Explicit teaching of vocabulary is a critical cornerstone of effective ELD instruction. Lack of knowledge in academic vocabulary, combined with underdeveloped verbal agility, inevitably yields underwhelming achievement results for students. Examine strategies and evidence-based routines that integrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking in an academic register. Experience lessons that identify high-utility vocabulary to promote accurate oral fluency and communicative competence to meet the language demands of the CCSS.
Senior Associate, Dr. Kate Kinsella and Associates
Jennifer Finney-Ellison is an experienced teacher educator and ELD consultant. Her twenty-five plus years of educational experiences include 16 years of teaching in striving and high-achieving schools, teaching pre-service teachers, and being an English learner coach in one of California’s... Read More →
