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What
Teachers Need to Know
Whether
they are special educators, general educators, or ESL/bilingual
educators, teachers who work with ELLs need to:· Discover
as much as possible about students as individuals, about their home
lives, and about the cultures from which they come.
- Maintain
high expectations for student achievement. Knowing another language
can be made into an asset when teachers provide support and guidance
for students to reach their highest potential.
- Understand
the differences in literacy development between native English-speakers
and speakers of other languages
- Understand
the processes of first and second language acquisition, the nature
of bilingualism, and their implications for instruction.
- Develop
strategies to encourage the use of both primary and secondary
languages for learning.
- Use
some of the strategies below to build on what children already
know and support them to transfer their existing skills and concepts
into English.
- Learn
to observe and monitor literacy development and proficiency in
both languages.
- Learn
and use a variety of instructional approaches to address differing
cultural and individual styles as well as diverse learning needs.
- Use
appropriate and multiple assessments.
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