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English Language Learners: raising awareness. Author: Nadejda Taylor, M.A.Ed Educational Aid Vogelweh Elementary School. Why Misconceptions. The most at-risk ELL are those with proficiency levels of 2 and 3 These students can communicate seemingly with ease. Why we are fooled : - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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English Language Learners: raising awarenessAuthor: Nadejda Taylor, M.A.EdEducational AidVogelweh Elementary School
Why Misconceptions The most at-risk ELL are those with proficiency levels of 2 and 3 These students can communicate seemingly with ease.
Why we are fooled:
you only need a vocabulary of approximately 2000 words to get by in a
new language
to compare: an adult uses approximately 13000 words per day
children exposed to a new language before the age of five imitate the
accent successfully
Dangerous Assumptions It appears like…
He is listening/understanding She speaks English just fine
or He just refuses to do the work She said she did not know it was
due today, but I said it several times
He constantly talks to his neighbors and then lies that he was trying to get clarification on the assignment
ELL are often treated as “reluctant” students
A foreign accent undermines a person's credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don't consciously realize, new research at the University of Chicago shows.
Experiences of an ELLMost of the time I doubt that I
understood oral directions correctly
I am hesitant to speak to ask for clarification out of fear to be
ridiculed or simply not understood
There is this helpful and kind student in the class but the
teacher does not allow us to talk
How you can help Great news: you do not have to change
the educational materials just for one student -
Universal Design for Learning: these methods work for all students and most of them you use already
Present information orally and visually
Encourage clarification questions
Conduct frequent checks
Allow help of other students/assign helpers
See appendix A for additional guidelines
Use technology: www.rewordify.com Copy/paste texts to adjust difficulty of
vocabulary Use Classics database to add old
favorites to your students’ reading repertoire
Customize difficulty level Use suggested changes to create flash
cards/vocabulary/spelling words lists
Use technologytranslate.google.com Copy/paste text to help students
translate a word/sentence/paragraph Listen to the text in any language
Use technology: www.clas.uiuc.edu
Appendix A
Source: McGill University, Canada