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Fostering Literacy Development in English Language Learners – Research has shown that alphabet knowledge and phonological awareness are strong predictors of successful literacy development in children (for a review see Adams, 1990; Lonigan, Burgess, & Anthony, 2000; Wagner et al., 1997).
https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/fostering-literacy-development-english-language-learners
What Does Research Tell Us About Teaching Reading to English Language Learners? – In this article, a seasoned ELL teacher synthesizes her own classroom experience and the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth to make recommendations for effective literacy instruction of ELL students.
Word List Assignment:
Give a fifteen-word list in a foreign language to three different individuals: a primary school student (age 6–11), a middle school student (age 12–14), and an adult (age 18 or older). Let them study the words for five minutes and then ask them to recall the list. Compare the success of these learners. Ask them what strategy or strategies they used to complete the memory task. Which learner had more success? Which learner had more strategies?
