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Arizona State University

Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind

In this course you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level through the analysis of content language and cognitive demands. You will learn how to align language objectives to the adopted standards of your school and content area.  You will learn how to modify existing course materials as well as develop graphic organizers and languages frames to support ELLs’ access to content.  Analysis of second language acquisition theories will be applied to lesson planning. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: * Conceptualize theories of second language acquisition as they apply to the planning of lessons through annotation * Assess the linguistic needs of your students using BICS and CALP * Identify content specific vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions necessary for a student to succeed in your classroom * Write language learning outcomes that align to your student’s linguistic and cognitive ability and your school’s adopted standards * Adapt a lesson plan that accomplishes the learning outcomes outlined in the lesson objectives * Modify materials to support ELLs’ access to content * Use a wide variety of graphic organizer templates and language frames to support ELLs’ access to content * Develop activity types appropriate to the cognitive and linguistic abilities of ELLs * Incorporate community and culture into lesson planning

Status: English Language
Status: Literacy
Course17 hours

Featured reviews

DN

5.0Reviewed May 11, 2018

This course was excellent professional development. As a Science teacher, it helped me understand how I can incorporate English language instruction into my lesson plans.

IS

5.0Reviewed Dec 21, 2018

It is an awesome course with a lot of new information it is perfect course for School English teachers, once try it you will see how useful is it

MM

5.0Reviewed Feb 8, 2019

I had a lot of realizations regarding the construction in lesson planning. I think I need to reflect on how to somehow adapt this in teaching my learners.

MM

4.0Reviewed Feb 26, 2018

I have learnt so much how to help my ELL students in class and outside class . Thank you Arizona University, Thank you CourseraMohammed

AP

5.0Reviewed May 20, 2017

Thank you so much for the instruction, such a good job, very informative.Ana Pelayo.

SZ

5.0Reviewed Jul 14, 2016

This helped me with new ideas in my teaching and also the lesson plan templates will definitely help me preparing my classes in future.

SK

5.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2025

Though I knew and had experience with some of the content, I also learned and relearned plenty. Thank you Coursera and Arizona State!

TL

4.0Reviewed Dec 5, 2021

There are quite a few broken links within this course and the volume levels are bad at times, but there are some useful, practical tips to help ELL students within the classroom.

EM

5.0Reviewed Oct 15, 2015

Such a helpful course! It really helped inform my teaching practices to engage all of the students!

OM

4.0Reviewed Jan 1, 2016

It was an amazing course but the language was very difficult

BI

5.0Reviewed Dec 4, 2016

Hi,I, really enjoyed taking up this course and have learned a lot of new strategies, which I am using in my classroom. Thanks.

PS

5.0Reviewed Feb 1, 2016

The class was well put together and highly informative. Thanks very much for the opportunity.

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