Teaching Gifted Multilingual Learners with Depth and Complexity

Teaching Gifted Multilingual Learners with Depth and Complexity

Teaching Gifted Multilingual Learners with Depth and Complexity provides practical answers for educators seeking to better identify and serve gifted multilingual learners. Part I includes a definition and characteristics of gifted multilingual learners, a discussion of barriers and research-based promising practices for identifying these students, and tools for helping educators become talent scouts to assist in the identification process. Part II provides specific ways to meet the social, emotional, learning, and language needs of gifted multilingual learners. Guidance and examples of how to combine sheltered instruction with Depth and Complexity are provided, as well as sample lessons at both the elementary and secondary levels. Readers of this book will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to meet the needs of their gifted language learners.