General Strategies

General Strategies for Teaching ELL Students:

-Cultivate relationships through conversations outside of the classroom 

-Provide a nurturing and conducive working/learning environment by creating rules and guidelines 

-Learn about the cultural background of your students 

-Allow more processing time 

-Honour the “silence period”

-Differentiate – And use multiple modalities 

-Provide scaffolding 

-Allow for a variety of alternative assignments 

-Discuss topics that students find interesting and are familiar with 

-Don’t be afraid of using technology! (Apps like google translate, duolingo etc)

-Use formative assessment so you can monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback so students know where they are at

-Focus on the bigger picture

-Incorporate more group work (Flexible Grouping)

-Pre-assessment 

-Incorporate fluid learning profiles – be aware of change and growth