Practical Resources

These Wells Modules can guide your mahi and practice when working with ELL students.

Reflecting on your own prior knowledge and experiences can help you to think about ways to support learners more effectively. You play a vital role in supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) and you come with a wealth of knowledge, life experience, and expertise. It is useful to think about your own language learning journey (whether monolingual, bilingual, or multilingual)and what has helped you to learn new language and new concepts in the past. When working with ELLs, we should always find out about their prior knowledge and life experiences and try to connect with and build on those.