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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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Using art and music to support struggling English language learners

Studying about the perception and attitude of a student who struggles to learn the English language is an essential element to help him/her to overcome the problematic disabilities.

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Developing a career-based literacy framework for English language learners

I choose to design a curriculum guide on the topic above so that all educators who teach English language learners have access to a written framework to operate within all discipline-specific literacy curricula.

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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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Evaluating a marketing curriculum for English language learners

Part 1 – Student Needs The identified student group for this curriculum unit is EAL or international students who usually fall behind in the classroom due to language barriers. The curriculum area to evaluate that will benefit the selected group is marketing.

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Interactive word walls and literacy development of English language learners

The Effect of Interactive Word Walls on Literacy Development of English Language Learners (ELL) in Middle School – Data Collection Completion and Potential Actions Part 1 – Data Collection As previously indicated, a qualitative descriptive research design will be employed to examine the effect of…

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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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