Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Baltimore, MD: Author.

• “Second Language Acquisition”(approximate length: 12 minutes)

In this video, bilingual education scholar Kenji Hakuta discusses the differences between acquiring social English and acquiring academic English. As you view, consider your own students and how they access and use academic English.

• “Additive and Subtractive Practices” (approximate length: 9:07 minutes)

In this video, ELL expert Dr. Tom Stritikus (Teach For America alumnus and the University of Washington’s Dean of the School of Education) introduces the terms “additive practices” and “subtractive practices” to explain how teachers’ views of their ELLs L1 backgrounds can affect their instruction in either positive or negative ways. As you view, consider your own teaching practices. What challenges might you encounter when implementing “additive practices” in your classroom? What might that look like in a given lesson or day?