TFHS ML Intro

Over half of our multilingual learners were born in the US.

• True

• False

Long-term or experienced multilingual learners may describe students who have been identified as an English Learner/Multilingual Learner for _______ or more years.

Long-term or experienced MLs may sound similar to peers, and state that they speak English

and are NOT MLs.

• True

• False

SLIFE students may

• have developing literacy skills.

• have attended school sporadically, for a few years, or not at all.

• be learning about school and routines AND acquiring language and content skills.

• exhibit some or all of the above characteristics.

  (all of the above)

A Newcomer is a student who is in their ______ year of US school enrollment.

Newcomer students don't speak any English.

• True

• False

All newcomer students are refugees.

• True

• False

Multilingual learners might face challenges in:

• Understanding cultural references.

• Grasping subject-specific vocabulary.

• Interpreting idiomatic expressions.

• All of the above.

Parental involvement is crucial for the success of multilingual learners.

• True

• False