Use Graded Language (ESL Teaching Strategy) | What is Graded Language and How to Use It Effectively

What’s graded language? It’s talking more slowly and using simpler language when you’re talking to someone who doesn’t speak English as their first language. That’s the basics for using graded language in the English learning classroom. Watch along and check out the blog post for great tips on graded language and why you should use it. Help students learn English more effectively by using graded language. -------------------------------- Learn about teaching ESL speaking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0oeSRfKt8&t=4s ------------------------------- Want to find out more about using graded language? Check out: https://teachinginkoreanuniversity.com/graded-language/ Tips for Teaching ESL/EFL: https://amzn.to/3o9kFCj https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #teachingenglishwithjackie #teachingenglish #teachingenglishabroad #esl #tefl #efl ----------------------------------- Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: https://eslspeaking.org/ ----------------------------------- Learn about ESL teaching strategies from @Teachings in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJ_pNaazso&t=1s ----------------------------------- Timestamp 0:00 Intro 0:15 What is graded language? 0:24 Why used graded language? 1:07 How to grade your language? 1:23 How not to grade your language 1:43 Conclusion Transcript for graded language: Hi everybody, this is Jackie from esleaking.org. So today I'm going to talk graded language for English teachers but it could apply, of course to any language teacher, Italian or Spanish, Chinese, whatever you're doing. What is graded language? Graded language is moderating your speech in terms of either speed or difficulty of grammar or vocabulary. Why would you want to do this? You'd want to do it if students are not fluent, which is the case if they're in your class. So think about if you've ever been in language class yourself or, I'm sure you've had students who've had this experience. The teacher is just talking and the students, on their faces, you can kind of see the deer in headlights. It's just too much information coming at them too quickly and it's too difficult and they're not actually taking in anything. As teachers, of course, we want to avoid this and the way to do this is to grade your language. People have to walk before they can run. How to grade your language? Talk more slowly. The second thing is to use simple grammatical constructions. Very simple sentences, maybe not complicated ones that use clauses and that kind of stuff. And then also think about simple vocabulary words. How not to grade your language? Don't use baby talk. Nobody wants to hear baby talk. Don't drop articles or things like that. That's just a very strange way to talk and also you don't need to talk more loudly. Talking loudly does not help. Alright, so that is it for graded language. I hope that was helpful.