EDUA 5457 Support for English Lang Learners
A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR SUPPORTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
The number of English language learners (ELLs) entering our classrooms is increasing every year. Although teaching ELLs is incredibly rewarding, many educators feel underprepared to meet the needs of these students—especially given existing time and classroom management constraints.
In this course, you’ll learn best teaching practices for helping ELLs on their journey to acquire English language skills as well as assimilate to your school’s learning environment. These techniques include creating a positive, culturally responsive classroom, introducing easy-to-use graphic organizers and visuals, and scaffolding your instruction without making major changes to your lessons. In addition, you’ll review key concepts in language acquisition and get resources for helping students with beginner, intermediate, and expanding levels of English proficiency.
Using the tools from this course, you will be able to create your own “bag of tricks” to simplify your teaching responsibilities, help ELLs acquire English language skills, and promote academic success for all students.