ESL Teaching Tips: Experiential Learning

Our students spend their days in content-rich classrooms, hearing academic words that often conjure up vivid images or memories. This process of visualization is an invaluable part of the learning process, helping us to retain information and create associations between new and existing knowledge. But what happens when our English learners don't yet have the visualization cues-despite knowing these words in their first language-to help them process new information and create those associations?
In this ENL 2-Minute Tip, learn how to integrate experiential learning into your instruction to strengthen visualization and language and to bring learning to life.
Go deeper and learn more about experiential learning with these resources:
Experiential Learning in Second Language Classrooms
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Training for Content Teachers of English Language Learners: Using Experiential Learning to Improve Instruction
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