What types of instructional strategies for ELLs do current theories of language acquisition support?
Case-Study: TSL532Topic2 Instructional Strategies

TSL 532 Topic 2 Instructional Strategies for ELLs GCU
Create a graphic organizer or chart that can be used to present at least five instructional strategies best suited for second-language acquisition to your colleagues. Your chart should include learning strategies that teachers can utilize to assist in the English language development for those whom English is an additional language. This chart should also address the leading theories regarding second-language acquisition.

The focus should be on connecting current and ideal instructional strategies with theories of language development. What types of instructional strategies for ELLs do current theories of language acquisition support? What kind of classroom climate would be ideal for ELLs?

You may use strategies from your required readings or your research. Include a justification as to why each strategy would be applicable, citing references.

Include 3-5 sources from your research to support your findings.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.