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  • Instruction
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    • Target Language
    • Scaffolds and Supports
    • Tiering Tasks and Text
    • Interpretive Mode
    • Authentic Resources
      • Songs and Poetry
    • Intercultural Communication
    • Continuous Assessment
    • Assessment in World Languages
    • Responding to Student Data
    • Feedback
    • Grammar in Context
    • Questioning and Discussion
    • Meeting the needs of diverse language learners
    • Learning Centers
    • Supportive Learning Environment
    • Knowing the Learner
    • Student Engagement
    • Student Choice
    • Flexible grouping
    • Student Reflection and Self-Assessment
    • Varied Approaches
    • Lesson and Unit Planning
    • Guided Instruction
    • Intentional Skill Building
    • Thinking Strategies
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    • Designing Performance Tasks
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    • Engaging Through Interactive Planning and CI
    • Planning for Interactive Communicative Lessons
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    • Moving Students Along the World Language Proficiency Continuum
    • Using Authentic Text in the WL Classroom
    • Expanding a Global Mentality: Culturally Responsive Teaching to Reach All Learners
    • Designing to Learn
    • Engaging All Learners
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Meeting the needs of diverse language learners

ACTFL position statement on language as a core component of education for all students

ACTFL position statement on diversity and inclusion in world language teaching and learning

Valuing diversity in learners Workshop 6 (Annenberg Learner)


Diverse learner strategies (Ohio Department of Education)

World language learning for all Delaware Students: Ensuring universal accessibility to high-levels of language acquisition (Delaware Department of Education)

Engaging all language learners. We Teach Languages podcast, Episode 69


Quick reference guide: World language learning for students with disabilities (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

Let's get specific: Strategies for supporting students with special needs (C. Montgomery)

Supporting world language learning for students with disabilities: Teacher toolkit (Virginia Department of Education)

Strategies for language learners with ADD/ADHD 



​Differentiation

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Differentiated Instruction: Maximizing the Learning of All Students Module

Differentiated Instruction for the Foreign Language Instruction (T. Thiesen)

Differentiation in the Multilevel Classroom

Busting Myths about Differentiated Instruction​

DI Cue Card

Differentiation Is and Isn't Infographics

Reach Every Student Through Differentiated Instruction


Language Learners with Special Needs

Assisting Students with Foreign Language Learning Difficulties in School

Foreign language learning and special needs children

Language education and learning disabilities


At-Risk Students and the Study of Foreign Language in School

World languages and special needs students (Pinterest board)
Heritage Learners
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​Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Center for Applied Special Technologies

CAST UDL Studio-create and share universally designed educational materials

UDL Introduction Video

UDL Prezi

UDL Jeopardy Labs game

Crosswalk between UDL and Danielson Framework for Teaching

UDL: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students (module by IRIS Center)

UDL: An Introductory Module

UDL Overview Card

UDL Foldable Booklet

UDL Wheel DIY Template

UDL Principles and Practice Videos

UDL at a Glance Video


Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in World Languages Podcast Series (NFLRC, University of Hawaii)

Access for Success: Making inclusion work for language learners book home page

Teacher Inventory of Baseline Techniques

Project Linc

The UDL Approach Podcast series


UDL Implementation: It Takes a Village- Katie Novak keynote

UDL in Action: 100 Ways to Teach All Learners


Step-by Step Lesson Planning Using Universal Design for Learning

ThinkUDL podcast



Supporting research

Bond, N. (2003). Differentiating instruction in the LOTE classroom: Focus on special education learners. LOTE CED Lowdown. American Institutes for Research. https://sedl.org/loteced/lowdown/letters_62.html 

Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI). Teaching Diverse Learners Overview. https://www.ocali.org/project/TDL_overview

Recommended reading

Access for Success: Making Inclusion Work for Language Learners (Katy Arnett and Renee Bourgoin)


High Leverage Practices in Special Education (Council for Exceptional Children)

UDL for Language Learners (Caroline Torres and Kavita Rao)
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    • Target Language
    • Scaffolds and Supports
    • Tiering Tasks and Text
    • Interpretive Mode
    • Authentic Resources
      • Songs and Poetry
    • Intercultural Communication
    • Continuous Assessment
    • Assessment in World Languages
    • Responding to Student Data
    • Feedback
    • Grammar in Context
    • Questioning and Discussion
    • Meeting the needs of diverse language learners
    • Learning Centers
    • Supportive Learning Environment
    • Knowing the Learner
    • Student Engagement
    • Student Choice
    • Flexible grouping
    • Student Reflection and Self-Assessment
    • Varied Approaches
    • Lesson and Unit Planning
    • Guided Instruction
    • Intentional Skill Building
    • Thinking Strategies
    • Immersion Resources
    • Designing Performance Tasks
  • Leadership
    • Leadership Resources
    • Teacher Leadership
    • Coaching and Mentoring Skills
    • Professional Learning
    • Effective Meeting Management
    • Team Building
    • Leading Through Change
    • Teacher Recruitment and Retention
    • Growth Mindset
    • Feedback for Teachers
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in World Languages
  • Workshops
    • Creating Learner-Centered Language Classrooms
    • Engaging Through Interactive Planning and CI
    • Planning for Interactive Communicative Lessons
    • Building Literacy Skills in Language Classrooms
    • Moving Students Along the World Language Proficiency Continuum
    • Using Authentic Text in the WL Classroom
    • Expanding a Global Mentality: Culturally Responsive Teaching to Reach All Learners
    • Designing to Learn
    • Engaging All Learners
  • Blog
  • Reflection Spinner
  • Resources for the Shift to Online/Blended Learning
  • Supporting Teachers' Wellbeing