In ELSF’s Guidelines for Improving English Language Arts Materials for English Learners, the very first guideline places an emphasis on providing students with “pair or group conversation activities that help students hear and imitate more fluent others as they build their abilities to develop and challenge ideas using evidence-based reasoning.” Multilingual students at all grade levels can benefit in many ways from engaging in productive academic conversations.

This resource provides key concepts and strategies for improving the quantity and quality of academic conversations.