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Strategies to Build English Learners’ Language Skills: From Newcomers to Advanced
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 @ 2:00 pm EST - 3:00 pm EST EST
Presented by Brenda Adeva, Educational Consultant, Ballard & Tighe; and Pamela Abbey, Educational Consultant, Ballard & Tighe
Sponsored by Ballard & Tighe
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The number of English learners (ELs) is growing in classrooms across the country. Regardless of the approach schools use to support their ELs—sheltered classes, push in, pull out, or even a pull aside—students need explicit instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. During this fast-paced edWebinar, former EL teacher Brenda Adeva shares strategies to build students’ language skills and confidence. She demonstrates:
- Different ways to use images to practice vocabulary
- Scaffolded approaches to using sentence frames to practice grammatical forms and language functions
- Speak to Write for all levels
- How students’ home languages can support English language instruction
Whether you’re a dedicated EL teacher or a general subject teacher with ELs in your classes, tune in to learn practices you can use immediately to support ELs at every stage of language acquisition.
About the Presenters
Brenda Adeva spent 15 years teaching in the classroom, mentoring teachers, and developing curricula, specifically in the field of ESL and language development, before joining Ballard & Tighe. She specialized in teaching multi-level classrooms, blended learning, and creating interactive learning opportunities in the classroom. Brenda has a bachelor’s degree in Chinese, a master’s in English TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), and is currently working on obtaining her Master of Business Administration in nonprofit management and marketing management. She is passionate about teaching and learning languages (she’s fluent in five!) and her commitment to both is evident.
Pamela Abbey is an Educational Consultant for Ballard & Tighe. She has a master’s in TESOL in teaching from the University of Cincinnati. She has been teaching English learners for over 12 years, primarily with newcomers from Puerto Rico. Pamela believes a hands-on approach to language learning helps students develop a range of applicable language skills that help them grow and develop their academic and real-life language vocabulary. She has observed that her students find the most success when they connect to their environment and life around them.
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For over 45 years, Ballard & Tighe has provided engaging and effective materials for assessing and instructing English learners. Our core and supplemental programs for K-12 provide a systematic and explicit approach to language learning and our pre-K-12 assessments support instructional decision-making.
