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What does the research say?

 

 

 

Research states students learn a second language much like they learn their first language—naturally. While students learn basic communication skills in the second language, the process for acquiring academic language to meet the academic challenges, usually takes five through seven years. Research states children can acquire a second language best when More...

What are some great books to use in the ELL/ESL classrooms? Why?

 

 As ELLs listen to and participate in a variety of literarygenre that their language experience develops, including vocabulary, patternsof speech/usage, and an understanding of idioms and concepts. This occurs througha variety of literacy exposures. There is an endless amount of great books touse in the ELL/ESL classroom. Students are usually more successful in literacywhen provided with texts that offer comprehensible input, that is, they makesense to the learner. Students are also successful when More...

What are the successful ESL strategies?

 

Various effective ESL methodology and instructional strategies for increasing English Language Learners are scaffolding (teachermodeling, simplifying language, graphic organizers, visuals and graphics, cooperative learning) techniques:

      • Teacher modeling: allows learners to see or hear what a completed product should look like while at the same time gives students an example of what is expected of them.

     • Simplifying language: allows learners to More...

Can Response to Intervention (RTI) assist ESL teachers and students?

 

A great deal of research has been done and continues in the area of second language learning. Basically, much research seems to guide teachers of ELLs to provide strong academic school-based support in the form of high quality instruction More...

What are the greatest challenges facing ESL learners and teachers? Rosanna Palumbo

As English Language Learners attempt to make comparable English progress to their peers, educators of ELLs face the challenge of accelerating the development process in order for ELLs to be successful in the classroom and on mandated state tests. For special education ELLs and ELLs who have limited/and or interrupted formal education More...