We know that images are helpful to ELL students and we use them frequently in instruction. But....images associated with "home" make learning a new language more difficult. The National Academy of Sciences with researchers from Columbia University and Singapore Management University published a study 6.17.13. Interesting article that should affect the images we select for our students.
Seeing Pictures of Home Can Make It Harder To Speak a Foreign Language. Joseph Stromberg 6.17.13. Smithsonian.com
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/06/seeing-pictures-of-home-can-make-it-harder-to-speak-a-foreign-language/
Have you noticed this reaction from your ELL students? Tell us about it.
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