The SWIRL Method: Supporting Multilingual Learners as they Speak, Write, Interact, Read, and Listen

Presented by Susan B. Katz

Join award-winning author and educator Susan B. Katz for a dynamic webinar on supporting multilingual learners across the five core language competencies: speaking, writing, interacting, reading, and listening (SWIRL). With over 30 years of experience and as a National Board Certified Teacher, Katz shares practical, research-based strategies to help students develop English language skills while fostering confidence and engagement.

Participants will:

  • Explore a variety of SWIRL strategies that can be implemented immediately
  • Learn techniques to lower students’ affective filter, encourage academic risk taking, and create purposeful collaborative activities
  • Dive into teaching shades of meaning, cross-linguistic connections, idioms, dice discussions, and cognates

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