Learning another language helps students build skills developmentally. With spanish speakers already in the classroom, having a strong literacy foundation in their native language will help them be more proficient in english as well (http://newamericamedia.org/2010/05/using-spanish-to-build-english-skills.php). Therefore not only are they acquiring new skills learning a new language but they are also able to rely on their native language for further thinking.
Hmmm let's think how we can help our English Language Learners:
- Scaffolding instruction
- Graphic organizers
- Multiple Intelligences
- Experimental learning
- Concrete referents
- First language
- Multi-media
- Hands-on activities
- Field Trips
- Story maps, storyboards
- Pictures
- Maps, timelines, charts, diagrams, graphs
- Realia
- Listening/notetaking guides
- Visuals
- Cooperative Learning Activities
- Total physical response (standing up, pointing, touching)
- Language experience approach
(Developed by Rebecca Freeman Field)
All of these are strategies that can be used to make content more comprehensible for English Language Learners.
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