Using Sketchnotes with Multilingual Learners

Many of you know that I love sketchnoting. It's been a longtime personal and professional practice that I enjoy. I invited Emily Francis, Pamela Broussard, and Lauren Sheppard to the roundtable to discuss sketchnoting with multilingual learners. I've seen their work with students and wanted to pick their brains about how they implement this powerful instructional method.

In this episode, you will hear how they define sketchnoting but more importantly how they use it with newcomers and with MLs at various levels of English proficiency. They explain lessons and give us tips to get started. Whether you are brand new to sketchnoting or have been doing it for a while, you will enjoy hearing from these three educators. I was honored to visit with them.

Emily Francis is starting her 11th year as an ESL teacher. She is currently working as an HS ESL teacher and working with newcomers in content areas. Her experience as an English Language Learner inspired her to become an ESL teacher. This affords her a deep understanding of the challenges her students must overcome to succeed. You can find Emily's work on her blog at: ⁠⁠https://inspiringenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com/⁠⁠ 

Twitter: emilyfranESL 

IG: @Mrs.FrancisESL 

Pamela Broussard is a trainer and high school new arrival center teacher. She has 35 years of classroom experience from elementary to adult in the USA and abroad. She is passionate about building social and academic equity with all her students. You can find Pamela at:  ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/LEADINGELLS⁠⁠. Leadingells.com, and @leadingells on Twitter. For professional development in working with Newcomers, Speaking Test, Social Emotional Learning see her course offerings on her webpage at Leadingells.com

Lauren Shepherd just finished her 10th school year working with MLs in a variety of roles. She is currently a Language Acquisition Specialist working in Coppell, TX. In her free time, she likes to read, spend time with family and friends, and travel. Her Twitter handle is @MsLShepherd