So, as a prospective teacher I am obligated to take some classes that help me prepare for a mulitcultural classroom. In that classroom, there may be student that are still learning how to speak English. I chose this article to aid me in some techinques that run side-by-side with my ELL class.
This article is telling me to approach each child individually, because different children will be at different levels of English Language Learning. I know from my ELL class there are 5 stages to language acquisition. Pre-preproduction, early production, speech emergence, intermediate fluency, and fluency. Each of these has a time frame of an average ELL student. It could take 5-7 years to become fluent. That really is a long time.
Within this article it talks about the basic construction of a classroom. This can affect the way ELL students learn. I, personally, like the cooperative learning, or group learning, scenarios. The article also talks about 4 skill areas: Function, form, fluency, and vocabulary. Functions are the purposes of communication. Form refers to the structure of the English language, like grammar and sentence stucture. Fluency is the ease in speaking the language. The development of a wide and varied vocabulary is essential. Research shows that English language learners should be taught key vocabulary, or brick words, prior to a lesson in order to assist them in their language development.
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http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/strategies-teaching-english-language-learners
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