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ERIC Number: EJ1472241
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-7941
EISSN: EISSN-1949-3533
Available Date: 2025-03-17
More than Just Scaffolding: Leveraging Multimodal Pedagogies to Support Multilingual Learners in Science
Amber W. Deig1; Mark B. Pacheco2; Hada M. Herring2; Niki M. Koukoulidis2; Julie C. Brown2
TESOL Journal, v16 n2 e70032 2025
This article illustrates how science teachers can build upon the spatial repertoire within sheltered English instruction to support multilingual learners (MLs). Specifically, this work explores how multiple modalities within a secondary marine biology classroom can be leveraged for instruction to support language and content learning, as well as learners' participation in disciplinary practices. Through qualitative analysis of three classroom lessons, we highlight how a marine biology teacher drew on this spatial repertoire to support MLs use of language, content knowledge, and participation in science and engineering practices. Though content-area teachers do not always view themselves as language teachers, this work serves as an example of how a science teacher augmented instruction to meet the needs of her MLs.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www-wiley-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 201015
Author Affiliations: 1College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA; 2School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA