Aleberta ESL Guide to Implementation

This comprehensive guide's purpose is to provide:

• an understanding of who ESL students are and a basic understanding of second language acquisition
• suggestions for the reception, placement, and orientation of students
• effective instructional strategies, lessons and activities
• suggestions for the assessment and evaluation of student learning and progress.

Learn Alberta Online reference Centre

This database includes many sites that offer narration features.  Username and password are required.

learn alberta supporting english language learners

While benchmarking is essential to documenting student growth, this site also offers videos, writing samples, programming information, research and resources.

Making a difference:  meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction

Alberta Education has developed a resource with the purpose of offering general information and strategies for differentiating instruction, providing ideas for differentiating learning and teaching, and offering practical, curriculum-specific ideas and strategies within the four core subject areas.

SUPPORTING eNGLISH lANGUAGE LEARNERS

This website is the result of collaboration with Alberta school districts and consortia. It is designed to provide support for K-12 teachers from the moment of intake to programming for ELL students in classrooms on a daily basis.  The site features an array of forms, guideline, tools and strategies.