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Teaching English Language Learners - Coggle Diagram
Teaching English Language Learners
Getting to Know Your English Language Learners What to Learn about your students.
Where is my student from?
What brought my student's family here?
Learn about the student's family.
What Language does my student speak?
What schooling has my student had?
What are the interests of the student?
Strategies to learn about your ELL student
Talk with the student and get to know them. Interests, hobbies, favorite things.
Talk with the family
Talk with colleagues to find out information.
Home visits
Parent Letters
Student Case Studies
Classroom Strategies: helping your ELLs adjust to new surroundings.
Learn the students' names
Offer one-on-one help if possible
assign a peer partner
Post a Visual Schedule
Use an interpreter
Invite their culture in the classroom
Label objects in the classroom with both languages
Use materials related to your ELL's cultures.
Language Tips for Supporting ELLs
Create a Language Rich Environment
Be aware of the relationship between a student's native language and English.
Look for ways to use students' languages to support instruction.
Simplify your language without "dumbing it down."
Remember that students need to learn language and content at the same time.
Support academic language development.
Discuss word families and how different forms of words are used.
Help students understand when to use different kinds of language.
Provide students with frequent opportunities to work together, both in pairs and in small groups.
Implement an effective correction/feedback policy.