http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/beginners?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "beginners" on Netvouz http://www.singlish.com/posters.html Visuals enhance phonemic awareness and language comprehension. Singlish sets are an easy and affordable way to outfit your class with a valuable English language development and music tool. English as a New Language > Songs, Chant, Games, Quizzes, Survival Language Mostly jgordon Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:09:46 GMT http://www.singlish.com/posters.html Visuals enhance phonemic awareness and language comprehension. Singlish sets are an easy and affordable way to outfit your class with a valuable English language development and music tool. English as a New Language > Materials for ELLs jgordon Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:09:44 GMT http://www.colorincolorado.org/content/oral.php Total Physical Response (TPR) activities greatly multiply the language input and output that can be handled by beginning English language learners (ELLs). TPR activities elicit whole-body responses when new words or phrases are introduced English as a New Language jgordon Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:59:11 GMT http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/methods-begin.html Developed by the IRC. Since many newcomers have no English skills, all instructional input must be accompanied with objects, actions, demonstrations, or visuals. Total Physical Response is the place to start with those students who speak no English. Language Experience Approach is also a very helpful strategy. English as a New Language > About ELLs and Great Resources jgordon Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:04:14 GMT http://www.thecenterlibrary.org/cwis/cwisdocs/methods-begin.html Since many newcomers have no English skills, all instructional input must be accompanied with objects, actions, demonstrations, or visuals. Total Physical Response is the place to start with those students who speak no English. Language Experience Approach, a reading method for all students, but particularly useful for students with very limited language skills provides a meaningful way for students to read text that they themselves have produced orally. Use of visuals is also an obvious place to start, but it is important to use visuals in ways that promote higher level thinking whenever possible. Since use of visual is important with all students, suggestions are included in that section of this site. English as a New Language jgordon Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:39:27 GMT http://205.146.39.13/linktuts/bgtoc.htm Technology jgordon Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:30:29 GMT