Episode Summary
One of the themes that keeps coming up in my teaching and that of many other teachers who work with English learners is this: How much work should we give EL newcomers and any EL student? What can we expect from them? I recorded several episodes about the time it takes to acquire language and about proficiency levels and why they are essential for teachers to know when working with English learners that are linked below. But today, I wanted to revisit the topic of classwork and homework our ELs have to do and about how we can make it more manageable and effective. The amount of academic work is highly dependent on the student grade level and school, but I wanted to offer a few insights about what can be done to battle teacher and student overwhelm when it comes to assigning work to English learners. I will share a seemingly simple phrase (less is more philosophy) which is so elusive when we try to implement it in real life, but oh so powerful when we embrace it. You’ll hear insights into why it is important to pause and review what we’re doing and ways to make classwork more targeted for ELs.
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Related episodes and articles:
- How Teachers Can Harness the Power of Second Language Acquisition Stages when working with ELs
- EL Newcomer to Experienced Multilingual: A Journey Through Language Proficiency Levels