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Hello, I would like to know what are some strategies that can support English Language Learners while teaching science? How can I make this subject more understandable when having students who's native language is other than English?
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Hello Genissa, some of the stratigies to help ELL studnents is to understand their learning diffrences and their way of undertanding science. Try to see what motivates the students and different ways to engage with them.
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Hello Genissa! A great strategy to incorporate inside the classroom to help support ELL students is encouraging group work. Vary out groupings by using mixed-level groups or allowing some same-language partners. Students may gain competency in learning a second language by a collaborative process in which they appropriate the language of interaction as their own.
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Hello Genissa, this website has a position statment on Science for English Langauage Learners where it gives great tips for meeting the needs for a high quality science instruction for English Language Learners. These include the guse of guided inquiry, multiple modes of representation, and other strategies.
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Hi Genissa! One strategy to help ELL's have a more effective understanding of science is to use the their 'funds of knowledge' as a foundation. This will help them make connections to their prior knowledge and cultural backgrounds in order to get them engaged and be familiar with their science lectures and experiments.
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Hi Genissa, some of many strategies to help English Learners understand science are to support their learning in different classroom formats and incorporating experiences and values from cultural backgrounds.
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Hell Genissa, some too the methods you can use is implementing hands-on activities, this will help the students understand the lesson better and they will learn in the process. Also, take in consideration their funds of knowledge, and their skills.
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Hello Genissa, I think that a great strategy to help ELL studnets would be to relate back to their prior knowledge. Instead of looking at it with a mentallity that the students do not know wnything about the subject, you should instead add to what they already know and work from there.
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Hello Genissa, some strategies that you can use to help all your ELLs students understand science are hands-on activities, pictures, incorporate experiences or examples that are related to the students culturally and linguistically.
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