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Chicago Public Library resources for English language learners

The Chicago Public Library is a great resource for English Language Learners (ELLs) and offers a variety of programs and tools that ELLs can access and utilize to help them become more comfortable with and knowledgeable of the English language.

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Sheltered instruction and differentiated assessment for English language learners

The point that Peregoy and Boyle (2013) make about how sheltered instruction puts "both subject matter and language" together I found to be completely sensible. Subjects and language should go together when teaching ELLs.

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Scholarship application for graduate study in English literature

My name is Alfred Bill and I am 25 years of age. I have just completed my first-degree major in English Literature. My plan is to pursue my master degree in the same course. However, my personal financial circumstances are hindering me in achieving my academic goal.

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Effective instructor feedback strategies for English language learners

I use cross-outs, make corrections, and label grammatical errors. However, I also give directive feedback: for example, I might write something like, “A participle must modify something in the sentence—yours is dangling.” I am also facilitative.

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Deciphering idioms through circumlocution and English language learner discourse strategies

Instructions: Interpret these phrases into a common saying or idiom 1. If a large, solid hoofed mammal becomes available to you without compensation, refrain from casting your faculty for seeing into the oral cavity of such creature The common saying is: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth 2.

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Sentence diagramming instruction for teaching English language learners verb tense identification

Present Continuous The L1 language group and age: Pre-Intermediate, age 11 The materials needed: Board, chalk, worksheets, paper, pens or pencils A description of the lesson warm-up: Ask students, “What do you do in the day?”—the Engaging phase (2 minutes).

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ELP standard 2: Oral communication proficiency for English language learners

ELP Standard Identification: Implications for Addressing the Needs of Students at the Various Levels in a Classroom It is important to note, from the onset, that each of the five stages (from Kindergarten to Grades 9-12) has specific English language proficiency standards that are meant to be…

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Language barriers and classroom inclusion for English language learners

Moises had a difficult time in class because although he understood the math involved in getting the answer: 40 minutes or 2 minutes per block, he could not express himself in English. When he spoke, all he could muster in English was “forty”.

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Essential skills for success in English 1301

Tools and Skills NeededAs a student of English 1301, one must possess a number of tools and skills in order to gain the most success from the course. Perhaps, the most fundamental skills would be basic grammar and mechanics proficiency.

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A Man for All Seasons: Thomas More and the English Reformation

A film analysis of Fred Zinnemann's 1966 A Man for All Seasons, examining Thomas More's principles, faith, and conflict with Henry VIII.

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