Ideas for making ESL resources for a prep student

[Unregistered]

Hi!!

I was wondering if you could please post some ideas for making esl resources for a grade prep student. He can't speak English (only a few words) although he can understand English at an ok level. I am a 1st yr student teacher and have been put in charge of making esl resources specifically for the student and to tutor him weekly. Any ideas would be wonderful & so helpful!!

Thanks so much :-)

[cchavez]

Look on the Internet for great websites for ESL learners. Anything you do to engage this student in language will work. I taught non-English speakers for many years in Texas. Find some board games and interactive Internet sites such as PBSkids.org. Here are some more sites I have used in the past.

ESL Links
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INTERACTIVE SELF-STUDY GRAMMAR QUIZZES:
Students who are having problems with writing and grammar
can progress at their own pace with the interactive quizzes
included here, covering articles, conjunctions, plurals,
pronouns, sentence structure, prepositions, and more.http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html


Activities for ESL Students
Quizzes, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second
Language http://a4esl.org/


Bradley's Online Activities
Lots of free online activities to help students with their vocabulary and
grammar.http://activities.bradleys-english-school.com/


This is an awesome site with games & other activities you can use to help
your ESL students! Directions are easy to follow and the activities will
motivate your students! Check it out!http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/2131/tiddlywinks.html

[Unregistered]

Thanks for your post :-)

[Unregistered]

I notice you didn't say what his native language is. My neighbor is Finniish and she is bothered by schools that focus so much on Spanish rather than just trying to teach English to everyone. Anyway, here is a site which has the Dolch books, activities, and lessons. Some of the books don't show the ages of the characters e.g. animal stories so they can be used for any age.

If readers know their 220 Dolch words and 95 nouns, they will know 50% to 75% of the words in any K-3 grade book. The site has books of idioms and a online verb conjugator for many languages. It also has children's books in English and Spanish as well as some Dolch words translated into Spanish.
http://www.learningbooks.net