CELEBRATING THE POWER OF BILINGUALISM

Earn up to four credits toward your high school diploma for speaking your language! These World Language Credits can help you graduate on time and receive the Seal of Biliteracy.

Speak your home language with your child whenever you can! It can actually HELP them learn English and other subjects and it connects them to your culture. Your child’s success begins at home – with you!

EDUCATORS

Improve graduation rates and student outcomes while enriching your classroom. Learn how bilingualism helps ELL students succeed in many classes – including English!

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(Honoring the Home Languages)

DID YOU KNOW?

For English learners, continuing to speak their home languages helps them learn English!

More than 1 in 5 people (21%+) speak a language other than English at home – and that percentage is rising!

Bilingualism is a brain advantage. Research shows multilinguals to be more creative and better at planning and complex problem solving, when c ompared to monolinguals.

Research shows that children who have a strong foundation in their home language more easily learn a second language. That means speaking Vietnamese, Arabic, or Somali at home can actually HELP you learn English!

People who speak more than one language are in high demand in the job market, and there is evidence multilinguals may even earn more money just for having this additional skill.

NEWS AND EVENTS

812, 2020

[REPORT] Our Rising Voices: A Call to Action to Support Emergent Multilingual Students

Auburn School District In collaboration with the Road Map Project, we have published a new report, Our Rising Voices: A Call to Action to Support Emergent Multilingual Students. FULL REPORT EM DATA DASHBOARD For too long, our education systems have treated English language learners as a problem to be managed and minimized. This report instead highlights the systemic barriers that emergent multilingual students face and the actions we can all take to support them. It pinpoints five specific yet sweeping recommendations for building systemic changes and uplifting community voices. Some highlights from the report: We [...]

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CELEBRATING THE POWER OF BILINGUALISM

In schools. In families. In our communities.

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