Teaching reading to English Language Learners

Teaching reading to English Language Learners

Teaching a child to read and write in a new language poses a special challenge to educators . Teaching reading to English Language learners have 3 major stages . This includes the Pre-Conversational stage in which students are newly arrived to English speaking context . According to Stephen Krashen the students in this stage are experiencing the silent period in which they might not create any utterances in English for a period of days to months . Students at the pre-conversational stage are frequently able to understand more than they

are able to communicate Grammatical errors are a common part of language development . Teachers ought to persuade parents to speak and read to their children in their major language . Research indicates that this understanding and practice encourages English language development . This will help the learners to fully understand their primary language . Also they may bring knowledge skills , and attitudes about reading and writing that transfer to the task of English reading . In truth , research and theory constantly support the benefits of teaching children to read and write in their principal language for the reasons that it is easier to read and write a language you already know , and literacy skills transfer from the primary language to English as English language ability develops (Peregoy and Boyle , 1997 ,

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Moreover , English Language Learners will make grammatical errors . But this is a common part of language development . It is as well an opportunity for the parents , the teacher , to model correct grammar http /www .paell .com /teachingells .pdf

Furthermore , Beginning Conversational Stage is the next stage that we have to understand . At this stage the student is able to understand the gist or the general idea of a certain from a fictional chapter with the support such as inflection , pictures or characters and questions for clarification

Finally the last stage was the Intermediate Conversational Stage and Beyond . It is said to be the most misunderstood stages of language development . For the reason that conversational language is not as hard for students at the intermediate conversational stage , it might show to teachers that the students have acquired sufficient English fluency to succeed in school . Minor grammatical errors are easily unnoticed when students are speaking within the context of a conversation . Students at this stage appear to have acquired English , for the reason that their verbal English seems to be similar to that of native English speakers

Moreover , practicing reading is also a serious step toward developing academic fluency . The academic language required to succeed in school is merely abundant in books . It is not possible that teachers and students will use it in their daily speech . Providing ways for the students to stay alert and responsible for what they are reading is a significant ingredient in developing academic fluency . Graphic organizers give an opportunity for students to vigorously process what they read . It is not as dependent on good-writing skills and allows reading understanding to become the center of the...