The most effective strategies, approaches, and methods for teaching ELLs are supported by language acquisition theories. English language acquisition can be promoted by understanding language as an interconnected system and by integrating the discourse and rhetorical features of ELLs within instruction.

 

Each scenario in the Language Acquisition Factors: Scenarios I and II includes factors that affect language acquisition. Think of the language factors present for each student.

 

Choose one scenario, and answer the following questions in a 500-750 word analysis:

 

1. Based on your chosen students first language and the assets they bring to the classroom, which language acquisition theory or theories (behaviorist theory, nativist theory, social interactionist theory, cognitive theory, etc.) should inform the instructional practices for this student and why?

 

2. Which elements of language (phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicon, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics), as they relate within verbal and written expressions, should teachers of your chosen student focus on and why?

 

Support your analysis with at least three scholarly resources.