Strategies for ESL/ELL Learners by Stephanie Yates

Strategies for ESL/ELL Learners by Stephanie Yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr en-us 2018-10-28 13:11:19 UTC 2018-10-28 22:09:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Know Your Students! stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297753386 Here is information to help you understand which stage your students fall under, what skills they are staring to develop, and strategies you can use to help expand their English language knowledge! ]]> 2018-10-28 14:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297753386 Stage 1: Pre-Production stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297753554 Student Have:
- Minimal comprehension - - No verbal production ]]> 2018-10-28 14:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297753554 Students Can: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297753705 - Nod answers to questions
- Point to objects or print
- Categorize objects or pictures
- Pantomime & role play
- Draw cartoons & pictures - Move to show understanding
- Match words or objects ]]> 2018-10-28 14:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297753705 Teachers Should: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754027 - Provide listening opportunities
- Create a classroom full of language
- Use mixed ability groups
- Create high context for shared reading
- Use physical movement
- Use art, mime, and music ]]> 2018-10-28 14:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754027 Stage 2: EarlyProduction stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754542 Student Have:
- Limited comprehension
- One/two word responses ]]> 2018-10-28 14:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754542 Students Can: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754671 - Identify people, places, and things
- Repeat memorable language
- List & categorize
- Listen with greater understanding
- Use routine expressions independently ]]> 2018-10-28 14:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754671 Teachers Should: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754739 - Ask yes no, Who? What? Where? questions
- Provide listening opportunities with rich context
- Have students: complete sentences with 1-2 words label, manipulate pictures/objects
- Do shared reading with props, building on prior knowledge
- Use predictable & patterned books
- Introduce dialogue journals ]]> 2018-10-28 14:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297754739 Stage 3: Speech Emergent stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297755848 Students Have:
- Good comprehension
- Enough proficiency to make simple sentences (with errors) ]]> 2018-10-28 14:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297755848 Students Can: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297755981 - Describe events, places, and people
- Recall facts
- Explain academic concepts
- Define new vocabulary
- Retell information from text
- Summarize
- Compare & contrast ]]> 2018-10-28 14:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297755981 Teachers Should: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297756815 - Ask open-ended questions
- Model, expand, restate, & enrich student language
- Use patterned & predictable books
- Support the use of content-area texts with retelling, role-play, etc
- Have students: describe personal experiences , create books through language arts experience activities ]]> 2018-10-28 14:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297756815 Stage 4: IntermediateFluency stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297756985 Students Have:
- Excellent comprehension
- Few grammar errors ]]> 2018-10-28 14:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297756985 Students Can: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757124 - Give opinions
- Justify views or behaviors
- Negotiate with others
- Debate with others
- Defend actions & opinions
- Persuade
- Express the results of synthesis, analysis, and evaluation ]]> 2018-10-28 14:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757124 Teachers Should: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757435 - Structure group discussions
- Guide use of reference materials
- Provide more advanced literature
- Ask students to create narratives
- Provide for a variety of realistic writing opportunities
- Publish students’ writing ]]> 2018-10-28 14:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757435 Stage 5: Advanced Fluency stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757629 Students Have:
- Near native speech ]]> 2018-10-28 14:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757629 Students Can: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757720 - Produce written and oral language that is comparable to that of native speakers of English of the same age ]]> 2018-10-28 14:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757720 Teachers Should: stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757786 - Continue on-going language development through integrating language arts and content-area activities
- ]]> 2018-10-28 14:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297757786 Teacher Tips! stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297758898 Remember To:]]> 2018-10-28 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297758898 References stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297759954 https://moodleilp.bellarmine.edu/pluginfile.php/440651/course/section/187044/5%20Stages%20of%20Language%20Acquisition.pdf

]]> 2018-10-28 15:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297759954 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760198 - Create a language rich environment with exposure to print such as books, labels, posters, etc. ]]> 2018-10-28 15:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760198 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760222 - Become familiar with some phrases of the student's language to connect with them on some level and build a relationship. For example, learn how to say "Hello, How are you?" in their native language.]]> 2018-10-28 15:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760222 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760241 - Avoid slang and idiomatic expressions.]]> 2018-10-28 15:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760241 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760269 - Speak clearly and naturally, without going too quickly or slowly.]]> 2018-10-28 15:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760269 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760295 - Encourage students to raise their hand if they don't understand a word.]]> 2018-10-28 15:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760295 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760326 - Implement corrective feedback in speaking and writing. Model the correct way to say or write something and encourage them to fix it.]]> 2018-10-28 15:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760326 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760348 - Partner! Partner! Partner! Have them be art of cooperative learning. ]]> 2018-10-28 15:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760348 stephanie_yates https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760369
- Get to know your ESL/ECE team in the building to ask for assistance if you need it. ]]> 2018-10-28 15:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297760369 References sarah_starks https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297783035 Dr. Kevin, T. (2018, October 27). The 5 Stages of Language Acquisition. Reading presented at Week 9 Readings in Bellarmine University EDUG-644-ON-1, Louisville.

Haynes, J. (n.d.). Stages of Second Language Acquisition. Retrieved October 27, 2018, from everythingESL.net

Robertson, K. (2015, December 01). Supporting ELLs in the Mainstream Classroom: Language Tips. Retrieved October 27, 2018, from http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/supporting-ells-mainstream-classroom-language-tips

Robertson, K., & Ford, K. (2016, January 13). Language Acquisition: An Overview. Retrieved October 27, 2018, from http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-acquisition-overview

]]> 2018-10-28 18:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297783035 mtomes01 https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297783647 Use pictures to build vocabulary]]> 2018-10-28 18:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297783647 mtomes01 https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297785825 2018-10-28 18:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanie_yates/d9m0cksw76hr/wish/297785825