Survival

Guide to ELL

#1- Know your terms

#2- Know how ELL students acquire the
language
#3- Create an ELL friendly classroom
#4- Strategies
#5- Modifications
 ELL= English Language Learner
ESL= English as a Second Language

Five Stages of acquiring language

Stage 1- Pre-production- This includes the silent phase. Students may say nothing or repeat what you say.
Stage 2- Early Production- Students may speak in 1-2 word phrases that have been memorized.
Stage 3- Speech emergence- Students will communicate with simple sentences and begin to ask very basic
questions.
Stage 4- Intermediate fluency- Students will use more complex sentences. They will also use native language
strategies to learn English content.
Stage 5- Advanced fluency- students are near native language in their ability to perform in content learning.

ELL Friendly Classroom

1. Learn how to correctly pronounce the students name.

2. Set up a conference with the parents
3. Label objects
4. Incorporate words and phrases from the student’s native language
 Modifications

- Allow students to use dictionary

- Multiple testing sessions
- Extended time
- Read- aloud tests
- Separate room testing

Strategies
- Speak slowly
- Partner newer ELL student with a stronger ELL student
- Have a set routine
- Introduce vocabulary in meaningful ways
- Use graphic organizers