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Episode 99 - Why Less is More When Teaching EL Newcomers and Beginners
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This is episode 3 of the 3-part series called, “You Can't Buy Language at Walmart: 3 Essential but Overlooked Details of Teaching Language to EL Newcomers and Beyond.” In the previous episodes, I talked about the time it takes to acquire a language and about proficiency levels and why they are essential for teachers to know when working with English learners. Today, I wanted to talk about the classwork and homework our ELLs have to do, and about how we can make it more manageable and effective with a less is more when teaching EL newcomers and beginners.
The amount of academic work is highly dependent on the student grade level and school, but I wanted to offer a few insights about what can be done to battle teacher and student overwhelm when it comes to assigning work to English learners. I will share a seemingly simple phrase, which is so elusive when we try to implement it in real life, insights into why it is important to pause and review what we're doing and ways to make classwork more targeted for ELs.
What you will hear about in this episode:
- Challenges faced by English language learners in school
- Less is more approach in teaching English language learners
- Strategic instruction and quality of work for ELs
- Crafting a plan to enhance teaching strategies and create a system for effective instruction
Show Notes:
Simply Ieva Offers:
- Free Audio Training - 3 Mindset Shifts for Instilling and Living Out a Belief that All Teachers are Teachers of Language.
- Book a Free Consult Call - Lead ELs to Progress without Overwhelm
- 1:1 ESL Teacher Coaching Session
- The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join.
- My TpT store
Record a comment for us - click HERE. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Related/Previous Episodes:
- Episode 98 - From newcomer to experienced multilingual : a journey through proficiency levels
- Episode 87 - What does it take to acquire a language and why all teacher should know this
- Episode 97 - How teachers can harness the power of language acquisition stages when working with ELs
Let’s Connect!
125 επεισόδια
Manage episode 397057093 series 3444579
This is episode 3 of the 3-part series called, “You Can't Buy Language at Walmart: 3 Essential but Overlooked Details of Teaching Language to EL Newcomers and Beyond.” In the previous episodes, I talked about the time it takes to acquire a language and about proficiency levels and why they are essential for teachers to know when working with English learners. Today, I wanted to talk about the classwork and homework our ELLs have to do, and about how we can make it more manageable and effective with a less is more when teaching EL newcomers and beginners.
The amount of academic work is highly dependent on the student grade level and school, but I wanted to offer a few insights about what can be done to battle teacher and student overwhelm when it comes to assigning work to English learners. I will share a seemingly simple phrase, which is so elusive when we try to implement it in real life, insights into why it is important to pause and review what we're doing and ways to make classwork more targeted for ELs.
What you will hear about in this episode:
- Challenges faced by English language learners in school
- Less is more approach in teaching English language learners
- Strategic instruction and quality of work for ELs
- Crafting a plan to enhance teaching strategies and create a system for effective instruction
Show Notes:
Simply Ieva Offers:
- Free Audio Training - 3 Mindset Shifts for Instilling and Living Out a Belief that All Teachers are Teachers of Language.
- Book a Free Consult Call - Lead ELs to Progress without Overwhelm
- 1:1 ESL Teacher Coaching Session
- The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join.
- My TpT store
Record a comment for us - click HERE. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Related/Previous Episodes:
- Episode 98 - From newcomer to experienced multilingual : a journey through proficiency levels
- Episode 87 - What does it take to acquire a language and why all teacher should know this
- Episode 97 - How teachers can harness the power of language acquisition stages when working with ELs
Let’s Connect!
125 επεισόδια
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