Is it ok for ESL Kindergarten students to learn the english alphabet before they learn their native alphabet?


Posted February 8th, 2009 by admin 4 Comments »
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N. B asked:


There’s a private school I teach at and they don’t show the alphabet in their own native language. I was told not show the alphabet in english because they say it would confuse the children and complications would come about later on, is this true?

What’s a nice activity to do with ESL kindergarten students on the first day of school?


Posted January 31st, 2009 by admin 4 Comments »
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Robert U asked:


This will be my 1st year teaching and I’ll be teaching a kindergarten self-contained ESL class. The first 2 days of school are half-days and I needed an idea of something to do with them that perhaps gets them acquainted. Any ideas??? (They are ELLs and most probably won’t know much ENglish, if any).