I have already been told that we are going to have more ESL students this year. I struggle to make sure they are included in all aspects of my classes, but many of them do not have smart phones or translators. What do you do to make sure that your ESL students are fully engaged and understand?

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Know how much English they do understand.

Use hand gestures, realia (real objects), pictures.

Use simpler English. Minimize the idioms.

Teach in units based on topics.

Allow them a variety of ways to show what they understand. Drawing helps a ton for those that know less English. Using their home language, when appropriate, using devices (like Google translate) will give a general idea for many topics.

Assign a buddy as someone whom they can connect with language-wise to help when they are stuck with vocabulary.

Suggestion: look up Translanguaging.

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The buddy is excellent I do that and it works!

Think of yourself in a cultural where you don’t have the vocab yet, what would help you as a learner?So that for them. Lots of visuals with the English word connected. Front load your teaching before you start teaching each day with academic language you wi use in your subject. . You translate that same language into their first language asap. I know it can be tough when you may have multiple languages and it is time consuming to do so but your students will appreciate it and learn much quicker. It also will be helping your English speaking students that need the visuals as support too. Good luck.

I took a workshop on this during summer break. However, the instructor knew Spanish and was good, but overwhelming to the point that we felt like we should only ne teaching to the ESL students.

I have a number of English learners every year and I provide most things online and/or in print so that kids can translate it online. If you are 1:1 kids can also change the language of their device.

I had my students use Google translate on their Chromebooks, and that helped a lot unless their devise was dead, left at home, or in their lockers. I had two students who would "leave" their Chromebooks in their locker. It would take them forever to go get them and get back to the room.

Thank you for the advise. I will definitely look up "translanguaging".

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