Instructional strategies and suggestions for ELL

This does not present an overall teaching method. What it does present is individual strategies, reasons for their use, and suggestions for where they might be most appropriate. The strategi... See More

This does not present an overall teaching method. What it does present is individual strategies, reasons for their use, and suggestions for where they might be most appropriate. The strategies range from small instructional suggestions (like pausing longer for punctuation) to larger classroom strategies (like study buddies or note-taking skills). This article draws strongly from research on language acquisition studies and the use of language in science. One of the more interesting suggestions was to place yourself in the role of "outsider" and think about what you currently do that would be confusing to someone from another culture. There is also an extensive resource list that includes articles on research based instructional strategies. I liked the fact that they provided reasons for each strategy and examples of how to integrate it and the references they provided.