english language learners

The language domains, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, are the 4 ways that people can interact with language. Two of these skills, speaking and writing, are described as productive skills as we create language with each of these. The other two skills, listening and reading, are receptive skills because we use these skills to receive information from an outside source.   In this post, we will focus on practicing the language domain of speaking and how Seesaw can help you meet this need.   But my students talk all day long… If I told a kindergarten teacher that we need students to...

At Elkhart Community Schools, we have a surprisingly large population of English Language Learners for a small midwest town. Because of this, we have to be very intentional about planning for and utilizing the four language domains to help boost understanding of the English language when providing content to students. The language domains; listening, speaking, reading, and writing; are the 4 ways that people interact with language. Two of these skills, speaking and writing, are described as productive skills, as we create language with both of these. The other two skills, listening and reading, are receptive skills because we use...