Megan works with the Catholic School Admissions Collaborative in Boston. She is a graduate of the Notre Dame ENL Program and a former ACE Teacher. http://ace.nd.edu/enl/
ELL Chat Questions:
Q1: What resources are available for ELLs in your Catholic schools? How are your teachers/admin prepared to serve ELLs? #CatholicEdChat
Q2: How can we capitalize on our ELL students' cultural backgrounds to enrich academic learning? #CatholicEdChat
Q3: How does your Catholic school bridge the gap between students' home/school lives, especially for ELL/immigrant students? #CatholicEdChat Q4: Do you do home visits with your students’ families? What are the benefits and drawbacks to this approach? #CatholicEdChat
Q5: Do your students code switch? What do you learn from these examples? How do they inform our teaching/edu practices? #CatholicEdChat
Q6: What is the most rewarding challenge you have had working with students who are English language learners? #CatholicEdChat
Resources
Resources to Share In Advance, During:
ELL Resources by Grade: http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/ell_resources/
The Do’s and Don’ts of Teaching English Language Learners: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/esl-ell-tips-ferlazzo-sypnieski
10 Tips for Teaching English Language Learners: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-english-language-learners-ayanna-cooper
8 Ways to Use Videos with English Language Learners:
5 Reasons Why People Codeswitch: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/13/177126294/five-reasons-why-people-code-switch
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter:
Capitalizing on Similarities and Differences between Spanish and English
Using Cognates to Develop Comprehension in English
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