Best Practices for ELL Teaching. Nice article at http://bit.ly/gMvF75

Curious on teaching English abroad? Learn more about TESOL Certification. TESOL Standards Another article entitled "Using Standards to Integrate Academic Language into ESL Fluency" (Beckett & Haley, 2000) cites the standards developed by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages) to provide teachers with scope and sequence of the language skills that ESL students need for success in our nation’s classrooms. The standards are as follows: to use English to communicate in social settings, to use English to achieve academically in all content areas, and to use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways. Summary In order to follow these standards, best practices teaching ELL should center on positive social interaction in a comfortable and friendly classroom setting, coupled with full support and encouragement from the teacher. In this way the ELL learner can experience satisfactory academic achievement. References Bank Street College's Guide to Literacy: http://www.bankstreet.edu/literacyguide/ellatt.html Best Practices in ESL Teaching: http://www.englishlci.com/blog/best-practices-in-esl-teaching/ Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/99677.aspx#ixzz18bY89kAL