Primary ESOL Online
Owner: Literacy ESOL English Online
Group members: 70
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This group is moderated by Janet McQueen. It is a space for all primary teachers and ESOL specialists to share their ideas, resources and issues around meeting the needs of English language learners. Use the areas below to ask questions, start discussions, make suggestions and access links.
Group activity
- Janet McQueen published a blog post ELLs and Oral Language, Part Two
- Janet McQueen published a blog post Continuing the Oral Language Discussion
- Janet McQueen published a blog post English Language Learners and Oral Language
- Janet McQueen published a blog post Pasifika transitions and Supporting Bi/Multi lingual Students
Group blog
ELLs and Oral Language, Part Two
The only thing missing from Learning through Talk is guidance with practical tasks that can be used across the curriculum to build oral competence. This is where the knowledge of the strategies on the ESOL Online teaching strategies page can be...Continuing the Oral Language Discussion
Many teachers struggle with how to integrate focused and strategically designed oral language tasks across the curriculum. My belief is that oral language should be an integral part of all learning areas and that we need to deliberately structure...English Language Learners and Oral Language
Oral language In her Week 6 Literacy Online Weekly Update Sue Bridges challenged us about how we teach oral language. Sue outlined why oral language is important and stressed that oral language should be explicitly taught at all...Pasifika transitions and Supporting Bi/Multi lingual Students
In today’s update I am focusing on how students who speak a language other than English transition into primary school and on what more we can be doing as a school to help these students to become fully bi/multi lingual. Transitions One...Thinking about the provision of in-service teacher training in relation to teaching ELLs
This conversation has been sparked by a paper I read this morning published by TESOL International which looks at The Preparation of the ESL Educator in the Era of College- and Career-Readiness Standards. It is a summary of a meeting of...Syrian Refugees, 2016 conferences and Using student's given names
Why do these young people and families feel it necessary to change their names (and by default, identities)? Rather, schools have a responsibility to speak out a message of encouragement to families to maintain their names, their identities, their...
Group pages
Judith Anthony Guest Post, Strategies that I have found successful in engaging with parents from...
Last updated by Janet McQueen Comments (3)Hi everyone For the next few weeks I would like to focus on Home-School Partnerships (HSP). I think that term 4 is a great time to review what we have tried in 2014 and to reflect on what we might try differently in 2015. To kick off our thinking...-
Oral language: To think, shape and convey ideas: A guest post by Dr Jannie van Hees
Last updated by Janet McQueenHi everyone It is my pleasure today to introduce Dr Jannie van Hees who has written today’s guest post on the topic of supporting the development of oral language in the classroom. It is titled, Oral Language: To think, shape and convey... -
Recommended ELL stories that reflect students experiences
Last updated by Janet McQueenHi everyone I came across a list of books on Colorin Colarado that ELLs might relate to. The site describes them as follows- "These stories capture the varied experiences of learning English through a child's eyes — from the... -
Finding the Gold, Guest Post by Jane van der Zeyden
Last updated by Janet McQueenHi everyone It is very exciting today to be able to introduce a guest post by Jane van der Zeyden. Jane is sharing about using the English Language Learning progressions (ELLP) as a formative assessment tool and its relationship with the... -
Successful Leadership Practices to support the teaching and learning of English language learners.
Last updated by Janet McQueenSuccessful Leadership Practices to support the teaching and learning of English language learners. Why is leadership important? There is a growing interest and support from research to show the link between leadership, teaching and...
Group discussion
ELLs in Modern Learning Environments
Started by Andrew Hardie 18 Feb 2015 3:32pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Janet McQueenHi All Just wondering if anyone has any experience of working with ELLs in a Modern Learning Environment. Like many schools, we are in the early stages of planning for the transition and discussing how it will affect our students...Developing personal libraries using Digital Books with ELLs
Started by Janet McQueen 09 Feb 2015 1:31pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Janet McQueenHi everyone Digital books especially those with audio sound, offer many opportunities for ELLs to develop their oral language, reading and vocabulary skills. This article by Todd Brekhus, in Laguage Magazine extols the benefits of...Help with oral language strategies and digital tools
Started by Janet McQueen 16 Sep 2014 3:25pm () Replies (3) Last reply by Janet McQueenI am interested in how we best support oral language development partriculalry for English language learners and students who arrive at school below where we expect them to be functionaing at in oral language. How can we quickly develop their...How to best use devices in the ESOL classroom and a language laboratory
Started by David Zehms 10 Sep 2014 9:21am () Replies (3) Last reply by David ZehmsI teach at Merrin Primary School and have been doing a teacher inquiry re: using devices and technology in ways to improve students' writing. I know that we don't teach much in isolation, but I would love to hear what is working best for...How do we support students who are transitioning from Māori medium to English medium classes?
Started by Janet McQueen 21 Jul 2014 3:14pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Janet McQueenHow well do we support students transitioning from Māori-medium to English medium education? How do we support them to continue to succeed in their learning and to continue to grow in their use of both Māori and English? I...If you are a teacher in a school where ESOL has become marginalised to a small team or individuals,...
Started by Janet McQueen 24 Mar 2014 10:10am () Replies (1) Last reply by Janet McQueenDr Alyson Mcgee in her post on Successful Leadership Practices to support the teaching and learning of English language learners highlighted a challenge in schools where ELLs are in the minority. "This included a business as...
Group bookmarks
Module 6: Using ELLP to support ESOL funding applications
esolonline.tki.org.nz - Hi everyone We have a new English language Learning Progressions (ELLP) module on our ESOLonline website designed to help teachers to become familiar with how to use ELLP to support your ESOL Funding Applications. It is module 6 in our ELLP...Using The English Language Learning Progressions: professional support for leaders and teachers
esolonline.tki.org.nz - This is an English Language Learning Progressions resource. It provides professional development material that you can access in your own time, and in your own way.
ELLs and Oral Language, Part Two
The only thing missing from Learning through Talk is guidance with practical tasks that can be used across the curriculum to build oral competence. This is where the knowledge of the strategies on the ESOL Online teaching strategies page can be...Continuing the Oral Language Discussion
Many teachers struggle with how to integrate focused and strategically designed oral language tasks across the curriculum. My belief is that oral language should be an integral part of all learning areas and that we need to deliberately structure...English Language Learners and Oral Language
Oral language In her Week 6 Literacy Online Weekly Update Sue Bridges challenged us about how we teach oral language. Sue outlined why oral language is important and stressed that oral language should be explicitly taught at all...
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ELLs in Modern Learning Environments
Started by Andrew Hardie 18 Feb 2015 3:32pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Janet McQueenHi All Just wondering if anyone has any experience of working with ELLs in a Modern Learning Environment. Like many schools, we are in the early stages of planning for the transition and discussing how it will affect our students...Developing personal libraries using Digital Books with ELLs
Started by Janet McQueen 09 Feb 2015 1:31pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Janet McQueenHi everyone Digital books especially those with audio sound, offer many opportunities for ELLs to develop their oral language, reading and vocabulary skills. This article by Todd Brekhus, in Laguage Magazine extols the benefits of...
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