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Ruslana
@ruslanawesterlund.bsky.social
Ukrainian. Advocate. SFL Linguist. Author.
Talk about #WIDA2020 #MakingLanguageVisible #LanguageInTheServiceofLearning #DisciplinaryLiteracy #DisciplinaryGenres #WritingInTheDisciplines

https://reclaimingthelanguage.blog/
Working on Language of Evaluation for English Learner Portal Kelly Reider which I will be presenting on Tuesday. Much of this learning comes from Sally Humphrey's work. I'm a guest presenter in her course on Systemic Functional Linguistics for Teachers.
March 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Madison Stands with Ukraine
February 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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February 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is happening
February 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
February 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Any education in science & engineering needs to develop students’ ability to read & produce domain-specific text. .. EVERY SCIENCE OR ENGINEERING LESSON IS IN PART A LANGUAGE LESSON, ... reading & producing the genres of texts intrinsic to science and engineering.” (NRC Framework, 2012, p. 76)
January 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is why I what I do. Designed by Napkin AI
January 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just finished recording a presentation about the role of noun groups in high-school social studies arguments. #MakingLanguageVisible #disciplinary #literacy #arguments
December 15, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Celebrate when students change their mind! (VOICE 21) I'm training on #oracy today.
December 13, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Working on creating semantic maps for the paragraph structure. This was done with the help of napkin.ai - the annotations are from the #WIDAStandards
December 12, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Our article is available in the digital version of Language Magazine that comes with your subscription. In this article we talk about SFL and WIDA. My fav para is at the top of third column. Let's discuss the role of WIDA in supporting disciplinary reading (after the kids are fluent, then what?)
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
What people say about my memoir. The gift that keeps on giving. a.co/d/fh0rvg4
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
The way we move forward is by teaching for liberation. This is ne teaching how to do disciplinary literacy in 3rd grade science using Systemic Functional Linguistics.
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 AM
New friends at #CarolinaTESOL
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Meeting my readers is the best gift! #Cross-Cultural #Memoir #tellyourstory
#immigrantstory
November 19, 2024 at 3:12 AM
November 19, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Let me know if you have any questions about this book. While everyone is talking foundational reading skills, I focus on reading and writing in the disciplines.
www.routledge.com/Making-Langu...
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Friends of Ukraine Madison 🇺🇦 Board of Directors. Разом ми сила. #СлаваУкраїні
#nonprofit
November 19, 2024 at 2:42 AM
When people distill literacy to 2 dimensions: meaning making and code breaking, I share The Four Resources Model of reading by Freebody and Luke #scienceofreading #fourresourcesmodel
November 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM