning, regardless of their first language. Teachers gain valuable insight
into helping children build important literacy skills while embracing each child’s individuality. For adults who work with children ages 3–8.

The three complete video programs featured on this DVD use teacher-tested strategies that meet key performance standards and address child outcomes. They include:

I Don't Know Where to Start, which addresses teachers’ initial questions about supporting English-language learners and introduces core concepts to build classroom communities that invite all children to learn.

Getting Your Message Across, which immerses viewers in a simulated foreign-language environment to experience firsthand how nonverbal communication is a powerful communication tool.

Bringing Language Alive!, which introduces key elements of first- and second-language acquisition and shares easy-to-learn strategies that deepen understanding for English-language learners and native English speakers.

Includes: DVD, subtitled, 113 min.; CD-ROM; Facilitator’s Guide

Produced by Educational Productions.