Esl Questions and Submissions

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ESL Student 1 & 2 Submissions

Do you agree with Alharbi's original order of VLS?

Alharbi states that ELs cannot acquire the vocabulary the first time interacting with it, they need "at least 5-16 times the exposure to master new words" (Alharbi, 2015, p. 502). The author further estimated that native English speaking high school students enter their high school studies with approximately eighteen thousand words in their total vocabularies. Therefore, for an ESL student to expect the same level of fluency, they will have to learn an immense amount of new vocabulary words and thus the order of VLS tactics can be an important success factor. I do believe that the order of the VLS priorities identified by the questionnaire is a good beginning strategy for most students. However, given the prevalence of different learning styles, it should also be noted that individuals may have to customize their own strategies to achieve their ideal performances.

Do think these strategies can be used with any age group, not just college students? Which questionnaire response surprised you the most?

Yes, I do believe that the VLS strategy could be used with a broad range of different age groups and also varying levels of ELLs. The finding that surprised me the most was the importance of synonyms in the VLS, and that synonyms can actually be more important than the definition to many students.


Which did you think was common sense?

In my opinion, the use of syllables to help with pronunciation was pretty straight forward and I couldn't imagine trying to pronounce new words without understanding this concept.

Which strategy could you see yourself using in your classroom?

I can see myself keeping the collective list of different tactics and instructing students to not only use these strategies in roughly the order suggested, but also to refer back to the list to see if any alternative strategies might be better suited for their individual learning preferences.

Did you find this article informative and useful?

Yes, I thought the article was both informative and useful. I gained several insights into effective strategies to learn vocabulary words which is definitely relevant to my future career.

Student 2 Submission

What can we do to ensure that educators, parents, and community members work together to assist ELL students?

There are different approaches that are needed to maintain a high level of collaboration. For example, for….....

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