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Nathan Hall

Drama in ELT - 4 views

Here are some articles I found on using drama in the EL classroom:  The Educational Potential of Drama for ESL - http://www.european-mediaculture.org/fileadmin/bibliothek/english/dodson_dram...

drama ELL esl language resources teaching education

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Shaeley Santiago

DLL Research Overview Papers - Child Development (CA Dept of Education).pdf - 0 views

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DLL preschool ELL literacy block PLS SPED

shared by Shaeley Santiago on 23 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • teacher-directed or explicit instruction—is associated with better child academic outcomes on specific knowledge and skills (e.g., letter knowledge, vocabulary words)
  • Among school-age children,*reading interventions focusing on phonemic awareness, word recognition, and vocabulary tend to have comparable effects for DLLs (or English learners),
  • In schools and classrooms where English immersion is the only feasible option, there are ways that teachers can still bring the home language into the classroom that might contribute to helping children experience home–school continuity, provide opportunities for continued use of the home language, and encourage parents to continue developing children’s native language skills.
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  • The quality of preschool for young DLLs does not end with the richness of the instruction itself. Teacher–child relationships appear to be important to academic outcomes as well.
  • Teachers’ attention to individual academic and emotional needs appears to be related, in particular, to successful mathematics development
  • found that rich explanations of target vocabulary, coupled with frequent home reading and higher initial vocabulary in English, made significant contributions to the learning of sophisticated vocabulary from story reading.
  • Interactive or dialogic reading is a strategy that engages children in discussions of texts.
  • guided instruction—such as explicit vocabulary support—is important for DLLs to make further progress in language development
    • Shaeley Santiago
      Shaeley Santiago on 23 Feb 16
       
      Excellent suggestions for incorporating PLS, especially in classrooms where multiple lgs are present and/or teacher doesn't speak other lgs. 
  • The principal point is that students who are learning content in a language they are simultaneously learning to speak and understand probably need additional supports to make the content comprehensible to them. Teachers must therefore consider using modifications, such as interactive approaches targeting both content and language; graphics, illustrations, and other visuals; direct teaching to help students learn skills and concepts; material with familiar content (in addition, of course, to teaching new content); and using the home language to support concept and language development
  • one implication is that teachers need to allocate time and space for intentional interactions aimed at promoting English language use and development.
    • Shaeley Santiago
      Shaeley Santiago on 23 Feb 16
       
      Katie - See here for info about sign-language & language acquisition.
    • Shaeley Santiago
      Shaeley Santiago on 23 Feb 16
       
      Additional suggestions to include as resource for lit block
  • taking advantage of cognates can be of value in vocabulary instruction.
    • Shaeley Santiago
      Shaeley Santiago on 23 Feb 16
       
      See the link to the Reading Rockets summary of dialogic reading in the References.
Shaeley Santiago

Education Week: Schools Face Shortage of Digital Curricula for English-Learners - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...32el-ell.h32.html

ELL technology digital curriculum ELLs research math literacy

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      Shaeley Santiago on 12 Jun 13
       
      The Best Practices sidebar here can be used as a type of checklist to help evaluate digital programs & materials for ELLs.
  • It's the only program that she knows of that addresses the literacy aspect of math for ELL students.
  • found a measurable increase in vocabulary knowledge and text comprehension,
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  • gave HELP Math its highest rating for effectiveness after reviewing research on student improvement related to the program.
  • Because there's not a plethora of digital curricula designed exclusively for English-language learners, teachers often rely on digital curricula used for all students that help individualize lessons, as well as software programs tailored for English language learners,
  • researchers created multimedia folktales and informational texts that included clickable words with definitions in English or Spanish, along with images for students whose English proficiency was very low. The text contained built-in audio, so that students could hear it in English or in Spanish, as well as embedded activities for reflection in both languages.
  • "There's not a lot out there."
  • Very few digital products are backed by research proving they work, and that's important to educators,
  • That can be a problem with digital curricula not targeted for ELLs, Mr. Proctor said. "Most interventions like that exclude very limited-proficient-English students because they don't speak enough English to use them,"
  • Professional development to prepare educators to use digital curricula for English-learners is critically important, too.
Shaeley Santiago

Preparing All Teachers to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners | Center for Amer... - 0 views

www.americanprogress.org/...s-of-english-language-learners

preparing teachers ELLs oral language research language development

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  • For schools, improving academic outcomes for ELLs is a litmus test for whether teachers are meeting their charge to truly leave no child behind.
  • fact that the nation’s teachers are and will increasingly encounter a diverse range of learners requires that every teacher has sufficient breadth and depth of knowledge and range of skills to be able to meet the unique needs of all students, including those who struggle with English
  • equally critical to consider how best to prepare mainstream, or general education, teachers to work with English language learners since they are increasingly likely to have such students in their class.
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  • relatively little attention paid to the essential standards, knowledge, and skills that general education teachers ought to possess in order to provide effective instruction to ELLs placed in their classroom.
  • attending to oral language development,
  • upporting academic language
  • teachers’ cultural sensitivity to the backgrounds of their students
Shaeley Santiago

Challenging Common Myths About Young English Language Learners | Foundation for Child D... - 1 views

fcd-us.org/...oung-english-language-learners

ELL language myths ECE

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Grace Gromotka

ESL Daily: 10 Professional Development Resources for ESL Teachers - 2 views

blog.esldaily.org/...esources-for-esl-teachers.aspx

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  • Grace Gromotka on 26 Jun 13
     
    For ELL teachers the specific site is English as a Second Language and ESL Teacher's Board
Shaeley Santiago

English Language Learners - The Reading & Writing Project - 2 views

readingandwritingproject.com/...english-language-learners.html

writing ELL project

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Shaeley Santiago

WIDA Early English Language Development (EELD) Standards - 0 views

www.wida.us/...EarlyYears.aspx

WIDA E-ELD S-ELD early language ELD standards

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Shaeley Santiago

2014-09 / primaryesol - English - ESOL - Literacy Online - Linkis.com - 0 views

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oral language development oral language environment talk

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Shaeley Santiago

NEA - Professional Development for General Education Teachers of English Language Learners - 0 views

www.nea.org/42549.htm

ELLs professional development policy brief

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Shaeley Santiago

WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards - 0 views

www.wida.us/eld.aspx

standards WIDA ELLs ESL

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Shaeley Santiago

HITN Early Learning Collaborative - 0 views

earlylearningcollaborative.org

ELLs Spanish English language development ECE digital media

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