Language Processes, Frameworks and Tools

Language Processes, Frameworks, and Tools

Language Teaching

What is good language teaching practice?

Good language teaching practice connects reading, writing, and vocabulary throughout the curriculum because it exposes students to learning in a variety of ways.

Providing students with different learning activities enhances understanding, increases language skills and improves communication between peers.

Daily read alouds also support social emotional development, builds background knowledge, and helps students to make connections to learning.

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)

The SIOP model contains components that enhances learning for English Language Learners.

The 8 Interrelated Components are:

Lesson Preparation

Building Background

Comprehensible Input

Strategies

Interaction

Practice/Application

Lesson Delivery

Review and Assessment

The SIOP design template will guide you in your planning process.

The importance of language functions for ELLs.

Communicative language includes speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. To support language development, it is important to use materials that encourage role play, student choice, and meaningful opportunities to learn from.

Conversations create situations for students to practice grammar while gaining a better understanding through context based learning using engaging and interactive activities to support language acquisition.

The Academic Language Function Toolkit shares a number of ways that you can develop language in all areas of the curriculum.

Universal Design for Learning

Competency based education meets students where they are at.
Personalized learning can target student interests, needs, and individualized learning goals.
Students can show what they know in a number of ways.

Four Domains of English
Language Development

Why is this important?

The input and output of language are important factors in second language acquisition which include listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The image shares key points to consider when planning lessons for students.

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Inquiry Based Learning

Inquiry based learning provides hands-on, investigative opportunities to gain knowledge in collaborative ways which captures students attention by connecting to their interests and activating their sense of wonder.

Inquiry Based Learning

Tools and Technology

There are many tools that can be used in the classroom to enhance everyday learning for your English Language Learners. Podcasts, digital storybooks, and videos can be used to introduce and supplement learning topics in addition to supporting different levels of learners. Technology allows students to adjust the speed for better understanding, and the opportunity to play back the information based on their learning needs. In some instances students may require additional information to build background knowledge and having access to digital resources allow easy access 24/7. The SAMR model shares a framework to support bringing technology into the classroom.