English as New Language (ENL) students benefit from direct reading instruction. Most schools and classroom teachers are not prepared to meet the increasing needs of the ENL’s. According to the National Education Association only 2.5 percent of the teachers who instruct students have a degree in ESL and about 12 percent have 8 or more hours of training to support their instruction (Denise McKeon, 2005). There is a rise in the number of the ENL population and most of the teachers that are working with ENL’s do not have the necessary training to meet their diverse needs. In 2012-2013, there were estimated to be about 10% ELL population in the United States, which makes about 4.4 million students. Also, many of the students are not fluent
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The teacher meets with a small group of students that have similar reading needs. According to Avalos, Plasencia, Chavez & Rascon (2007) and Kamps et al (2007) research, guided reading is not enough to support the ENL students. In the study researched by Kamps et al (2007), about 60 percent of the students who were receiving direct instruction met benchmark versus the 17 percent who reached benchmark that had a balanced literacy approach. One way that teachers can meet the needs of their students is by offering a modified guided reading approach. This approach enhances the guided reading format to meet the needs of the ENL students. The variation focuses on enriching language, cultural relevance and modeling fluency (Avalos et al, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to walk a teacher through a guided reading lesson and provide direct instruction that will meet the needs of the ENL …show more content…
Having syntax awareness will help students with comprehension and writing. It is imperative for a fluent reader because it allows for the prediction of the next sequence of words. Having syntax awareness allows students to hear new language structures. ENL students may not be able to hear if something sounds right. When prompted if something sounds right, the student may not be able to distinguish if the word or phrase sounds right to them because they are not aware of the grammar rules. The student needs explicit modeling and direct teaching of the cueing system before they are able to understand the prompt “Does it make sense?”. The teacher needs to state that what they said does not sound right and teach correct use and then move towards prompt and reinforce (Avalos,
The teacher meets with a small group of students that have similar reading needs. According to Avalos, Plasencia, Chavez & Rascon (2007) and Kamps et al (2007) research, guided reading is not enough to support the ENL students. In the study researched by Kamps et al (2007), about 60 percent of the students who were receiving direct instruction met benchmark versus the 17 percent who reached benchmark that had a balanced literacy approach. One way that teachers can meet the needs of their students is by offering a modified guided reading approach. This approach enhances the guided reading format to meet the needs of the ENL students. The variation focuses on enriching language, cultural relevance and modeling fluency (Avalos et al, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to walk a teacher through a guided reading lesson and provide direct instruction that will meet the needs of the ENL …show more content…
Having syntax awareness will help students with comprehension and writing. It is imperative for a fluent reader because it allows for the prediction of the next sequence of words. Having syntax awareness allows students to hear new language structures. ENL students may not be able to hear if something sounds right. When prompted if something sounds right, the student may not be able to distinguish if the word or phrase sounds right to them because they are not aware of the grammar rules. The student needs explicit modeling and direct teaching of the cueing system before they are able to understand the prompt “Does it make sense?”. The teacher needs to state that what they said does not sound right and teach correct use and then move towards prompt and reinforce (Avalos,