ELLs: What Images Should We Avoid?

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.

Ninth Grade Important For ELLs!

Surprising findings in Chicago that compared various ethnic subgroups, new ELLS, older ELLS and measured them against their peers with identifical course work except for one ESL course.  Research conducted at Consortium on Chicago School Research and National High School Center.  9th grade attendance & grade point average - better predictor of graduation prospects than proficiency level.  Interesting.....probably too early to tell for St. Anthony students.

Grades Found to Give 'Early Warning' on ELL Dropouts.  Lesli A. Maxwell. 5.30.12 Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/05/30/33ell.h31.html?tkn=TQLFMZe2GkkcOR1o78rqQ34LCPkLsITJI5p4&intc=es