1. English-Only Teachers
in Mixed-Language
Classrooms
Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2
Presented by:
Sarah Colaluca
Hannah Winckelmann
Andrew Jaworski

2. Guidelines for Teaching ELLs
1. welcome kit - "everyday needs"
2. one-on-one convo - background
3. Labels - English and pictures/symbols
4. Oral Teaching - everyday vocab and sentence structures
5. Give directions in as many ways as possible and have helping partners
6. Provide lower-level content texts, references and picture dictionaries
7. Rhymes, games, chants, songs, raps, poems - easily remembered and FUN!
8. "Whole language" > phonics (comprehension vs. pronunciation)
9. English versions on native cultures materials - reread familiar English language
books
10. Authentic practice - let them speak or write what they want to say! Let them use
their native language if they need to
11. "Don't sweat the small stuff" - grammar/spelling/sentence structure vs.
communicating understandable
12. External and internal motivations
13. "hospitable" classroom environment - learn some words etc. in their native
language
14. "True academic fluency" = 5-7 years for ELLs

3. Physical Aspects of the Classroom
• round tables, 4-6 students each
o leave space for newcomers
• don't sit ELL's together
o may delay English learning and socialization
• always plan for 2 (or multiples of 2)
students working together
• maximize availability of wall areas

4. Necessary Materials
• many easy to read fiction and nonfiction
books
• lower-level or picture dictionaries
• "create-your-own" reference book
• lower-level content textbooks that cover the
same topics
• comic books and graphic novels work too!
• extensive picture file
• welcome kit
• "buddy" system, student guides

5. Discussion
1. What are your feelings regarding the validity of using comic books and graphic
novels in an academic setting?
2. What do you think this cartoon is suggesting? How does this relate to these
chapters?
3. How would you incorporate some of the strategies prescribed in this chapter in
your own content areas? What strategies might you add/discard?