47. How to Teach with the 5 Stages of Language Acquisition in Mind with Guest Cris Howard

Do you know what stage of language acquisition your ELL students are in and how to support them in that stage? Understanding the stages and knowing where your students are at is so important in helping them successfully learn the English language. Cris Howard is joining us today to share her extensive knowledge on language acquisition and its importance.Keeping the stages of language acquisition in mind when we are teaching our ELLs is key to helping them understand and retain the language. Cris is sharing some incredibly helpful insight on language acquisition with us. She is covering her experience teaching English, what language acquisition is and why it matters, why it is important for teachers to understand this approach, what the steps of language acquisition are, and tips on how to teach students at each stage.Cris Howard is from Brazil and speaks three languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish. She worked as an EFL teacher for 14 years in Brazil, and as a Family Education ESL teacher in the US for a few years before working as an ELL teacher for the past 7 years in a Southern Indiana district, and as Adjunct Professor for the ENL program at Indiana University Southeast for the past 5 years. She loves languages, Applied Linguistics, teaching Multilingual Learners and connecting with other educators on Twitter.Cris’ “How Languages Are Learned” YouTube PlaylistDownload the ESL Teacher ToolkitCheck out the ELL Strategy AcademyShop TpT resources that help with supporting your ELLsJoin the Equipping ELLs MembershipTo access all resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.inspiringyounglearners.com/language-acquisition--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/equippingells/message

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Do you know what stage of language acquisition your ELL students are in and how to support them in that stage? Understanding the stages and knowing where your students are at is so important in helping them successfully learn the English language. Cris Howard is joining us today to share her extensive knowledge on language acquisition and its importance. Keeping the stages of language acquisition in mind when we are teaching our ELLs is key to helping them understand and retain the language. Cris is sharing some incredibly helpful insight on language acquisition with us. She is covering her experience teaching English, what language acquisition is and why it matters, why it is important for teachers to understand this approach, what the steps of language acquisition are, and tips on how to teach students at each stage. Cris Howard is from Brazil and speaks three languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish. She worked as an EFL teacher for 14 years in Brazil, and as a Family Education ESL teacher in the US for a few years before working as an ELL teacher for the past 7 years in a Southern Indiana district, and as Adjunct Professor for the ENL program at Indiana University Southeast for the past 5 years. She loves languages, Applied Linguistics, teaching Multilingual Learners and connecting with other educators on https://mobile.twitter.com/howardcristiane (Twitter). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwI-AOAI-zyTz021K1rkJm9nsHD6v7Y1s (Cris’ “How Languages Are Learned” YouTube Playlist) https://www.inspiringyounglearners.com/esl-teacher-toolkit/ (Download the ESL Teacher Toolkit) https://www.equippingells.com/yes (Check out the ELL Strategy Academy) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Inspiring-Young-Learners-Beth-Vaucher?utm_source=Instagramandutm_campaign=Instagram%20store%20link%20tree (Shop TpT resources that help with supporting your ELLs) https://www.equippingells.com/ell-sales-page (Join the Equipping ELLs Membership) To access all resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.inspiringyounglearners.com/language-acquisition (https://www.inspiringyounglearners.com/language-acquisition) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/equippingells/message

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