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dc.contributor.authorNilsen, Alyson
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-10T18:29:43Z
dc.date.available2023-04-10T18:29:43Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/8583
dc.description.abstractThis capstone aims to prepare mainstream teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach the culturally and linguistically diverse population of English language learners (ELLs). ELLs are highly prevalent within the United States and require teachers who are prepared with specialized knowledge and skills to aid their English learning experience. Most mainstream teachers are unprepared to teach ELLs and doubt their academic capabilities. These academic inequities increase ELLs’ risk of dropping out of high school, ultimately sabotaging ELLs’ opportunities for successful futures. Solutions to the identified problems of mainstream teachers include learning strategies like creating language objectives, building background, and frontloading vocabulary with native language support to aid ELLs’ academic learning and language development. Conclusions have found that ELLs improve their abilities to access content and acquire a new language through the implementation of these learning strategies as they scaffold upon students’ existing knowledge and bridge academic and language learning gaps. Recommendations include identifying clear language objectives that align with the content objectives, building background in the beginning of instruction through connecting students’ personal lives to the content, and explicitly pre-teaching/frontloading vocabulary while allowing students to utilize their native language to translate unfamiliar words or concepts.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSUNY Brockport, Department of Education and Human Developmenten_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language Learners,en_US
dc.subjectMainstreamTeachersen_US
dc.subjectDrop-outen_US
dc.subjectLanguage Objectivesen_US
dc.subjectFrontloadingen_US
dc.titlePreparing Mainstream Teachers to Teach ELLsen_US
dc.typeCapstone Projecten_US
dc.description.versionAMen_US
refterms.dateFOA2023-04-10T18:29:44Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockporten_US
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Education and Human Developmenten_US
dc.description.degreelevelMSen_US
dc.description.advisorSteele, Kendra


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