http://www.bnkst.edu/literacyguide/main.html
This is a website is from Bank Street College and was created as a literacy guide for educators. I know this is put out from another university, but from my own experiences they seem to be head on with tips for teachers. For English language learners or beginning readers, they explain certain categories of books to read that might be helpful. For example, they gave books to read to children out loud and other books for Early Fluent and Fluent Readers. They also have another site for online articles about phonics and reading instruction and other key areas. There is also a section for English language learners and some important facts. Some of them include:
“By the year 2010, over thirty percent of all school-age children will come from homes in which the primary language is not English.”
“Though we tend to think of immigrants settling in primarily urban areas, large numbers of recently arrived families live in rural and suburban communities.”
Soon all teachers will have at least one ELL student in their classroom. As we become teachers of the field, we should become aware of everything we can until we do get there!
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I agree that this site contains some very important and useful information. There is a national effort now requiring that all children must become fluent readers by the end of third grade. Some facts were also presented in this site and one of them that I found was:
In New York City alone, there are more than one hundred languages represented in public school classrooms.
In order to help ELL students we must first show an interest in the child's first language and understand that mastering a new language is hard work.
I also found this listed in the site:
Oral language must come first for ELL students. Once they have developed oral language skills in English, they can begin to learn about writing and reading in English. - And this must be followed for all ELL students, no matter what their age.
I feel that this is important for teachers and parents to know and understand. You cannot push a child to try to learn how to speak, understand, read, and write English all at the same time. This is especially important for parents. Some parents push their children so much because they want them to be the best at everything.
As future teachers this site does contain a great deal of important and useful information for ELL students. There are strategies and samples that teachers can use as a guide to help them with their ELL students in their own class.
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