3. •By the end of the session you will have
more:
•knowledge about the unique needs of
ELL’s
•strategies to implement this fall
•confidence to plan and modify lessons for
ELL’s
•enthusiasm for teaching ELL’s
4. • Dialogue:
• What do you know about English Language
Learners?
• Your own experiences
• or What you’ve learned
7. •“English learners are
best served when their
teachers provide
instruction-including
corrective feedback--
when it is needed.”
• Source: (Scarcella, 2004, p. 53)
Instruction!
8. •“The most powerful way
of learning academic
English is through good
instruction.”
• Source: (Scarcella, 2004, p. 53)
9. Big IdeasBig Ideas
•Increase academic vocabulary:
multiple encounters with words.
•Increase academic vocabulary:
multiple encounters with words.
Oral language development:
lots of dialogue
Automaticity with sight words
10. Big IdeasBig Ideas
•Safety nets of increased
context: e.g., visuals
•Safety nets of increased
context: e.g., visuals
Focus on comprehension through
strategic, analytic reading and
think-alouds-explicit instruction!
Don’t make assumptions-check
for understanding often
11. •Natural Order (Krashen): pre-
production, speech emergence,
intermediate, advanced
•Affective Filter (Krashen)
•Comprehensible Input (Krashen)
•Output (productive speech)
(Swain)
Second Language Acquisition
13. • TELPAS
• Beginner (B)
• Intermediate (I)
• Advanced (A)
• Advanced High (AH)
14. •Linguistic Transfer from L1
•Prior knowledge/declarative
knowledge
•Strategic/procedural knowledge
•Motivation to learn English
•Cultural and linguistic
resources
•“Funds of Knowledge”
What ELL’s Bring:
22. •Automaticity
•Word lists
•250 words
•Source: Bear, D. R., Helman, L., Templeton, S., Invernizzi, M., & Johnston,
F. (2007). Words their way with English learners: Word Study for Phonics,
Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
Sight Words
23. • 100 most common words=
• 50% of words in a text
• Source: (Nation, 2005)
28. Shared ReadingShared Reading
•Advantages of shared reading
•Active reading and engaging
texts.
•Thinking aloud to make
meaning explicit.
•Advantages of shared reading
•Active reading and engaging
texts.
•Thinking aloud to make
meaning explicit.
29. Application
Consider a classroom reading book you recently
used.What vocabulary or concepts were
presented in the book that could cause
confusion for ELL Learners?
What could you do to scaffold the reading
experience that would benefit ELL learners?