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Article: Effective instruction for second language learners: what tutors must know.
- Article from:
- Reading Improvement
- Article date:
- June 22, 2002
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This article focuses on the necessary elements that must be considered when preparing tutors of second language learners. Research has shown that this population in particular can greatly benefit from individualized instruction that is appropriate to the students' level of language competencies. In teaching reading and writing to students who are new to the English language, there are several additional factors that need to be considered. Among these factors are the need to guide the tutors to become aware of the students' cultural and linguistic background and to provide them with the skills to help many students first acquire adequate levels of oral language proficiency ...