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ESL is the abbreviation for "English as a second language"

The ESL program is built to help English learners to understand English in order to participate in grade-level academic content.

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Focus on developing English proficiency

Taught by ESL certified teachers who are trained in effective second language teaching methods

ELs are pulled out of content classes for a period of time to receive language instruction

Small class sizes allow for more interaction and targeting of instruction

Often used by schools to serve a student population with many different languages

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Having students work in small groups can help them practice language with their peers in a more personal setting and helps them develop social skills. A group can consist of 2-4 students were they can work on a learning project together.

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Learning the culture of your students and the various learning styles that they came from can increases your effectiveness when making lesson plans and interacting with students.

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Adding language immersion to your room by labeling objects such the door, windows, chairs in other languages can help your students by giving them  learning clues.

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Engaging the parents of your students is important, as it has been proven that parents and caretakers play a big factor in students academic achievement. That's why you must make sure your communicating clearly with the parents as to what you need from them, because the American idea what is expected is possibly not shared by all families in other communities. One example that you may ask them to do is help by taking active role in helping their child learn to organize his or her study time at home.