Supporting English Language Learners with Limited Prior Schooling by Devina Chaudhary https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl en-us 2019-04-23 13:04:46 UTC 2025-11-23 04:04:01 UTC hello@padlet.com What an educator should know about this issue before working with ELLs devina_c03 https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353338870 - Understand your student's background and know what languages they feel comfortable working in
- Asses your student to find their level of English competency 
- Create attainable goals for the student and begin to modify or differentiate your lessons as needed 
- Use the curriculum as a guideline to determine what areas are of the most importance for the student to master ]]> 2019-04-23 13:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353338870 Practical strategies that will benefit ELLs devina_c03 https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353342866 - Get community/parental involvement in the child's learning 
- Focus on building the student's knowledge bank to help them comprehend what is occurring 
- Use plenty of visuals 
- Differentiate lessons based on the student and overall class' needs 
- Encourage collaboration among students 
- Help ELL students with their English language structure (grammar, spelling, vocabulary) or work with the ESL teacher to help you find resources for this 
- Allow students to use their L1 and find ways to incorporate it into your lessons 
- Use culturally relevant pedagogy to keep your ELL student engaged and excited to learn ]]> 2019-04-23 13:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353342866 Questions I am left with after reading devina_c03 https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353345672 - How can we help these students socially grow? Or when we are not directly there to assist them (recess, lunch etc) 
- Where can we find resources to help ELD students get a footing of the language? ]]> 2019-04-23 13:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353345672 Questions educators could ask themselves to ensure they are addressing the area devina_c03 https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353346480 - Do I have any bilingual students in the classroom that can help their peers?
- Have I taken the time to meet with my student and understand what makes them excited to learn and anything I can do to help them feel safe in the classroom (dependant on past experience/ trauma) 
- Have I looked at ways this student can help become part of the community (resources, groups, programs)?]]> 2019-04-23 13:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353346480 Personal Experience devina_c03 https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353347768 When I volunteered in an ESL classroom I had a pair of siblings who had just recently come to Canada. They were refugees from Syria and had limited experience with schooling. One math/language game they seemed to enjoy was 'Bingo'. We played to learn new vocabulary or numbers and if the word/picture wasn't fully understood by them we pointed them out in real life. For example 'jeans' I pointed to my jeans and they repeated the word 'jeans' but also connected that to their native language and said the word in that too. ]]> 2019-04-23 13:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/devina_c03/esl/wish/353347768