ELL-Strategies

Teacher Strategies for English Language Learners
Here is one blog I found that gives many strategies for the ELL classroom. (They aren't necessarily Web 2.0 activities, but the blog has to do with 2.0): @http://www.proteacher.org/c/273_Review_Games.html Here is another link for web 2.0 activities: [] in this link you can find many resources and strategies that will help the ELL student read, understand and speak English better and more fluently. The strategies include playing games like jeopardy, the olympics and board games. There are also great videos, worksheets, flash cards and Power Points. This is a very basic site for the early beginner of ESL. In order for the ESL student to be successful, they need to be surrounded by the language. Other strategies for Web 2.0 could include: translating web pages (meaning, finding fun websites in their target language, and then having them change the language to English). They can also set their cellphones, facebook accounts and televisions to be in English. Another strategy for the ELL student would be to get their voice out there! Using voicethread, students can speak on various topics. They can introduce themselves to one another. The teacher could also post a picture on Voice Thread and have the students describe it one by one. Podcasting can also be an effective way to get the ELL student speaking and listening to English. Online newspapers will help the students with their language just by immersing them in English. You can even show video clips of the the news and have students answer questions about what they heard and/or saw.