Webinar 19 • Recording
Helping ELL Students Master English Sounds to Become Confident, Successful Readers
With Special Guest Rachel Smith, Top-Rated American English Accent Trainer and Creator of Rachel's English
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Students whose first language is not English (English Language Learners) often struggle to hear and produce certain English sounds that are absent from their home language. This “phoneme gap” can make reading and spelling in English significantly more challenging.
ELL students consistently score lower on literacy assessments than their English-proficient peers, a disparity well-documented in national assessments (NAEP).
In this webinar, we spoke with Rachel Smith, an internationally recognized expert on English accent and pronunciation, to explore why these challenges occur and how educators can help.
What we learned:
How ELL students perceive certain English phonemes.
Why their perception may hinder their reading development.
Practical strategies to help ELL students overcome phoneme-related challenges.
How educators and parents can better understand and support their students.
