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English Language Learners: raising awareness

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 :

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English Language Learners: raising awareness

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  1. English Language Learners: raising awareness Author: Nadejda Taylor, M.A.Ed Educational Aid Vogelweh Elementary School

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. Experiences of an ELL

  5. 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 Allow help of other students/assign helpers Present information orally and visually Encourage clarification questions Conduct frequent checks See appendix A for additional guidelines

  6. 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

  7. Use technology translate.google.com • Copy/paste text to help students • translate a word/sentence/paragraph • Listen to the text in any language

  8. Use technology: www.clas.uiuc.edu

  9. Appendix A Source: McGill University, Canada

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