ESL (English as a Second Language)

Q. How help ESL students learn English?

A. "Survival English" to understand important words.

CL Medina and G Campano. Language Arts (Mar. 06), 337.

 [RayS: What "survival words" would I emphasize in my secondary English classroom in teaching English? Interesting idea. A place to begin. This idea might be of value for native-English speakers. Reduce the class to key words or concepts that are really important to the meaning of the class. More realistic would be to begin units with key words.]