Supporting Multilinguals with Podcasts and Video Lessons

Presented by Tan K. Huynh, Educator, Consultant, and Author; and Monica Brady-Myerov, Journalist & Founder, Listenwise

Sponsored by Listenwise

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Watch Monica Brady-Myerov, author of Listen Wise: Teach Students to be Better Learners and Tan K. Huynh, career teacher, consultant, and author as they share research-based approaches to making video and podcast lessons accessible to multilingual students.

Viewers learn:

• How to think through creating multimodal lessons in a meaningful way for their instructional purposes
• How to select comprehensible input and structure content-specific output for multilinguals
• Tips for how to use Listenwise’s new ELD Lesson Library to expand academic vocabulary, build background knowledge, and provide exposure to academic language in context

Viewers leave this edWebinar with practical instructional strategies for making video content accessible for all multilinguals.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Your CE certificate for this edWebinar will include ESL/ELL as a category for your professional learning.

About the Presenters

Tan Huynh is a career teacher, consultant, and author specializing in language acquisition and literacy development. Tan has taught students from 5th to 10th grade in public, private, charter, and international schools. He has served as a language specialist and as a secondary social studies teacher. Tan shares teaching strategies on his blog, podcast, and online courses with the hopes of celebrating teachers who answer the call to serve multilingual learners.

Monica Brady-Myerov is a content area specialist in audio and its use in the classroom and an expert in podcasting, fact-based reporting and narrative storytelling. She is a 25-year veteran (audio journalist/public radio journalist), and is the founder of Listenwise, a listening skills company. She is the author of the book: Listen Wise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners. The book has personal anecdotes from the author and accessible excerpts from the latest neuroscience of listening and auditory learning, making it a critical resource that will explain why listening is the missing piece of the literacy puzzle.

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Listenwise brings authentic podcast and video lessons to the classroom and is a fun and engaging way to teach grade-level curriculum and language together. Multimodal lessons are geared towards grades 2 – 12 spanning content areas, including ELA, Social Studies, STEM, and ELD. Podcasts, visuals, and videos provide multiple entry points for students to learn in a meaningful and engaging way with tools for teachers to easily differentiate, scaffold and assess learning.