--- title: "Energize Language Development: Effective Instructional Strategies" description: Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes, M.A., shares strategies for dynamic language instruction. Discover how to scaffold learning, motivate students, and tailor lessons for Language Learners. --- [Skip to content](https://info.benchmarkeducation.com/energize-language-development-effective-instructional-strategies#skip-link-destination) [![Benchmark Education Company](https://info.benchmarkeducation.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BEC-weblogo.png?width=260&height=52&name=BEC-weblogo.png "Benchmark Education Company")](https://www.benchmarkeducation.com/) [![Benchmark Education](https://info.benchmarkeducation.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/BEC-weblogo.jpg?width=240&name=BEC-weblogo.jpg)](https://www.benchmarkeducation.com/) # **Energize Language Development:** ## **Effective Instructional Strategies** This webinar shares proven strategies for making language instruction dynamic, rewarding, and effective. It focuses on well-designed instructional sequences for language development, including systematic scaffolding and motivation based on student agency and personalized learning. Viewers will understand and be able to recognize the non-negotiables of a successful language learning environment and will receive a clear explanation of ‘how language learning works’ in context. Specific attention is given to customizing instruction for Language Learners and Newcomers and to the types of feedback and differentiated lesson support that promote student achievement. Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes M.A. provides a thorough overview of the way that language development works to create a pathway for students to access grade-level content while learning English through research-based strategies. ### View on Demand ### PD Webinar ## Energize Language Development: Effective Instructional Strategies ### by Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes, Ed. M. ![Energize Language Development: Effective Instructional Strategies](https://info.benchmarkeducation.com/hubfs/image-1.jpg "Energize Language Development: Effective Instructional Strategies") --- ### About This webinar shares proven strategies for making language instruction dynamic, rewarding, and effective. It focuses on well-designed instructional sequences for language development, including systematic scaffolding and motivation based on student agency and personalized learning. Viewers will understand and be able to recognize the non-negotiables of a successful language learning environment and will receive a clear explanation of ‘how language learning works’ in context. Specific attention is given to customizing instruction for Language Learners and Newcomers and to the types of feedback and differentiated lesson support that promote student achievement. Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes Ed. M. provides a thorough overview of the way that language development works to create a pathway for students to access grade-level content while learning English through research-based strategies. ### Duration 60 minutes ### About Our Panelists ![2024-08 Silvia Circle](https://info.benchmarkeducation.com/hubfs/Email%20Images/BEC/Single%20Use%20Images/2024-08%20Silvia%20Circle.png "2024-08 Silvia Circle") ###### Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes, Ed. M. Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes is well known for her contributions to curriculum design, bilingual education, Spanish and English Language Arts, staff development, and parental involvement. She has served as a panel member for the development of the California ELD Standards and as a Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee Member for the California Department of Education. Silvia also directed and coordinated the Spanish translation and linguistic augmentation for California’s Common Core State Standards for Language Arts and Mathematics. She is an honored recipient of numerous state and national awards, including the prestigious Professional Development Award from the California Association of Bilingual Education and the National Association for Bilingual Education Leadership Award. ### More Resources *Sound Spelling Transfer Kit*     Develop foundational skills and vocabulary for transfer between Spanish and English.    - Build on students' understanding of their native language. - Teach them how to apply what they know to a new language. - Maximize transfer, language acquisition, and biliteracy. [Learn More](https://www.benchmarkeducation.com/benchmarkeducation/all-series/sound-spelling-transfer-kit.html) --- ### *Benchmark Hello!* Survival Skills for Newcomers   Support recently arrived students with need-to-know basics and fundamental English. Introducing Benchmark Hello!, a groundbreaking new program designed expressly for Newcomers with Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes. Combining survival skills, English language development, and social-emotional learning, this powerful tool helps recent arrivals gain the experience, proficiency, and confidence to propel their language learning. Benchmark Hello! provides: - 8 week-long units to develop oral language and vocabulary - Lessons that embrace primary language, prior knowledge, and cross-cultural understanding - Instruction focused on academic language and metacognitive and socio-affective skills and strategies - Predictable routines, guided practice, and peer interactions - An explicit Teacher's Resource System that includes teaching tips, differentiation tools, and Professional Development - Assessments to help monitor student progress - Engaging home–school connections - Rich digital resources for ongoing training  and so much more! [Learn More](https://www.benchmarkeducation.com/benchmarkeducation/all-series/benchmark-hello.html) --- ### *Express! Asset-Based Access to English* Build Knowledge, Language, and Literacy  Introducing a new K-6 English Language Development program to promote language learning.   - Unit topics align to Benchmark Advance to ensure seamless support for core instruction. - Reviews K-2 foundational skills for application in context. - Students learn how English works through explicit grammar and syntax lessons. - Aligns to multiple language proficiency standards. - Leverages culture and first language knowledge and fosters learner agency. . 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