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New to ESL -- suggestions needed

by Sandy/PA/Title I

Jul 22, 2011

I am the only ESL certified teacher in my district. I got my certification three years ago because we had a Chinese student in kindergarten. He wound up not even qualifying for ESL services, so I have never taught ESL. But I was just notified by my principal that two students are moving here from Puerto Rico and they speak very little English. They are in fifth and sixth grade.

The principal told me there's money to get materials and let her know what I need. Having never actually taught ESL, I really have no idea where to begin. Any advice, suggestions, etc. are appreciated!

Thank you

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hst On 7/22/11, Sandy/PA/Title I wrote: > I am the only ESL certified teacher in my district. I got > my certification three years ago because we had a Chinese > student in kindergarten. He wound up not even qualifying > for ESL services, so I have never taught ESL. But I was > just notified by my principal that two students are moving &...See MoreOn 7/22/11, Sandy/PA/Title I wrote: > I am the only ESL certified teacher in my district. I got > my certification three years ago because we had a Chinese > student in kindergarten. He wound up not even qualifying > for ESL services, so I have never taught ESL. But I was > just notified by my principal that two students are moving > here from Puerto Rico and they speak very little English. > They are in fifth and sixth grade. > > The principal told me there's money to get materials and > let her know what I need. Having never actually taught ESL, > I really have no idea where to begin. Any advice, > suggestions, etc. are appreciated! > > Thank you

There are textbooks such as Hampton Brown's High Point or Heinle's Visions which are good. They cover reading, vocabulary, grammar (which is a separate workbook), some writing, some listening and speaking. The main focus is reading/vocab and they have four levels, so you'll need to know which level your students are at. (Have your students taken a diagnostic or placement test yet?) In both series, Level A is actually the second level; the first one is Intro for Visions and Basic for High Point. If they need a lot of general/basic vocabulary, a picture dictionary is a good idea. Some good ones are the Heinle Picture Dictionary and the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Both come with workbooks too (two levels - Beginning and Intermediate) which you purchase separately and they also have other teacher materials if you want them - audio CD's, posters, etc. Since your Chinese student three years ago ended up not qualifying for ESL services, I would suggest you wait until you really know these students' levels before ordering materials. Or if you have enough money, order several levels so that you'll have material for the students to "grow into" as they advance and so that you'll have them for any future students you get as well. I'd also suggest getting a standard bilingual dictionary (English-Spanish and Spanish-English) for the students to use as needed.

Jul 23, 2011

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