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Routines

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 21:50:23 UTC

Setting a routine is vital to the development of ELL students and helps them identify and adapt to their world around them more easily and efficiently.

Visual Cues

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 21:52:28 UTC

Your students may not always know what is being said in the classroom, and so the use of visual cues are important to help convey the information.

Total Physical Response (TPR)

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 21:58:23 UTC

Based on first language acquisition, in TPR, teachers build on natural sequence of language acquisition by first acting out what they want accomplished and slowly removing those demonstrations so that students respond to only verbal commands.

Modeled talk

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 22:02:03 UTC

Modeled talk or scaffolding instruction, is a great benefit to ELL learners as it helps to lower their anxiety because they are aware of what to do because they've seen the directions or content modeled.

Visual Scaffolding

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 22:31:16 UTC

The use of visuals such as drawings and photographs help connect spoken English words to visuals being displayed.

Realia

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 22:34:29 UTC

The use of Realia, or real things, is very useful in building background for ELL students in their efforts to relate to the outside world.

Social vs. Academic language

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 23:08:02 UTC

Kids want to make friends and be social in school, and we see that in social language as it develops more quickly than academic language. This is why assessments fail, because we lack the understanding and distinction between the two worlds of communication.

Social vs. Academic language CONT.

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 23:11:43 UTC

The reason social language is so quickly conceptualized is because of its ability to be contextualized, using visual and social cues to help bridge the understanding of the language. Academic language is generally considered decontextualized lacking the vital cues necessary in face-to-face interactions.

Academic complexities

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 23:15:21 UTC

Academic language also differs in its complexity to social language. From formalities to its function, academic language is more difficult to comprehend, thus leading to its later development and mastery. Kids feel more comfortable in their first language, so working towards that level of comfort is essential.

Dialect

dmarquez0024 — 2024-07-10 23:20:56 UTC

Another obstacle our ELL students face is the complexity of the English language across the country. Just as every country has varying degrees of their respective language, the US has a varying degree of English and pronunciation. Like distinguishing "peeCAN" and "PeKan". This subtle but noticeable differences make learning more difficult and require more attention given the regionality of certain language.