Factors that Affect English Language Acquisition for ELL Students
Students’ Linguistic Backgrounds and Primary language
It is important to know when children were exposed to English. The more developed their first language is, the stronger the foundation on which to build English. Primary language is defined as the language that a child learns first and uses most frequently in the early stages of language development.
•Thus, we have to help students to identify what they know in one language and help them learn to transfer that knowledge into the other language – transfer does not occur automatically. The more native language, the more English.
2. The child’s formal instruction in their first language such as in a Head Start or preschool program, or school.
3.The educational levels of the parents and family.
•Educators can better understanding the ways in which the home can support the child’s educational progress.
•Even in families with limited literacy, there are many ways they can become partners with schools in their child’s education such as spending time in extended dialogues in the home language and telling family or cultural stories.
4.Culture.
•Culture impacts learning since it mediates how children see the world.
•Children must be able to identify familiar concepts, see familiar objects, and individuals who look like themselves within the curriculum.
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It is important to know when children were exposed to English. The more developed their first language is, the stronger the foundation on which to build English. Primary language is defined as the language that a child learns first and uses most frequently in the early stages of language development.
•Thus, we have to help students to identify what they know in one language and help them learn to transfer that knowledge into the other language – transfer does not occur automatically. The more native language, the more English.
2. The child’s formal instruction in their first language such as in a Head Start or preschool program, or school.
3.The educational levels of the parents and family.
•Educators can better understanding the ways in which the home can support the child’s educational progress.
•Even in families with limited literacy, there are many ways they can become partners with schools in their child’s education such as spending time in extended dialogues in the home language and telling family or cultural stories.
4.Culture.
•Culture impacts learning since it mediates how children see the world.
•Children must be able to identify familiar concepts, see familiar objects, and individuals who look like themselves within the curriculum.
Read more about Contextual Factors in Second Language Acquisition