Know the terms:

LEP: Limited English

Proficiency

ESL: English as a Second

Language

BICS: Basic Interpersonal

Communication Skills

Top Ten ELL Websites:

Englishgrammar.org

CALP: Cognitive Academic

Language Proficiency

ESLpartyland.com

Iteslj.org/questions/

ELL: English Language

Learner

ESLvideo.com

PinkMonkey.com

BridghtHub.com

Dictionary.com

UsingEnglish.com

Ets.org/toefl

BusyTeacher.org

Teaching ELL
Students
Eileen Smith

Important Tips for Teachers:

1. Know your students 2. Be aware of their social and emotional needs 3. Increase your understanding of first and
second language acquisition 4. Student need to speaking, writing, reading, and listening every day in every class 5.
Increase your understanding of English language proficiency 6. Know the language of your content 7. Understand
language assessments 8. Use authentic visuals and manipulatives 9. Strategies that match language proficiency
10. Collaborate with other teachers

Bilingual & English-only Instruction:

Bilingual:
Advantages
Minority language-speakers
can maintain their first
languages and cultures and
learn English
The US would benefit from
educating its students in
bilingual classrooms

A 1998 study by Lopez and

Mora showed that differences
in earnings between former
ESL and bilingual students is
small and not even statisically
significant

English-only:
Disadvantages
Bilingual education is very
costly

Bilingual education allows

minority language-speakers
to resist assimilation and
avoid learning the dominant
language
Immigrants are kept
linguistically isolated from the
rest of American society

Advantages
Costs less money

Easier to maintain in a school.

Teachers do not need to be
bilingual, and the school
doesnt have to purchase
instructional material
Helps students to become
fully immersed in the English
language

Disadvantages
It is more difficult for
students to become familiar
with how the classroom
works
Students will not feel
comfortable in thir classroom
or amond peers if they cannot
understand them (confidence
issue)
The student could lose his/her
own native language and
culture by learning in only
English