Test 4-Strategies Flashcards

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Children with LI can and do…

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learn 2 languages effectively; being bilingual is not a disadvantage.

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Some educators tell parents to “speak only english at home” because…

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they believe that an ELL child with an LI will be confused by a dual language environment. However research has shown that this is not the true.

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If a child is cut off from one of his languages,…

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it can have a negative impact on many areas as we said before.

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If a child is cut off from his home language, this…

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decreased his ability to communicate with family members; leads to relationship problems.
Limits his educational and career opportunities.

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I tell parents:

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That being bilingual is a great advantage in todays world.

If their child can grow up bilingual, she will be quite valuable in the job market.

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Parents who speak a minority language should…

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be encouraged to use this language at home.

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Here in the US, we as professionals routinely expects families to be involved in their children’s learning. Some cultures:

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School and related activities are the responsibility of professional–families should not interfere.
-Thus, families may be offended at being asked to participate in educational decisions, carryover activities, etc.

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Cultural mediators:

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They help families realize that in the US they are expected to be an integral part of the educational team.

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Remember that in some cultures older siblings…

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take responsibility for younger ones.

-SLP may have better success engaging the support of older siblings for things like carryover of homework assignments.

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We can help families become more involved in their children’s learning and schooling through the use of:

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the services of cultural mediators as mentioned.

  • meet parents at school site or conduct home visits.
  • show samples of child’s work
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We can help parents understand what US school expect of them and their children though…

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parent volunteering, and understanding the academic standards expected.

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Parents and students need to understand basic school routines. For example, many parents dont know…

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they need to send their children to school with a lunch or lunch money.

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Remember that some parents are non-literate in english so….

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encourage local library or buying books from garage sales and flea markets.

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Encourage students to read to their parents in English because…

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This helps develop students literacy skills.

Many parents want to learn English, and they are helped by hearing their children read to them in English.

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Recent research (Gillam, 2001) was conducted…

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  • Low SES (some bilingual) parents given wordless books to read; others books with print.
  • Wordless books generated richer language during reading than print books.
  • Parents increased animation, discussed wordless books more creatively.
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Teacg parents to C.A.R.E. :

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Comment, Ask questions, Respond, Extend.

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Help parents find out about local…

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adult literacy services and English classes.

Often offered at night through local education agencies.

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Many families are surviving so..

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keep assignment short and simple.
When we do give homework, it needs to only take a few minutes to do and needs to be understandable to the families.
Make sure parents signs hw and offer prize or sticker.

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Invite parents to the school:

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share recipes teach language lessons.

Parents feel more involved and have greater pride.

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In many cultures, infants and young children are not considered conversational partners. Many cultures value…

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Quietness in children.

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Children may receive a great deal of love and affection, BUT…

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Language stimulation may not be occurring at a level expected by mainstream society.

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Johnson and Wong (2002) recommend…

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That when a currently-recommended Western practice (eg reading or talking to children) is not found in a particular culture, we can recommend “functional equivalents.”
Example: use of oral story telling in place of reading.

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Lastly, emphasize children’s…

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Good qualities.

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Families from many cultures highly value…

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courtesy, obedience, and cooperativeness in children.

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If childrens good qualities are emphasized,..

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families are more willing to cooperate in carrying out their children’s treatment plans.

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We are in the business of…

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providing hope for a bright future.

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Holistic strategies approach ultimate goal:

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Vocational success

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Strategies for modifying the physical and linguistic environment for ELL with LI:
Limit clutter and distractions in the environment. Classrooms today…

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have multiple auditory and visual stimuli. Phone rings, people come in an out, walls and ceilings covered with art projects-very distracting.

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Use the office…

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corner of a room-nothing on the walls, like a library carrel.
Headphones–blocks out noise.

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Do not give important information when the room is noisy. Students often have difficulty with…

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figure-ground ability, or the ability to “pick out” the professionals voice from other auditory stimuli.

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Even typically developing ELL students may have extra difficulty if there is…

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poor signal-to-noise ratio and the teacher is speaking rapidly using decontextualized language that is so typical of classrooms.

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Listening conditions in the classroom need to be favorable. In some places, teachers are using…

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FM units that make them 20-30 decibels louder; research shows that children perform better when the teacher’s voice in amplified. This is especially true of ELL with LI.

