ESL Student 1 & 2 Submissions Do you agree with Alharbi's original order of VLS?

Alharbi states that ELs cannot acquire the vocabulary the first time interacting with it, they need "at least 5-16 times the exposure to master new words" (Alharbi, 2015, p. 502). The author further estimated that native English speaking high school students enter their high school studies with approximately eighteen thousand words in their total vocabularies. Therefore, for an ESL student to expect the same level of fluency, they will have to learn an immense amount of new vocabulary words and thus the order of VLS tactics can be an important success factor. I do believe that the order of the VLS priorities identified by the questionnaire is a good beginning strategy for most students. However, given the prevalence of different learning styles, it should also be noted that individuals may have to customize their own strategies to achieve their ideal performances.

Do think these strategies can be used with any age group, not just college students? Which questionnaire response surprised you the most?

Yes, I do believe that the VLS strategy could be used with a broad range of different age groups and also varying levels of ELLs. The finding that surprised me the most was the importance of synonyms in...

I gained several insights into effective strategies to learn vocabulary words which is definitely relevant to my future career.
Student 2 Submission

What can we do to ensure that educators, parents, and community members work together to assist ELL students?

There are different approaches that are needed to maintain a high level of collaboration. For example, for collaboration to be facilitated quickly, there needs to be a level of standardization…