S5: Summer 鈥�22 Rewind, Episode 14
Summer 鈥�22 Rewind: Empowering English language learners with Elsa C谩rdenas-Hagan
Today, Susan Lambert talks to Elsa C谩rdenas-Hagan about the challenges and opportunities in teaching reading to multilingual learners. Dr. C谩rdenas-Hagan is a bilingual speech language pathologist and a certified academic language therapist. She is also director of Valley Speech Language and Learning Center in Brownsville, Texas. She discusses how teachers can connect students鈥� home languages to English, urges teachers to educate themselves on their students鈥� home languages in order to spot orthographic and phonological connections, and highlights the need for educators to collaborate to ensure student success.