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The pedagogical framework to designing learning environments to teach and to support ALL learners!
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UDL Guidelines Institute: 9/28-9/29

UDL Guidelines Institute: 9/28-9/29 | UDL - Universal Design for Learning | Scoop.it
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Experience the latest in brain science, research and practice at the UDL Guidelines Institute that takes place on September 28th and 29th at the CAST headquarters in Wakefield, MA. 

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UDL Accommodations: ELL Student

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Michelle Meyer presents some excellent UDL strategies that can support the ELL Student. She describes a learner who has limited English proficiency and offers options to support that learner using the 3 UDL Principles with reference to specific UDL Guidelines and Checkpoints.

 

According to The Knowledge Loom, English language learners refer to students who have a first (home, primary or native) language other than English and are in the process of learning English. The article  states there are at least three factors that can affect the amount of time it takes for a student to attain cognitive and academic sufficiency in English:

> Age

> Immersion in English

> Similarity to English

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