Teaching Strategies For Linguistic Learners

Word Smart Reading Writing Listening Classroom Examples: Story telling Choral repetition Discussion Workbook practice Reading passages Dictation Student Learns Through: Reading Writing Listening

Learning Vocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes En- (put in): endanger, encourage Dis- (oppositive of): discover , disapprove Re- (again): repay, realign -an (noun-person): historian, guardian -ation (verb to resulting state) conversation, action Helps logic smart students, not like learning new words, just combining words in new ways

Breaking Up Words for Understanding Outstanding Endless Backpacking Newspaper Nutrition Washroom Necklace Obvious for us, but not for kids that aren’t word smart, need to explicitly break it down

Phrases for Remembering Can you afford a Ford? The entire tire is black. Museums are amusing.

Words without pictures - Use actions Scream Soccer Tight Howl Swap Loose Whisper Beg Power Friction Home Length Like how booker does actions in the songs, not the entire meaning, but represents a big part of the word

Acting It Out Forward Guard Referee

Game “Trashketball” 1. Put students in teams 2. Have students answer questions for points 3. If correct, have student throw trash into the trashcan for more points

Pronunciation Tips Slow down Practice individual sounds Practice in the mirror – compare to video of native speaker Pay attention to intonation and stress Exposure to different voices Intonation – models tones of Chinese Diff voices: male, female, accents, etc.

Pronunciation Tips: Listen to YOURSELF Have students try to say the word first, then listen and repeat Listen to yourself: record and analyze Self smart

Answering Comprehension Questions 1. Detail -What does this word mean? -What word could replace this word? -Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? 2. Overall -Author’s attitude -Main idea 2nd type usually more difficult, write on the text!

Guessing the meaning of a new word Using Context Clues Guessing the meaning of a new word “In the basketball tournament, Chandler High was playing St. Mary Central and at the interval the score was 50-52”. Student book 7

Using Context Clues Key Words And = both things Or = one or the other Because = reason why

Answering Comprehension Questions Reading questions before reading Scanning -Why do tourists get lost in Lijiang? -How long did Simon stay in Yunnnan? Write on the text

Answering Comprehension Questions Using the question to start writing the answer -What do buckets often carry? -”Buckets often carry _________”. Looking through tests for correct grammar phrasing SELF SMART: SELF EVALUATION, CREATING THEIR OWN TESTS/QUIZZES, ETC.

Make Reading Fun! - Mad Libs Fill in the chart with any word that is in the category requested. Fill in the blanks in the story with the words you chose. Read your hilarious story!

Mad Libs Verb 4. Noun Verb 5. Noun Noun 6. Adjective

Mad Libs My dad says that a good breakfast helps you ____#1___ and ___#2____ like a champion. Some days he gives me a whole __#3__ to eat with butter on it. Other times he makes me __#4___ with eggs or pancakes shaped like ___#5___. My breakfast is always __#6__.