TESL Ontario’s Magazine for Language Teachers

Open Educational Resources for inclusive language

Introduction: Why inclusive language education matters

Language education increasingly takes place in classrooms characterized by linguistic, cultural, and cognitive diversity. Learners bring varied educational backgrounds, lived experiences, and ways of processing information. Neurodiverse and plurilingual learners are not exceptions within contemporary language programs. They are central participants whose needs challenge instructional models that rely heavily on fixed textbooks,…

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