{"id":3254,"date":"2011-08-24T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:28:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:28:46","slug":"getting-started-with-english-language-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/getting-started-with-english-language-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with English Language Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/24getting-started-with-english-language-learners.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3255\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;margin: 5px 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/24getting-started-with-english-language-learners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>The first step in getting started with English Language Learners (ELLs) from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">diverse <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">backgrounds is to create an environment of acceptance so that all students feel welcome, empowered, and ready to learn. Some of the sm<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">all things that educators do to reach out to students who are ELLs can make a big difference to them while they are learning a new language and often navigating through a new culture as well. A welcoming environment is just as necessary in a school with only a few ELLs as it is in a school with a large ELL population.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Displaying a world map is a good way to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">make a classroom more visually appealing and welcoming for ELL newcomers. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">If your ELLs can do so, perhaps have them show you and their peers their home countries on the map. You can also make flags with their names and affix them to the map.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"> Learning and speaking a few words in an ELL&#8217;s language will help them feel welcomed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another suggestion in getting started with English Language Learners is the buddy system. <span style=\"font-size: small\">You can pair a newcomer with a same-language buddy, a native English speaker, or both. The buddy might be an older student or one in the same grade. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">Of course, buddies will need to take their roles seriously and must receive proper training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers: <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/teaching-english-language-learners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teaching English Language Learners<\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  The first step in getting started with English Language Learners (ELLs) from diverse backgrounds is to create an environment of acceptance so that all students feel welcome, empowered, and ready to learn. Some of the small things that educators do to reach out to students who are ELLs can make a big difference [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[212,1613,273,272,253,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24841,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions\/24841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}