8 Ways to Foster Reading Growth in Multilingual Learners

     I chose to apply the Readers' Workshop Model in my pull-out ESL classes as my professional development this year.
     I have learned, through workshop trainings, the procedures to implement the Readers' Workshop Model, but I have not found enough strategies for teaching reading to ELLs' WHILE supporting LANGUAGE acquisition. This is why I found this information very useful.
     If you follow the link below, you can read with more details the 8 strategies that the author of Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies recommends. These strategies not only provide a number of things to do to engage bilingual learners in reading, but also provide ways to teaching reading to ELLs' while supporting their language acquisition. This is an outline of the strategies provided in the book:

1. Use English Books.
2. Use Bilingual Books. 
3. Provide Many Opportunities to Use English.
4. Use Conversation About Books to Foster Natural Language Use. 
5. Use Language-Based Approach. 
6. Use Cooperative Learning.
7. Foster Home-School Collaboration.
8. Collaboration in the School.

     I think these strategies a great and will definitely help me while applying the Workshop model, and supporting my students' language acquisition.   

8 Ways to Foster Reading Growth in Multilingual Leaners