ESL Kids / Young learners research articles
Research papers on teaching children in the ESL classroom
There is a surprisingly large amount of articles on the web related to teaching ESL to young learners. Below is a growing list of links to some interesting ESL kids articles. If you know of an appropriate article on the web, or have written one yourself, please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.
- 6 different types of ESL learners and how to teach them
ESL KidStuff. - 12 Tips for Teachers of Children
Uchida, Helene Jarmol. - A Child’s First Steps in Language Learning
McGlothlin, J. Doug. - An Account of a Pilot Key Pal Project for Korean Children
Choi, Jaehee. - Age Effects in Second Language Acquisition: Overview
Wiwikyulihaningsih. - Acquiring Vocabulary Through Story-Songs
L. Medina, Suzanne. - Children’s Writing in ESL
Hudelson, Sarah. - Considerations in Teaching Culturally Diverse Children
Coballes-Vega, Carmen. - Creative ESL Reading Comprehension Activities Your Students Will Love
Chou, Elena. - Creative Ways to Get Your ESL Students Talking with Pictures
Tankard, Fiona. - Dealing with Bad Behavior in an ESL Kids classroom
ESL KidStuff. - Effective Instruction for Language Minority Children with Mild Disabilities (PDF)
Ruiz, Nadine T. - Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children
Eric Digest. - Helping Children Learn to Think in English Through Reading Storybooks
Neyman, Patricia F. - How To Be An Entertaining ESL Teacher
Cramer, David. - How to start teaching kids English at home
Blackmore, Jo. - How to TPR Abstractions
Silvers, Stephen M. - How young children learn English as another language
Dunn, Opal. - Kids and stroies
Clarke, Sue. - Listening Exercises to Sharpen Your Students’ Ears
Chou, Elena. - Listening for young learners
Arnold, Wendy. - Maintaining concentration with young learners
Bertrand, Jo. - Metaphoric intelligence and foreign language learning
Littlemore, Jeannette. - Motivating Young ESL Learners: Part Two: More Ideas for Keeping Things Moving
Spelleri, Maria. - Music in the English Classroom
Uchida, Helene Jarmol. - Myths and Misconceptions about Second Language Learning: What every teacher needs to unlearn
McLaughlin, Barry. - Programs for Teaching English Language Learners
Rennie, Jeanne. - Reading and Young Learners
Arnold, Wendy and Malcolm, Fiona. - Receptive skills with young learners
Gabrielatos, Costas. - Research for TPR Storytelling
Asher, James. - Secondary Newcomer Programs: Helping Recent Immigrants Prepare for School Success
Short, Deborah, J. - Setting up in the young learner classroom
Steele, Claire. - Teaching Creative Writing
Essex, Christopher. - Teaching Japanese-English Bilingual Children to Read English at Home
Smith, Craig. - Teaching Strategies That Successfully Motivated My Students To Reach The Next Level
Woodson, Kelliel - The Effect of Music on Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
L. Medina, Suzanne. - The Most Effective ESL Teaching Strategy You’re Not Using: Absurdly Short Time Limits
Tankard, Fiona. - The role of homework
Darn, Steve. - Total physical response – TPR
Frost, Richard. - Using Music to Enhance Second Language Acquisition: From Theory to Practice
L. Medina, Suzanne. - We Can Talk: Cooperative Learning in the Elementary ESL Classroom
Kagan, Spencer. - What is Immersion?
Bostwick, Mike. - Why, How, and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language? (PDF)
Marcos, Kathleen. - Young learner testing
Taylor, Lynda. - Young Learner’s Writing Workshop
Beare, Kenneth.
If you know of an online article that is directly related to teaching ESL to kids, please let us know here and we’ll add it to the list.