Arts-based programs aim to boost vocabulary and oral language for multilingual learners

Jul 15, 2026

Ali Oliver Krueger of Interact Story Theater described 45 years of arts-in-education work that uses multimodal, theater-based methods to support vocabulary, oral-language and comprehension—especially for emerging multilingual learners and students with learning differences—and offers teacher/family engagement and training.

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Ali Oliver Krueger, executive director of Interact Story Theater, told the commission the organization uses theater-based, multimodal literacy programming to build vocabulary, oral language and comprehension for birth through 12th grade learners.

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