Teaching English Language Learners K-12; A Quick-Start Guide for the New Teacher

by Jerry Jesness

• ISBN13: 9780761931867
• ISBN10: 0761931864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-20
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

The author examines the immense demands faced by ELL educators and offers specific strategies to address these special challenges.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Rosalie Pedalino Porter
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
About the Author	xix
The Joys and Challenges of Teaching English as a Second Language	1	(3)
The Joys of Teaching ESL	1	(1)
The Challenges of Teaching ESL	2	(2)
Your Students	4	(4)
ESL, ELL, LEP, and Other Acronyms	5	(1)
Placement in Bilingual and ESL Programs	5	(1)
SEP Students (Someone Else's Problem)	6	(1)
Inclusion and Support in Regular Classrooms	7	(1)
Your Toolbox	8	(4)
Materials and Equipment	8	(2)
Paying for Your Tools	10	(1)
Getting Help From Volunteers	10	(1)
Getting Advice and Help From School Personnel	11	(1)
How Much? How Soon? How Fast?	12	(6)
BICS and CALP	12	(1)
Pie-in-the-Sky Goals	13	(1)
Is One Year Enough?	14	(1)
When Should Students Exit to Regular Classes?	15	(1)
Steep Hills and Frustrating Plateaus	15	(1)
Motivation Inside and Outside of Class	16	(1)
Working With Younger Students	17	(1)
Using the Learner's Native Language in the Classroom	18	(4)
Don't Force Them to Go Mute	19	(1)
What Works Best in the Students' Native Language	20	(1)
Consider the Language and the Culture of the Community	20	(1)
Use Time Limits	21	(1)
Working With Younger Students	21	(1)
Natural and Unnatural Approaches to Learning English	22	(7)
The Natural Approach: Learning English by Hearing and Speaking It	23	(2)
Applying First Language Skills to Second Language Learning	25	(1)
Balancing Experiential and Analytical Approaches	25	(1)
Using Total Physical Response (TPR)	26	(1)
Language in the Foreground and the Background	26	(1)
Winning Over the Skeptics in Your School	27	(1)
Working With Younger Students	28	(1)
Building Vocabulary: They'll Need Lots	29	(8)
Enjoying the Path to a Large Vocabulary	30	(1)
Learning From the Movies	31	(1)
Teaching Vocabulary With Picture Dictionaries	32	(1)
Using Vocabulary From the Native Language	32	(1)
Building Vocabulary With Word Blocks	33	(1)
Idioms and Other Confusing Expressions	33	(1)
Look It Up! Learning English With Dictionaries	33	(2)
Electronic Dictionaries	35	(1)
Those Boring Vocabulary Lists	35	(1)
Layered Vocabulary Learning	36	(1)
Working With Younger Students	36	(1)
Grammar: The Skeletal System of the Language	37	(8)
Me Very Grammar	37	(1)
When to Start Grammar Lessons	38	(1)
English Grammar Isn't as Tough as We Think	38	(1)
Freebies: When English Grammar Matches the Learner's Native Language	38	(1)
The Garden Path to English Grammar	39	(1)
Pronoun Cases	40	(1)
Implicit and Explicit Grammar Instruction	41	(1)
Pattern Practice Makes Perfect: Well, Not Really, But It Works	41	(1)
Grammar in Action: Questions, Answers, Jokes, and Conversation	42	(1)
Tag, You're It: Converting Statements Into Tag Questions	43	(1)
Working With Younger Students	44	(1)
Listening Skills: The Gateway to Language	45	(6)
Learning With a Tape Recorder or CD Player	46	(1)
Learning With Software: The Rosetta Stone, Instant Immersion, and Other Programs	47	(1)
The Great ESL Film Festival	47	(1)
Dictation	48	(1)
Encouraging Listening as a Stand-Alone Skill	48	(1)
Teaching With Minimal Pairs: Bit, Bet, Bait, Beet, Bite	49	(1)
Working With Younger Students	50	(1)
Now Say It: Teaching Spoken English	51	(6)
The Direct Method	51	(1)
Controlled Conversation	52	(1)
Role Playing	52	(1)
Student-to-Student Teaching	53	(1)
Recitals	53	(1)
Using Media and the Language Laboratory	53	(1)
Teaching Pronunciation	54	(1)
Using the International Phonetic Alphabet	55	(1)
Error Correction: When and How Often	55	(1)
Let Your Students Correct You, Too	56	(1)
Speaking Practice Outside of Class	56	(1)
Working With Younger Students	56	(1)
English in Black and White: Teaching Reading	57	(7)
When Students Are Struggling Readers in Their Native Language	58	(1)
