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Approaches
and Methods
for ESL
- Communicative - in
this approach,
students will develop
language skills
through
communication and
interaction
- Silent Way
- The teacher spends the most time
talking; students repeat or signal for
understanding.
- Thumbs up -
thumbs down - this
approach reminds
me that the
students sometimes
respond based on
what they see their
peers do. It does
not require much
effort on their part.
- Natural Way
- The students L1 is welcomed. The
students learn their L2 through
interactions with their peers.
- This encounter can
take place in small
groups, at recess,
or even at the
lunch table. It can
happen through
basic conversation
between the
students.
- Suggestopedia
- The EL students are allowed to use
their L1 for understanding, but
there is little correction if they do
make an error.
- Small groups are can
easily be used in this
approach. Students
working together in
groups have the
opportunity to speak
to each other
without drawing a
lot of attention to
themselves.
Although this is a
great teaching
strategy, it doesn't
provide a lot of
opportunity for the
teacher to correct it.
- Sheltered
Instruction
- Grade-level curriculum is modified.
Students are provided with scaffolding
and their learning is very involved.
- In my classroom, I used this
approach during my SIOP
lesson. I divided my students
into groups based on their
learning styles and language
development. The students
worked in groups using
hands-on manipulates, like real
life flowers, to learn about
plants parts. Their were labels
in English, and Spanish if
needed. The students used
pictures and drawings to show
their understanding.
- Integrated
Content-Based
- Content based instruction that focuses
on the L2 development. Subjects are
usually divided in units.
- This method provides
opportunities for the
students to work with a
particular subject area
using manipulates,
visuals, and hands-on
activities that will help the
students understand the
content area.
- Grammatical or
Grammar-Based - this
approach is
teacher-centered and
places emphasis on the
correct form and
structures of language.
- Grammar Translation
- Focuses on reading,
writing, and grammar.
- The use of
journals is a way
that I hold my
students
accountable for
their writing.
Along with that,
the students are
responsible for
writing in a
correct form.
- Direct
- Forces EL students to use the
L2
- While this is not
my favorite
approach, the
students do
need to total
emersion to
learn an L2.
Creating simple
open-ended
questions is a
good way for EL
students to use
their L2.
- Audiolingual
- Focuses on correcting error
through repetition and drill
practice.
- With DIBELS, we
spend a lot of time
focusing on what
they did wrong.
We do weekly
drills and practices
orally to get them
ready for the next
assessment.
- Cognitive - this approach
focuses on direct or
explicit teaching and the
use of learning
strategies.
- CALLA
- Developmentally apporopriate with language
instruction. Provides students with intentional
focus on langauge development and is based
on thier prior knowledge.
- With my SIOP lesson, I began
by having the students use
their prior knowledge of
flowers to participate in a
picture sort. The lesson's
directions were explicit and
direct so that the students
knew exactly what was
expected of them.