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Processing information in L2 under less-than-deal conditions is…

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a risk factor for second language learners, even more of a risk factor for those who have LI.

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Ryan (2009) conducted a study…

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  • Sound field amplification systems very effective in decreasing the amount of managerial time teachers needed to use
  • Worked with middle school PE students
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Make good seating arrangement in classroom settings. Seat speakers of the same language…

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together. This way, they can provide assistance to each other, using L1 for support in learning academic content.

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ELL students with LI need to sit…

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close to the from of the classroom. Many times these students sit in the back. This makes it more difficult for them to pay attention. If they sit in the front they will focus and hear the teacher better.

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Preparatory sets:

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ALWAYS begin an activity or therapy assignment with a preparatory set.

  • Make sure student knows what is ahead.
  • This way students know the “layout” and are prepared for what will follow.
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Preparatory sets are especially important for students…

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not accustomed to structure.

  • many low-ses students have little experience with struture.
  • teach it explicitly.
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Slow down your rate of speech. Student will benefit if we…

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Pause frequently to give them processing time.

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Research shows that LI students process more…

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slowly than TD students.

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LI students- especially those who are ELLs profit when…

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professional slow down and pause more often.

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It is estimated that the average, monolingual English-speaking adult forgets ____% of what he heard within ____ hours of hearing it.

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It is estimated that the average, monolingual English-speaking adult forgets 95% of what he heard within 72 hours of hearing it.

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Do a great deal of review-repeat information and rephrase it. ELL students with LI benefit from…

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hearing info repeated and reviewed often.

Rephrasing is helpful.

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Emphasize content words through increased volume and stress. Increasing the…

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auditory salience of content words through increased volume and stress can support low-ses ELL students with LI.

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Research has shown that LI students lack the ability to identify the “___” words or _______ words and separate them out from the ______ words (______ words)

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Research has shown that LI students lack the ability to identify the big words or content words and separate them out from the smaller words (function words)

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Give extra ____________ time:

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Give extra processing time.

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Give - seconds after asking a question:

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Give 4-5 seconds after asking a question:

-Better performance if “wait time” to process info.

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Use a ___________ approach to instruction and intervention –Univeral Design of Learning:

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Use a multimodal approach to instruction and intervention–Universal Design of Learning:
See, hear, touch to learn and retain material.

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U.S. auditory modality:

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We expect students to hear things once and remember them.

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Incorporate _________ breaks:

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Incorporate movement breaks.

-Fidget toys are helpful- have a basket of them.

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Brief __ second brain gym exercises:

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Brief 20 second brain gym exercises:

-cross-crawl, arm wave to wake up the brain and cross midline.

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Practical strategies for a variety of settings. These can be used in…

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therapy rooms (pul-out), learning centers, and ge classrooms.

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Have students ________ about experiences or about pre-planned subjects.

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Have students journal about experiences or about pre-planned subjects.

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Have the students engage in…

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drama and role-playing activities in order to encourage expressive language ad social interaction skills.
costumes, puppets, karaoke machine.

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Students can be taught to write down…

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Information and instructions in a notebook.

Increase note taking skills.

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With regard to note-taking, students often need to be explicitly taught to…

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  • Write only key/content words-not function words

- Distinguish between content and function words-big and little words

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Use _____________ to help students form pictures of information that they read or hear.

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Use visualization to help students form pictures of information that they read or hear.

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Tell them that they can pictures a….

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TV in the brain/mind/head; when they hear or read things, they can make pictures on this TV.

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Help them with this processing by beginning with…

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familiar items in their homes (pet, sibling, living room).

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Nanci Bell

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Visualize and verbalize. Helps students learn to form detailed mental images to increase skills in vocab, reading, and writing.

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I have found that students especially benefit from…

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visualizing, or making pictures in their brain as an adjunct to reading or listening.
Visualizing helps information to be retained better, thus aiding in listening and reading comprehension.

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Use Total Physical Response (TPR):

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Clinician: touch your chin (clinician alone does this)
Clinician: touch your chin (clinician and children do this together)
Clinician: touch your chin (children alone carry out the command)

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TPR is an…

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excellent strategy especially for LI students who are in the early stages of learning English.
Great for silent period
Helps students form stronger associations between words and their referents.