WRiTE BRAiN BOOKS for the English Language Learner WRiTE BRAiN BOOKS and our uniquely engaging program are excellent developmental tools for English Language Learners. The number of English Language Learners in classrooms across the United States continues to grow‚ and we at WRiTE BRAiN are committed to giving each ELL student opportunities‚ not simply to acclimate and adapt‚ but to thrive. When WRiTE BRAiN BOOKS launched in 2014‚ we piloted our creative writing program in a California school district
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according to his teachings of eliciting critical thinking skills through questioning and open dialogue. This article focuses on this method as a way to teach critical thinking skills not only to native speakers‚ but just as importantly‚ to English Language Learners. Since acquisition is often at the forefront of teaching ELLs‚ this important critical thinking skill can be overlooked if not directly considered. The article discusses both Socratic Questioning‚ often teacher-led‚ as well as Socratic Seminar
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English Language Learners Cooperative groups are used as a strategy for teaching ELL students. This strategy has been proven effective for teaching content material as well as a second language. In a cooperative group situation students are each given the opportunity to speak and participate. As students work in a group with their peers they can observe the natural conversational language. These face-to-face interactions will promote language skills among students that are learning English
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SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERACY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Key Issues and Promising Practices Diane August August & Associates Report No. 61 February 2003 This report was published by the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)‚ a national research and development center supported by a grant (No. R-117-D40005) from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)‚ U.S. Department of Education. The content or opinions expressed
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an overview of the whole book. It discussed the reading deficit our country is going through but also how the focus on learning to read has never been greater and why it isn’t working. This chapter also discussed which parts of the brain help to learners to read and the different approaches to reading instruction. The five essential components mentioned were as follows: phonemic awareness‚ phonics‚ fluency‚ vocabulary‚ and comprehension. The chapter went on to discuss different types of reading assessments
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Unit 1: Resource for advanced English language learners http://www.youtube.com/user/HarvardBusiness/videos Youtube HBR videos—look for other business-related channels This source of materials seems amazing to me. After a quick review on the material‚ I may admit that it is a good tool for me to develop my English learning in the long term. Harvard Business Review is a prestigious organization that can provide us intensive academic research on a variety of different topics. From this source
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the IB Learner Profile In the 1992 novel‚ “The English Patient‚” written by Canadian author‚ Michael Ondaatje‚ Kirpal “Kip” Singh is a sapper who was selected to be a part of the legendary Lord Suffolk’s sapper unit. A sapper’s job includes building and repairing roads and bridges‚ laying and clearing mines‚ along with other similar tasks. Lord Suffolk’s unit would be mainly focus on clearing mines due to Lord Suffolk’s success in that particular field. Kip demonstrates the IB Learner Characteristics
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March 2015 Voter I.D. Laws The Voter I.D. Law is a law that requires some form of identification in order to vote for an election. Currently‚ there is much controversy over this issue. On one side‚ Republicans feel that this law will “protect the integrity of our Democracy”(Von Spakovsky). In addition‚ this law will prevent fraud and can be accessible to most citizens. On the other hand‚ Democrats feel that this law is “designed to keep people from voting”(Weiser). The idea of this law is to further
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English Language Learners: A Look at Significant Legislation Megan Scott Grand Canyon University: ESL-523 September 25‚ 2013 English Language Learners: A Look at Significant Legislation America has overcome many hurdles over the past couple centuries‚ striving to create equality in education for all children. The view of education today is vastly different than it was 200‚ 100‚ or even 50 years ago. The United States has made many educational transitions from discrimination against‚ women
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easiest way to approach the question would be to be against it. Ballot initiatives known as a direct initiatives undermine the political process we have had in place since the beginning of our nation. American voters elect representatives to create laws that benefit society. If these representatives fail to do their jobs then they can be voted out of office during the next term. There should never be a time when a group of voters gets together and decides that since they can’t get what they want they
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