Quick-Start Phonics for English Learners	58	(1)
The Constant Consonants	59	(1)
Those Tricky Vowels	60	(1)
Decoding Skills and Background Knowledge	61	(2)
Working With Younger Students	63	(1)
Writing It Right	64	(5)
Getting Started	65	(1)
Writing Begins With Spelling	65	(1)
Gadgets and Media Again	66	(1)
The Vanishing Word Technique	66	(1)
Picture and Word Cards	66	(1)
Punctuation and Capitalization	67	(1)
Dictation	67	(1)
In Their Own Words	67	(1)
Working With Younger Students	68	(1)
How We Know What the Students Know: Grading and Testing	69	(9)
Grading in Mixed-Ability Classrooms	69	(1)
Individualized Education Plans	70	(1)
Multitrack Grading: Same Class, Different Goals	71	(1)
No, You Aren't Cheating: What Counts for General Learners and College-Prep Learners	71	(1)
Testing, Testing	72	(3)
Self-Assessment: Giving Students Their Own Checklists	75	(1)
Preparing Students for Standardized Tests (Please Don't)	76	(1)
Working With Younger Students	77	(1)
Teaching English Learners With Special Needs	78	(6)
Identifying Students With Special Needs	79	(1)
Prior Education, Semilingualism, and Learning Disabilities	79	(2)
What Does Special Education Offer Your Students?	81	(1)
When They Need a Special Education Referral but Haven't Gotten One	81	(1)
Determining the Appropriate Program	82	(1)
Working With Younger Students	83	(1)
English Learners in Content Classes	84	(9)
English Throughout the Curriculum	84	(1)
Sheltered English Content Classes	85	(1)
Content Objectives and Language Objectives	85	(1)
A Sample Sheltered Science/Vocabulary Lesson	86	(1)
Using Sheltered English to Teach and Practice Grammar	87	(1)
When Are Students Ready to Wade Into the Mainstream?	88	(1)
The Power of Prior Knowledge	89	(1)
The Power of Incidental Learning	90	(1)
Reasonable and Unreasonable Modifications in the Inclusive Classroom	91	(1)
The F Word (Failure)	91	(1)
The Bright Side: Enriched Class Discussions	91	(1)
Out-of-Class Support for English Learners in Regular Content Classes	92	(1)
Helping Everyone Else Understand Your Students	93	(5)
Attitudes Make the Difference: Racism and Xenophobia	93	(1)
I'm Here, So Shut the Door Already	94	(1)
Exposing Other Students to Your Students' Culture	94	(1)
Avoiding Trivial Pursuit and Superficial Multiculturalism	95	(1)
Illuminating With Literary Classics From Other Traditions	95	(1)
Living Social Studies	96	(1)
Graphic Art and Music	96	(1)
Mutual Tutoring and Dual Immersion	97	(1)
Preparing Yourself to Be a Better ESL Teacher	98	(5)
Catching Up and Keeping Up With Advances in the Field	98	(1)
Acquainting Yourself With Your Students' Culture	99	(1)
Trying on Your Students' Shoes	99	(2)
And If You Teach in the Tower of Babel	101	(2)
Appendix 1: Vocabulary Lists	103	(42)
Numbers 1--10	103	(1)
Shapes	104	(1)
Numbers 11--20	105	(1)
People and Things	106	(1)
Numbers by Tens to 100	107	(1)
Colors	108	(1)
All Numbers to 100	109	(2)
U. S. Currency	111	(1)
Time	112	(1)
Days	112	(1)
Months	113	(1)
Alphabet A--H	114	(1)
Alphabet I--P	114	(1)
Alphabet Q--Z	115	(1)
Classroom Nouns	116	(1)
Classroom Verbs	116	(1)
Large Numbers: Hundreds and Thousands	117	(1)
Arithmetic I: Addition and Subtraction	118	(1)
Arithmetic II: Multiplication and Division	119	(1)
School Supplies	120	(1)
Computer Nouns	121	(1)
Computer Verbs	122	(1)
Human Body/Possessive Nouns	123	(1)
Family	124	(1)
Home Nouns	125	(1)
Home Verbs	126	(1)
Park and Playground	127	(1)
Pets and Pet Accessories	128	(1)
Farm Animals	129	(1)
Wild Animals	129	(1)
World Geography: Continents and Countries	130	(1)
U.S. Geography: Oceans, Rivers, Mountain Ranges, Borders	131	(1)
Ordinal Numbers	132	(1)
City Geography: Streets, Avenues, Buildings, Directions, Travel	133	(2)
Fruits and Vegetables	135	(1)
Meat and Seafood	136	(1)
Bakery Products	137	(1)
Dairy Products	137	(1)
Women's Clothing	138	(1)
Men's Clothing	138	(1)
Expressing Emotions	139	(1)
Baseball	140	(1)
Possessive Pronouns	141	(2)
Prepositions and Their Objects	143	(2)
Appendix 2: Recommended Sources	145	(1)
Recommended Reading	145	(2)
Recommended Web Sites	147	(1)
Recommended Periodicals	148	(1)
Index	149