[Edling] Who Are Newcomer Multilingual Learners? What Educators Need to Know

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Internationals Network

Who Are Newcomer Multilingual Learners? What Educators Need to Know

Since the start of 2022, school districts in the
U.S. have experienced a surge in arrivals of immigrants,
asylum seekers, and refugees across the southern and
northern borders. Newly arrived young people who are
in the process of learning English are often referred to
as newcomer multilingual learners (MLLs). Some school
districts are serving these newcomer MLLs for the first
time, while others with experience are seeing
significantly larger numbers of these new arrivals.

Research has demonstrated the importance
of equitable access to quality programs that support
and leverage the multilingualism of immigrant youth,
especially given the increasing numbers of MLLs in
U.S. schools and the urgency of investing in resources
and the professional development of staff (Porter et al.,
2023; Umansky et al., 2018). Newcomer MLL students
have diverse academic and socio-emotional needs that
require the linguistic and cultural competence of
educators (Suarez-Orozco et.al, 2008; Umansky et al.,
2018). However, because they have not had explicit
training in how to work with this population, many U.S.
educators remain unfamiliar with the needs of MLLs —
though they make up the most rapidly growing student
population in districts around the U.S.

Full text:
https://www.internationalsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Learning_Brief_Series3_1_Final-2-3-25.pdf
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