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What about literacy support for ESOL learners?
What about literacy support for ESOL learners?
What is best practice?
What is best practice?
Like any learner, there will be variability across this group of learners and so Principle 1 - "Know your learner" counts here.
The possible main differences for this group depends on the strength and experiences the learner has had in their first language (L1). The videos that guide practice related to other typical learner needs (LINK HERE) also apply to ESOL learners.
Understand the science of learning and reading background,
then Assess,
use a scope and sequence for teaching
and uses explicit teaching practices
The links below take you to a website created by Keryn King which supports culturally sustaining practices when teaching English to diverse language learners.
Key information for schools about bilingual | ESOL learners.
Benefits for the second language (ESOL) learner :
Explicit teaching is crucial for diverse language learners
What Diverse language learners need #1
What Diverse language learners need #2
What Diverse language learners need #3
What Diverse language learners need #4
Effective strategies for teaching English language learners.
1. Focus on academic language, literacy and vocabulary
2. Link background knowledge and culture to learning
3. Increase comprehensible input and language output
4. Promote classroom interaction
5. Stimulate higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) and use of learning strategies.
Information and resources for teachers to respond to the needs of multicultural learners including those from migrant backgrounds, former refugees, and English language learners.
This page also includes the SELLIPS resources
Supporting English Language Learning in Primary Schools
ESOL resources
ESOL resources
Tāhūrangi houses the material previously found on ESOL Online (TKI)
This screenshot shows you the pathway:
Tāhūrangi > Teaching Support >
Multicultural Learner Success and ESOL Support
six Esol principles - from tāhūrangi
six Esol principles - from tāhūrangi
The English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP) is a key planning, teaching, and assessment resource aimed at all teachers of all levels working with students learning English as an additional language.
The ELLP Pathway is a supplementary resource, designed to provide additional detail about the stages of English language acquisition described in the English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP).
ELLP pathway
ELLP pathway
Link to Tāhūrangi here for access to these key documents.
A kete of resources and strategies collated directly from teacher feedback.
(links from Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Literacy website)
Strategies for Introducing new vocab:
What do you do to help students understand the context of the texts in English that you read?
How do you support students who struggle with reading or writing in English?
What role do families play in supporting their children's English development in your class?
Describe any effective strategies for diverse language learners
A few resources and helpful PLD mentioned by kaiako
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