Classroom Suggestions

1. Make it Visual

2. Group Work

3. Suggestions from other ESL teachers

4. It is ok for the ELL students to not talk

5. Allow for scaffolding

6. Culturally Unique Vocabulary

7. Use sentence frames

8. Pre-Teach, if possible

9. Learn about your student's background

10. Do not ask a student to speak on behalf of their culture

11. Show them how to take themselves less serious

12. Always take the student serious