Inclusive Education in a Diverse Language Class: Challenges and Best Practices

Abstract

As language classrooms become increasingly diverse, educators face a dailychallenge of navigating linguistic, cultural, and learning differences among students from different cultures and backgrounds. The diverse language environment, which many educators perceive to be challenging to manage, also presentsvaluable opportunities for implementing inclusive education, which promotesfair and equitable learning, especially for students from marginalized and underrepresented groups and students with learning difficulties. This article examinessome difficulties teachers face in the implementation of inclusive education andproposes strategies teachers can adopt in making their classes more inclusive.