What?
Today for ELT we learnt about what we could do to support English Language learners
So what?
We discussed a reading called 'Assisting students who are new learners of English' by Dr Jannie van Hees. Some questions that we asked and answered were:
- What are we expected to teach these learners?
- Where did we start in English?
- What programmes are available to show leaning sequences appropriate to new learner's needs?
Now what?
I will need to do the following if I get a new learner of English into my classroom:
- have as clear an idea as possible of their strengths and gaps
- provide meaningful, relevant and needed language and learning opportunities
- have a clear idea and pathway of how to provided for these needs in an organised and informed way.
This must've been a good revision for you and what you are learning in your TESOL studies. I know you are already doing lots of these things in your habitat as you have shown me when we have spoken. Keep up the awesome work you do for ELL learners.
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