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Title: English Language Learners


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English Language Learners
  • Alicia Baker

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Who are they?
  • An English Language Learner (ELL) is a student
    for whom English is a second language and who is
    not at grade level in reading and writing
    English.

3
Who are they?...cont.
  • May come from other countries
  • Varying backgrounds
  • Religion
  • Culture
  • Schooling
  • Economic

4
Statistics
  • 1990- 32 million people over 5yrs that spoke
    another language besides English
  • 2 million were in school
  • 2000- grew to 47 million
  • 3 million were in school
  • Roughly 1 in 5 students will be ELL
  • There is a higher concentration in the West and
    South

5
Challenges Student
  • Learn a new language
  • Relations with the class as a whole
  • Relationships with classmates and teacher
  • Expressing themselves

6
Challenges Teacher
  • Understand their culture
  • Sensitive
  • Understand the time it takes to learn a second
    language
  • Making the learning experience positive

7
Classroom Strategies
  • Create a predictable and accepting atmosphere for
    learning
  • Emphasize the use of language
  • Label everything
  • Show respect
  • Praise
  • Instill student responsibility
  • Speak clearly
  • Avoid idioms
  • Allow for silence

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StrategiesCont.
  • Make use of their backgrounds
  • Sharing
  • Lessons
  • Acceptance for error
  • Clear expectations
  • Communication
  • Provide additional support
  • Use multiple intelligences in lessons

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Cool Websites
  • http//www.csun.edu/hcedu013/eslplans.html
  • www.teachervision.com
  • http//www.eldstrategies.com/
  • http//a4esl.org/
  • http//owl.english.purdue.edu/
  • http//www.manythings.org/e/patterns.html

10
Discussion
  • Has anyone had a positive experience that they
    have observed or taking part in and would like to
    share it with everyone?

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Sited
  • http//www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/pigs/pig19.htm
  • http//nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass.
  • http//www.celt.sunysb.edu/ell/tips.php
  • http//www.netc.org/focus/challenges/ell.php
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