AskMecha: What does this sentence mean? - Scholarship Application Edition →[More:]

So I'm trying to get an organization to pay my way to a conference in March, and I've got to write an essay as part of the scholarship application. I'm an English-language teacher/teacher-trainer in a country that doesn't speak English.

Ironically, the problem I'm having is with the question I need to answer, because I can't figure out what "how" means here! Here's the question:

Write an essay saying how you would advise a new or trainee teacher about the use of L1 [ed: this means students' first language(s)] and English in the classroom.

This could mean two things to me:

1) What advice would you give to the new teacher? (ie, "plan activities which let students translate things from English to L1 and then back to English", "create a reward system for young students who use more English than L1")

OR

2) Through what means would you impart whatever training you wanted to give teachers to them? (ie, "conduct training sessions", "observe their lessons and give them feedback")

To me, 2) is probably what they want - the scholarship is for people who "formally or informally train or develop teachers", so learning about my methods of training and why I think they'd be effective here seems relevant. But 1) also works, because if they're thinking a new/trainee teacher has just asked me the question "how would you advise me here?", then clearly the question is "what specific strategies/tools/ideas would you give a new/trainee teacher dealing with this issue?"

Here's the page explaining how to apply - with no contact info! Any ideas?!

Thanks!