English+Language+Learners

According to the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs, the number of ELLs between 1991 and 2001 increased by 95 percent. The general student population increased by only 12 percent. Since the ELL population is growing, teachers in all subject areas need to be prepared to address the needs of ELLs.

Many English Language Learners struggle with grade level texts in middle school and high school.

I found this website that you can use with your ESL estudents to help them learn new [|vocabulary.] __What English Language Learners need and strategies to help them learn: __
 * Vocabulary building– flashcards, read alouds, modeling
 * Repetition – [|echo reading], choral reading, paired reading
 * Visual displays – [|graphic organizers], real life objects, pictures
 * Total Physical Response
 * Scaffolding – connecting background knowledge to content, pre, during, and post reading strategies
 * Feedback – positive, constructive, oral, and written

Questions to be addressed: What language do the adolescents like to read in, Spanish or English? What types of genres do they enjoy reading? What motivates English language learners to read? What strategies do teachers use to help English language learners? Are English Language learners reading at grade level? If they are not, what are some things you can do to get them there? Are English language learner adolesecents the same/different from other adolescents in their reading skills? What are the forms of literacy that English language learners are exposed to?

General Practices that teachers utilize to help English Language learners to improve literacy skills Strategies hands on activities what kind of texts vocabulary skills