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Visual presentation is very important. Don't water down the content for ESL students!
Facilitate understanding of concepts through pictures, charts,
timelines, and flowcharts. If you don't have access to visuals,
or time to create them, assign them as projects for regular students
for cooperative groups. This type of project encourages higher-order
thinking skills, both for creation and interpretation of the
project. |
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Prepare outline
forms to guide note-taking. |
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Encourage highlighting
of photocopies for key words—this could be a class activity. |
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Have students create bilingual
vocabulary lists, even if you have no way to see if their
translations are 100% accurate. Let same-language students do
it together. |
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Define important
concepts before their first use, either providing definitions
for students to copy, or creating them as a class. Encourage
students to discuss concepts with same-language peers in their
first language. |
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Check for
concept understanding frequently, paying attention to
ideas, not grammar or pronunciation. |
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Use simplification, expansion of ideas, and comparisons. |
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Use visuals,
demonstrations, role play. Let ESL students show
more than tell as a comprehension check. |
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Avoid using
slang. Use clear (but not unnatural) enunciation, intonation,
and gestures. |
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Record lectures
on tape and lend the tapes to ESL students. |
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Have native
English speakers write summaries or rewrite difficult
chapters for ESL students' reading assignments. |
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Provide opportunities
for ESL students to demonstrate their talents and pride
in their cultural background through sharing. |
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Review reading
strategies and study skills often to remind students of
the most efficient means to learning. |
