When a new student is introduced to the class every one asks questions, but when they come from a country that doesn't speak English the students are even more curious about the new comer. The other students curiosity can be one of the biggest helps in a classroom to first make the new student feel accepted. If the other students ask questions in English to the student they can begin to learn basic conversational skills in english, and the English speaking students learn some of the other students language as well.
As a teacher one of the ways to help the student learn english is by gearing lessons to all three types of learning modalities. If a lesson is formated to help the different types of learners, then you are giving the English learning student more ways to learn and remember what they are taught. If you teach things repetitively, and then review it the next day it will help the student to remember it even more. We can also help the student transition to our class by providing them learning materials ahead of time that are in their native language, so that when the class covers the material together they have a basic understanding in their own language, which makes it easier to translate to english once they know the terms. If we provide the English Learners with a list of common words used in our class room, and the translation to their native language, it will help them to understand what we are saying and help them to be able to communicate with the other students better.
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