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ESOL principles

Incorporating these seven ESOL principles into your planning will help your students to make both academic progress and language progress in all curriculum learning areas.

All the video clips on these pages come from Making Language and Learning Work: DVDs 1, 2 and 3.

Principle 1 Know your learners

Principle 1 Know your learners

Principle 2 Identify the learning outcomes

Principle 2 Identify the learning outcomes

Principle 3 Maintain the same learning outcomes for all learners

Principle 3 Maintain the same learning outcomes for all learners

Principle 4 Make the abstract concrete

Principle 4 Make the abstract concrete

Principle 5 Provide multiple opportunities for authentic language use

Principle 5 Provide multiple opportunities for authentic language use

Principle 6 Ensure a balance between receptive and productive language

Principle 6 Ensure a balance between receptive and productive language

Principle 7 Include opportunities for monitoring and self-evaluation

Principle 7 Include opportunities for monitoring and self-evaluation

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