ELLS’ STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS – EXAMPLE:

RESOURCES
• Use of easy-to-read picture books (ex. Chris Raschka’s, “Yo! Yes?”)
• Racial/cultural diversity books (ex. Yangsook Choi’s “The Name Jar” )
• Diversity in novels being read in class (ex. Alan Gratz’s “Refugee”)
• Global people / events learnt in class (ex. Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.)
• Using online videos, movies, websites that promote globalism/connectedness (ex.Youtube
– Kid President’s How to change the world [a work in progress] )
 ALLOWING THEM THE FREEDOM TO…

• Make mistakes
• Learn from mistakes (to avoid doing them again)
• Take risks
• Incorporating whatever is easiest for them into their learning (ex. an interest in sports)
• Ask questions (no such this as a bad question)
• Know their thoughts/opinions are valid and valuable
• Be themselves while adding to the classroom community as a whole
GIVING THEM…

• Extra time
• Modified/adapted work as needed (ex. working in different groups, partner support)
• Simplified instructions to follow (ex. modelling what to do on document camera,
Whiteboard, etc)
• Whatever they need to be successful (ex. use of different activities – drama, peer
tutoring, do activities where students move around and socialize, etc)!
 THE END:
THANK YOU!
 “A different language is a different vision of life.” Federico Fellini
 “One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” Frank Smith
 “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.”
Rita Mae Brown
 “Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about
things.” Flora Lewis
 “A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.” Gaston Bachelard
 “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” Chinese Proverb
 “Learn a new language and get a new soul.” Czech Proverb
 “Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club – the community
of speakers of that language.” Frank Smith
 “Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.” Roger Bacon
 “Change your language and you change your thoughts.” Karl Albrecht