Teaching English Learners Professional Development Slides: Linguistic Analysis

This 10-slide, research-based professional development presentation is entitled "Incorporating Linguistic Analysis Into Teaching English Learners." Originally intended for use as a PD or PLC presentation with a focus on ELL, it can also serve as a great resource for teachers' personal study, appropriate for general education teachers looking for ways to work with English Learners in their classrooms or ESL teachers seeking additional resources.

Within the presentation, you will find the following slides:

1. Title page
2. Objectives
3. Key terms
4. What is the goal of English Language instruction?
5. Teachers of English Learners should build explicit knowledge of the English Language as well as English Learners’ home languages. Why?
6. What is language transfer?
7. Case study: K'iche
8. Strategy: Leverage similarities and differences between English and other languages.
9. Other strategies for supporting metalinguistic awareness
10. Works Cited (also listed below)

So what are the objectives?

• To be able to define “communicative competence” and recognize it as a key element of English language instruction
• To recognize the importance of explicit knowledge of both the English language and English Learners’ home languages when working with English Learners
• To understand the concept of “language transfer” and how it impacts English Learners’ language development
• To apply the information from this presentation to practical planning of English Learner supports in the classroom

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Works Cited:

Benson, C. (2002). Transfer/Cross-linguistic influence. ELT Journal, 56, 68–70. Retrieved September 28, 2022, from https://bb-content.s3.amazonaws.com/Learning_Content/502.%20Incorporating%20Linguistic%20Analysis%20into%20Teaching%20English/Transfer_Cross-Linguistic%20Influence.pdf. 

BloomBoard. (n.d.). Strategies for Supporting Metalinguistic Awareness. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://docs.google.com/document/d/12tVi65sjfqfIFlrWly8xm0bQuSKuBvt7xGpK7dcByJs/preview 

Bloomboard. (n.d.). What Do Teachers Need to Know About Language? Bloomboard. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://my.bloomboard.com/mc/62b1db22d935a5001ff45aa4/2/1 

Christenson, A. J. (n.d.). K’ICHE’ - ENGLISH DICTIONARY and GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION OF THE K’ICHE’-MAYA ALPHABET. FAMSI. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/dictionary/christenson/quidic_complete.pdf

Fillmore, L. & Snow, C. (2000). What teachers need to know about language. Center for Applied Linguistics.

K'iche' . MustGo.com. (2022). Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/kiche/

Pastor, D. (2019, June). Reclaiming Heritage: Bilingual Education In Guatemala. Cultural Survival. Retrieved October 13, 2022, from
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/reclaiming-heritage-bilingual-education-guatemala 

Purdue University. (2022). ESL Instructors and Students. Purdue Online Writing Lab. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/english_as_a_second_language/esl_instructors_tutors/esl_instructors_and_students.html