A Meaning-Oriented Model of Language for the Classroom

Join Aída Walqui, Director of the Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) initiative and the agency’s new National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners, for an engaging online series that highlights scholarly perspectives on the education of English Learners across a wide variety of settings.

Aída Walqui will lead 12 conversations with renowned linguists and educators from around the world who have made significant contributions to the study of multilingualism. Representing a wide variety of interests in the field, guest speakers will share their perspectives from American universities as well as research and development institutions from four different countries.