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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. |
