Honing Your ESOL Strategies

Addressing the needs of English Language Learners

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Introductions

• Card Activity– Reflection

• Team Name

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Gaps

• Currently, only 23% of the faculty are using ESOL strategies in every lesson

• More than half, 53%, of our students are English Language Learners

• Spanish is the only language spoken at home for nearly all of our ELL

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Rate Yourself

Using a scale from 1 to 5, rate how comfortable you are with using ESOL strategies

Consider:– Academic Needs– Social Needs– Emotional Needs– Respectful Work

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Outcomes

• Create a lesson plan that includes specific strategies to increase comprehension for the ELL.

• Modify existing structures within the classroom to reduce anxiety for the ELL.

• Incorporate multimedia through technology with specific ESOL strategies

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TESOL Strategies Covered

• Goal 1: To use English to communicate in social settings

• Goal 2: To use English academically in all content areas

• Goal 3: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways

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Presentation of Strategies

• Activate prior knowledge

• Clear learning goal• Culturally inclusive

• Reduce anxiety• Reduce confusion• Increase

predictability

• Peer interaction • Games• CL

• Improve comprehension

• Improve vocabulary• Reduce extraneous

information

Academic

Social

Respect

Emotional

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Journal Article

• Each member of the group will read and summarize a specific part of the Washburn article

• Reporter will read “Belonging” on p. 249• Materials will read “Comprehension” on pp.

249-250.• Recorder will read “Conclusion” on p. 250

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Journal Article

• Highlight two or three key points for each section– How do you think this information will affect your

instruction?• Record your answers• Post on chart paper• Carousel walk

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Strategy

Reduce anxiety through predictable routines and signals

• Dedicate certain parts of your room for specific activities• Establish a consistent routine• Model, model, model each routine• Contextualize directions

– Refer to pp. 16-19 in your text

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Strategy

Shared Reading: Demonstrating how reading works

• Introduce the text• Read and track print• Stop to discuss and predict• Encourage verbal interaction• Reread

– Refer to pp. 73-78 in your text

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Strategy

Interactive Comprehension Building: Using technology to build background knowledge

• Select appropriate material• Create a presentation (PowerPoint, Keynote, Google)• Determine vocabulary necessary for comprehension• Check for ease of use

– Refer to pp. 226-229 in your text

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Strategy

Communication Games: Creating opportunities for verbal interaction

• Identify a language need– following directions, asking questions, etc.

• Model the game• Organize teams or groups• Guide the practice• Reflect

– Refer to pp. 94-98 in your text

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Breakout Sessions

Learn a about technology to support ESOL strategies

Select Two 35 Minute Sessions• Generating Rubrics for Authentic Assessment• Creating A PowerPoint Presentation• Using Vokis in The Classroom