Main points you need to take away from this topic are:
- use explicit teaching (what and why you are doing something)
- it is important to scaffold the learning for reading a text with ESL learners
- the types of question you need to ask to must fill in the gaps so these students can make meaning from texts
- provide many opportunities for discussion about the texts e.g. use sharing circles
- use texts that have more than one answer to them, so you can ask a variety of questions and have discussions about them with the students. That way those ESL learners can connect to their prior knowledge and share their opinions and stories.
- use explicit teaching (what and why you are doing something)
- it is important to scaffold the learning for reading a text with ESL learners
- the types of question you need to ask to must fill in the gaps so these students can make meaning from texts
- provide many opportunities for discussion about the texts e.g. use sharing circles
- use texts that have more than one answer to them, so you can ask a variety of questions and have discussions about them with the students. That way those ESL learners can connect to their prior knowledge and share their opinions and stories.
