Six Challenges for English Learners (ELs)

Here are some challenges for English Learners (ELLs) with links for ideas about how to resolve them:

1. Academic language--for some of the best ideas look to Ana Chamot, as she developed CALLA, which is the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach. 

2. Idioms and figurative language--The Amelia Bedelia books are great for teaching idioms and figurative language. 

3. Sound/letter correspondence--Phonics is a great subject for teaching sound/letter correspondence. 

4. Sequence of events--Teach the sequence of events using lesson plan for the Very Hungry Caterpillar. 

5. Cause and effect--Use a multi-flow graphic organizer/thinking map  for cause and effect. 

6. Inferences--Check out good videos about teaching inferences.