That being said, the provision of appropriate ELL programming and supports is a necessary foundation for any SLIFE programming. The student's language development is a crucial part of their education, regardless of their educational history. Most of the strategies found in the ELL literature are useful and appropriate for SLIFE or can be made so with a few adaptations.
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Supporting English Language Learners is the website developed by Alberta Education for use by teachers, administrators and consultants working with English language learners. It is a great place to start in developing programming for ELL students, including SLIFE. It contains:
- the Alberta K-12 ESL Proficiency Benchmarks.
- student writing samples with benchmark analysis.
- videos of students engaging in content learning with teacher commentary on proficiency levels and benchmark analysis.
- programming information on organizing for instruction.
- assessment tools and strategies
- links to research and further resources
Chapter 9 of Making A Difference: Meeting Diverse Learning Needs with Differentiated Instruction (Alberta Education, 2010) provides a very comprehensive summary of strategies that can be used to differentiate instruction in order to meet the need of English Language Learners. It is well worth a look. You may find that you need to look to other resources to find more specific information about these strategies, however.
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Some other useful articles can be found at sites like Colorin Colorado or its sister sites, Reading Rockets and AdLit. Here are a couple of good ones to begin with:
Supporting ELLs in the Mainstream Classroom: Reading Instruction
By: Portland Public Schools (OR) and ColorĂn Colorado
Reading in Upper Elementary, Middle, and High School
By: ColorĂn Colorado (2007) from Reading and Writing Instruction for ELLs
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