ESL

=ESL=

Teachers in mainstream schools are often faced with a class of students who are linguistically and culturally diverse, as 1 in 4 children in Australian schools are "second language learners" or "bilingual children" (Hyde, Carpenter & Conway, 2010, pg 44). As there are many students who may have difficulties with the English language, classroom teachers may need to provide adaptations to cater for these students in the classroom.

Some students will be beginners in English. They usually need "survival English" to help them cope in the classroom. To help students with this, there are [|flashcards and worksheets]available for students to practice object names, as well as simple sentence structures. (2 levels of worksheets are available and most appropriate for students up to year 2). They can be used help students be more comfortable with being a part of the classroom, as they would be able to develop some language for the classroom.

There are children who may be competent in everyday spoken English, but have difficulty with more specialised communication, especially in the written form of English. To help these ESL learners, there are[| teaching strategies]available online which caters for all students from Kindergarten to Year 10. Strategies are available for the areas in speaking, listening, reading and writing. These strategies help with adapting the curriculum to help the ESL students participate more in the classroom. As ESL students prefer to work in groups, in case of making mistakes, a lot of the activites involve groupwork.


 * References**

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. (2009). English as a Second Language: ESL Developmental Continuum. Retrieved from [|www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingresources/esl/teastrat.htm]

Hyde, Carpenter, Conway (2010). Diversity and Inclusion in Australian Schools. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Let's Go 1 &2. Retrieved from []